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://pads.ccc.de/VXIJp2n6np)

• Select a gif that is close to the size of the display (130x130px)
• Create a new folder called gifconversion
• Download all scripts and place the in the folder gifconversion
• Start the conversion script by running in the console bash < conversion.sh FILE.gif
• Now a 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://pads.ccc.de/wLgNfrpGcs
• 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