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This is an old revision of PhotoBoothSetup2016 made by ZorrUno on 2016-02-19 12:23:02.
This is the last part of the photobooth... currently I have the photos going to google photos fine, but I manually have to add them to an album to display in wordpress. A quick job, but if I can fully automate it I'll be happier. I'm pretty sure I can display in a wordpress album from bunch of JPG files in a dir.
The booth software can send to am email, so this is probably the easiest option (I already have all the photos sync'd with google photos, and dropbox as option B/C and and a backup)
I really want to
- regularly command line retrieve then delete an email (from a specific, known pop box)
- strip the attachment and place it in a directory (on Hudzen)
- delete any non JPGs (unlikely it will have anything else in the email, but you never know... and munpack apparently strips all MIME content)
http://ourforeverday.fox.co.nz/photobooth/ (this one using google photos album currently)
this is currently secret squirrel, but as I'll probably make you in charge of photobooth maintenance on the night... I better show you how it is all set up :)
Hardware
- SLR Camera Nikon 3200 SLR- If Battery powered, need at least 2 batteries so battery can be charged/rotated throughout the event OR better still Camera AC Adaptor Nikon EH-5a http://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/product-archive/power-adapters/eh-5a-ac-adapter.html plus
- SD Card of some sort for camera
- Printer, Brother MFC-J5720DW
- A stack of quality Photo Paper (102x152mm/4x6inch)
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(. Connected by USB to laptop.
- Android based laptop with photobooth app (USB power permanently connected... if I use a standard tablet I will need to put together USB/Power Y splitter)
- Laptop has no bluetooth or touchscreen to make it start, so plan is to use a mouse (with x/y prevented... click only). I may even hack together a footswitch....
- pocket wifi for internet (permanently powered)
- possibly another external monitor... not sure if I want to bother yet
Printer is wifi ... it will work USB connected to laptop, but seems to be more consistent with wifi. Wifi is needed for photo upload anyway.
I get the occasional glitch, but once running continuously it appears to work well. A reboot from scratch seems to bring it up consistently if ever needed (eg if left idle for too long)
Other maintenance
- check camera battery plugged in
- Check printer paper and reload (has about 100 in the hopper, so should be good for 2-3 reloads overall). Fix any jams... haven't had one so far though.
- Maybe change flash batteries, but hopefully not
Oh and FYI I got the crappy android laptop for free. Thanks Aliexpress.