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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
The space on rad1o is limited. The recommended an1-file size is < 400kb.
Requirements
Tasks
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 the 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
Result
Examples
Example Animation stored as base64-encoded file
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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
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