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Developer Plugin update - GPIOs, Buttons and enhancements

The plugin release is going through the review paces and more progress has been made.  Next up is a beta release, and then a few days later a full release with a full image for November.

Meanwhile I'm running through developing plugins or testing plugins to ensure that developers will have a ton of tools to use for extensability.   One important request that I wanted plugi...

November Plugin Update Demo

This video is a demo of the scheduler, and the second plugin style which I call 'startup' plugins. Startup plugins start with Dynaframe and run alongside Dynaframe, whereas the content plugins are only  called when new content is requested (playlist updates essentially).  

This video is an end to end video as far as it shows how you'll be able to use the store to get a plugin, ...

Dynaframe Store update!

I just added a ton of content to the store, and tried to cover a bunch of different tastes. Of course there's geeky superhero and star wars (in the style of DaVinci) artwork, but also I added over 180 images from classic artists such as Rembrandt, Seguy, Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and more!  If you haven't been to the store tab in your Dynaframe in a while, might be nice to take a look!  ...

Halloween idea - Atmos FX content on Dynaframe

I realized today not everyone may be familiar with AtmosFX.  It's a company that makes what they call digital decorations, which are videos that can be projected or shown on displays.  One thing that's really nice is you can buy a pack, but you can also pick them up as individual scenes for about $10USD each (and sometimes if you sign up to their mailing list they give you a free one!...

Plugin progress - Scheduler

This was a request when Dynaframe pro first started, and it's something that I've wanted to do since then and have taken a few attempts at it, but never was happy with how it was being implemented.  The request was simple..."I want the screen on the frame to be able to turn on at a certain time, and off at a certain time".  

The spirit of Dynaframe is to make something that is ...

Home assistant with Dynaframe tutorial

This was requested so I threw together a quick tutorial of how I use home assistant 'scenes' via node red to control Dynaframe.  I can redo this if it's not clear or based on feedback, and hope to do a more formal one soon, but I wanted to unblock those that have been asking for how to control frames from Home assistant.  

For those that don't know, Home assistant is a home aut...

New Store Entries - Halloween edition!

So quick but fun update today...we have 2 image packs added to the store...one for "fun" images which include some anime, cartoon and slightly creepy but fun designs for the Halloween season.  I also created a pack that went as scary as I could create using some AI tools.  These are easy to install packs and can help get you into the season for Halloween.  I'll be working this mo...

Raspberry Pi 5 announcement

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/

I'm excited they're continuing to advance the performance and capabilities of the chipset. The team will order some to work to get support and such going as soon as possible.  That being said, we're going to continue to supp...

Dynaframe Pro Plugin Demo

This is the first of a few demo videos to introduce the concept of plugins and show where they're at.  There's still alot of work to be done, but we'll be releasing it as an alpha as soon as the code is reviewed.

Plugins will allow for Dynaframe to be extended to do a a lot of things that have been asked for, but that are challenging to implement into the engine either due to time ...

September release is ready

Docs:
https://tinyurl.com/Dynaframedoc 

Install video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/august-release-87367741 

Full image (For first time users or if u...

Plugin update and next releases

Hello there, it's been quiet but you'll see things fire up again around here as we get out of our summer dev cycle.  I want to talk a bit about the next update, and the status on the plugins.

September will have a beta come out imminently which will become the beta release. This adds the ability to control the video settings that were added in the August release...this is for advance...

August MidMonth update - Plugin progress

Note: this update is a bit 'developer focused'.  If it sounds very technical, it's not our normal style of updates, but the audience are developers that will want to extend Dynaframe in the near future.

I've talked about plugins for maybe a year now...actually implemented them and then realized that the way I did it wasn't something that a developer could efficiently build, and it w...

August Release, and intro video

We have the August release ready to go!  If you're new please start here...the above video will help you get started quickly, and this doc will get you started with how to use the software:

 https://tinyurl.com/Dynaframedoc

Full image (for first timers, or if the updater doesn't work) 2023-08-08 07:44:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Store update!

The Dynaframe Pro Store has been updated with content and the entire backend was rewritten this month so we can get more content to it faster.  You can find a directly link to the store here: JSON Data Grid (geek-toolkit.com)

While we call it a store, the concept behind it was to make it easier for users to g...

Quick update

I planned on an update for the software but have come down with covid. I’m on the upswing but it’ll be a few days before I’m back up to post an update. Replies to messages will be slow till then. We do have updates that will go into the next release to help with reported pain points and I have a next steps draft I’ll publish soon after.

Thankyou for your patience

Joe

July release is ready! Get it here!

July release is ready to go!  First things first...

For newcomers, please start here:

Documentation, getting started, how to use...please start here: https://tinyurl.com/Dynaframedoc 

Full image download: 2023-06-28 09:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post

Important update about billing, and the next release

I just was made aware of something that I just fixed which will change how billing is processed for this Patreon (in a good way!).  Also, we have the June release imminent, targeting 6/27 once the full image is tested.

Billing update

The way Patreon defaults for billing, charges are done on the 1st of the month.  I thought that was great and made sense, but the problem is...

Mid June Update

We had a few of us away on vacation and have been back and starting to get into the next things. We had a very very bad bug in the last release related to overlays that was caught in beta, and we've re-released the beta with a fix there. When that testing is complete we'll wrap that up and get it out in the next week as the next release. This is still the one that has HEIC support, image extens...

May end of Month update

Next image update

The Beta for May made it out on the Discord, and is in testing.  I'll be pushing to release in the first to second week of June based on feedback.   If you're new to the Patreon we release betas via Discord towards the end of the month with the goal of releasing at the end of the month or the beginning. Due to some vacations and giving it ...

May End of month updates - Beta approaching

I wanted to give an update of where we are with the next update.  The beta is something we're working day by day to get out, but we have a few bugs that we want to finish up so that when we go to testing we can release...at this point the release would be early June. I'll do a feature walk through in a few days so you know what all is expected.    I'm excited for features li...