5 seconds a slide (as per when publishing within Google) plus 3 seconds for transition time (as set in presentation) times 5 (number of slides) should come out to be about 40 seconds.Some simple math should work to fix that though. Related to the above post, then timing becomes an issue.Let Google finish the presentation and let Screenly reload the presentation and it will be fairly straightforward. Obviously this defeats the purpose of using Google Slides in the first place. One issue I ran into was that if you have Google loop the presentation rather than Screenly, the content never updates.You could leverage second presentation and set the delay longer, or use the Screenly interface to get more specific in necessary.Transitions can be set differently though. Google sets a single time for all slides… Therefore you cannot make one slide longer than the others (as far as I can tell).I took that link and threw it right into Screenly-OSE and viola! I followed these instructions to make it automatically full-screen and play right in the browser. ![]() I created a simple Google Slide presentation with four or five slides and random comments on it. My immediate thoughts were to convert our ancient overused powerpoint into something more rich, but to get users to buy into this solution I would first convert them over to Google Slides which would provide an easy to use, collaborative, updating presentation to all devices without actually touching any of the devices. They have 2 versions a centrally managed model or a free, per device management model. Screenly allows web pages, images, and videos (MP4) to be streamed to the rPi which gives me plenty of flexibility to mix and match what I like. SSH is available on the Screenly image out of the box. They provide their own rPi image or allow installation onto raspbian if you want to further customize it. See their online demo for their interface. It is simple, performs well, and overall just works. I tried a few applications and liked Screenly the best. I found this site and started down the list. ![]() I did a lot of reading and found that there are plenty of projects out there already that enable digital signage for the rPi. I am looking for a opensource, free/very low cost solution that is easy to manage and simple for the people updating it. ![]() I figured the low and High def inputs would allow me to strap a rPi on the back of a TV and provide rich content. I have been looking at an easier way to Digital Signage and I just got my first Raspberry Pi.
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