dynamic weather wallpaper

[vsreeser]

Looking for a dynamic wallpaper. Possibly based in webcam images of weather. So far, i haven't found anything that works well. I can download an image from a local webcam and use it, but I would like to automate this process so that it would update on a schedule. Say, every 60 minutes or so.

Anyone know what I can use?

[OneLine]

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http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php...content=162139

Description:
PortalView delivers real-time wallpaper from thousands of webcams and weather sites worldwide. Launch this simple Python program on the boot or with a click to watch the sun set over the Mediterranean or Old Faithful erupt in Yellowstone Park.

Automatic updating allows you to monitor your local webcam or road conditions without keeping a resource-hungry browser open. Doppler and Satellite maps keep you informed of approaching weather. World Sunlight maps (Earthlights) include rectangular, hemispheric and moon phase views.

Includes scores of international webcams and weather maps to start with, then customize with your favorites. Supports .jpg, .gif and .png image formats.

PortalView was written to work with the most popular Graphical Desktop Environments including KDE, Unity and Gnome 2 & 3 and runs happily on most distros, including Ubuntu, Mint, Debian, Fedora, Suse and more.

[vsreeser]

strange thing. Portalview updtes the picture, but does not update the desltop. Must be doing something wrong

[Rog132]

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vsreeser
strange thing. Portalview updtes the picture, but does not update the desltop. Must be doing something wrong

Same kind of (scripted wallpaper): Thread: Script to download bing desktops? - https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...-bing-desktops

Are you using the 'slideshow' option with the wallpaper settings ?
The slideshow has an option to set the image change interval - if there is no new image the slideshow will show the old image.


Another option

KDE scripted wallpaper plugin: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show...content=115147

Description:
This is a Plasma Wallpaper plugin that lets you use scripts to control the wallpaper.

A short script - using the wget to download the webcamera picture and echoing the image location.

#!/bin/sh

wget http://ftp2.innofactor.com/helsinginsatama/image_00001.jpg? -O /home/rog132/Wallpaper/myWallpaper.jpg
echo /home/rog132/Wallpaper/myWallpaper.jpg

and adding the script to the KDE wallpaper providers...





Working at here...


PPA search:

- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas?n...scripted-image
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas?n...asma+wallpaper

[dibl]

strange thing. Portalview updtes the picture, but does not update the desltop. Must be doing something wrong

I had not known of PortalView -- thanks Rog! It is working well here. As Rog says, you need to (a) set the default desktop to "Slideshow" and (b) point it to the directory where you have told PortalView to save the "current.jpg/png/gif" file. I recommend making a special directory just for PortalView to use, to simplify the setup. After you have it updating your wallpaper as you desire, you can add a line to your startup script in ~./kde/Autostart like this one:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 30 &&	# 0 good for Xfce - use 20 to 30 for Gnome
conky -c /home/don/Conky/conkymain &
sleep 8 &&
radiotray &
sleep 3 &&
/home/don/live_wallpaper/portalview-start.sh &
sleep 1 &&
#end

Here is a screenshot of the plasma default-desktop setup that is working here: