Looking for slideshow software that loops slideshow and updates included images

[petestein1]

All, I'm hoping someone here comes up with a quick answer. Here's the deal:

I have a big party Saturday. There's a photobooth where people can take their own photos. These photos end up in a folder.

I have a 50" TV in the other room where I'd like a slideshow of the photos playing as they're being taken. So the slideshow software has to 1) loop (not tough to find), and 2) monitor a folder for new files and add them into the slideshow on the fly.

Finally, I'd love the software to be free or low-cost.

Any ideas?

Picasa for Mac doesn't loop (despite saying it will) and doesn't allow for control of the slideshow speed. And while it claims to "continuously monitor" a folder, it really only seems to see new photos when you fire up the app.

iPhoto? I don't think it will work either. I don't know of any way for it to detect new photos in a folder automatically -- photos have to be "imported" don't they?

No web-based option works 'cause each image will be upwards of 5 megs -- it'll take forever to upload.

Any ideas? Oh, and thanks in advance.

-Peter

 

[eprepguy]

looking for same but may have solution...

Hi Petestein,
I am trying to do the exact same thing and havent found anything yet for the Mac. I am setting up a similar deal for an event and am just going to use the built-in Mac Screensaver program. The Ken Burns Effect full image show does not loop or recognize new images dumped into the folder, but the "Collage" style does! Check it out! Now I need to figure out how to get Automator to constantly watch a folder and transfer the incoming jpegs to the display computer. Automator will transfer files present when played but doesnt recognize new files. workin on it!

 

[petestein1]

Oops, I should have posted -- I found a solution.

I used a piece of software called Toucan. It worked like a charm. As far as transferring the files, I didn't have to -- thanks to the magic of Leopard's file sharing, I just pointed Toucan on Machine B to the folder on Machine A where the camera dumped the photos.

Let me know if that works for you!

-Peter

 

[ajlowndes]

Oops, I should have posted -- I found a solution.

I used a piece of software called Toucan. It worked like a charm. As far as transferring the files, I didn't have to -- thanks to the magic of Leopard's file sharing, I just pointed Toucan on Machine B to the folder on Machine A where the camera dumped the photos.

Let me know if that works for you!

-Peter

dude. Thank you! You so saved me a lot of work and a lot of fiddling around trying to find a way to script this myself.