Howto Convert GIFs to Animations

This Howto explains how to convert a GIF-file to a animation file, displayable in the Camp firmware. This tutorial has been tested with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

• Image Magick (Ubuntu install: sudo apt-get install imagemagick)
• Perl GD2 library (Ubuntu install: sudo apt-get install libgd-gd2-perl)
• img2lcd script (download from https://github.com/rad1o/f1rmware/raw/master/tools/img2lcd.pl)
• lcd2ani script (download from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rad1o/f1rmware/master/tools/lcd2ani.pl)
• Conversion script (download from: https://gist.github.com/deltaflyer/62050c8f958587ba78ed)

• Select a gif that is close to the size of the display (130x130px)
• Create a new folder called gifconversion
• Put the gif file into the folder gifconversion
• Download all scripts (img2lcd.pl / lcd2ani.pl / convert.sh) and place them in the folder gifconversion
• Open a terminal and browse into the directory gifconversion
• Start the conversion script by running in the console bash < conversion.sh FILE.gif
• Now an output file out.an1 is produced.
• turn off the rad1o
• connect the rad1o with the USB cable to the computer
• push and hold UP while you turn on the rad1o. it will now boot in MSC mode, appearing as a mass storage device (like a USB stick) to the computer
• place out.an1 on the device and execute the command sync afterwareds
• wait until the left bottom LED stops flashing
• unmount the device
• restart your rad1o
• In the menu select play_animation and select OUT. The animation should now start up

• A running animation

Example Animation stored as base64-encoded file

• Download animation as base64-encoded file from https://gist.github.com/deltaflyer/fd4afb6e2eb1dc5b7e22
• Paste the content into a file as file file.an1.gz.base64
• Decode the content on the Linux command line base64 -d file.an1.gz.base64 > file.an1.gz
• Unpack the file gunzip file.an1.gz
• Put the file on your rad1o in the mass storage mode (see above)
• In the menu select play_animation and select FILE. The animation should now start up

More files

• Pikachu: https://gist.github.com/deltaflyer/fd4afb6e2eb1dc5b7e22
• Nyan-Cat: https://gist.github.com/deltaflyer/ea4023e219a6221b61b0
• Dancing Banana: https://gist.github.com/deltaflyer/c34d8ed01b770a9e0adf
• Pikachu Guitar: https://gist.github.com/deltaflyer/adfa2ec006ab58ab02e5
• 20+ .an1 Files: http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/kgyJIDHl/file.html
• DeepDream Animation of the Camp Logo (customizable with your nick): https://github.com/w1kke/rad1o_deepdream_animation