Christmas is coming, we recently had a newborn, and we aren’t sharing pictures of them on social media. But of course, we’d like to share photos with family, and a digital photo frame seems like an ideal way to do that.
I’m considering a solution with Immich, and found ImmichFrame. This doesn’t recommend making it available to the internet, however, but running it on a Raspberry Pi with only the images we intend to share this way seems like a reasonable amount of risk.
Regarding Immich Frame, how does it handle when the server is unavailable, when say, my IP address changes? Ideally, I don’t want this gift to become a series of tech support problems, there’s good reason I haven’t offered family access to anything else I self host.
Also, what frames do y’all recommend? Not looking to break the bank here, as I may be buying several. I assume something simple and Android would be best, maybe even something that can have its OS replaced with stock? I’d hate to get stuck with something locked down and unworkable, or that introduces its own broad privacy/security issues.
Lastly, please feel free to suggest other alternatives. Maybe there’s a solution that sends images encrypted and decrypts them on device, and doesn’t require me to self-host Immich, for example?
Are there no frames that just take usb/microsd?
There are but my assumption is they want something wireless that they can update often with photos of the child
Correct! This would be going out to family that doesn’t just live close enough to see her and take their own pictures, so being able to add more remotely is the whole point!
There are but my assumption is they want something wireless that they can update often with photos of the child
Correct! This would be going out to family that doesn’t just live close enough to see her and take their own pictures, so being able to add more remotely is the whole point!
I did the old Magic Mirror 2 with an iframe feed off the server. Hangs in the living room, gives general weather updates, displays calendar, randomly displays pictures, can pull up various security cam feeds, etc.
Dang, that’s incredibly cool. Hadn’t heard of this!
Here and there I use the immich proxy. Allows password protected sharing directly from immich, does not require to expose much to the outer world.
digital photo frame seems like an ideal way to do that.
What? What’s wrong with either just putting them on a web album and letting the family browse them, or else sending actual physical prints? I certainly wouldn’t want a digital frame in my living room with someone else controlling what it was showing.
Digital photo frame that somebody else controls is great for the case where you are a person who can’t do tech, but you have somebody you trust who can, and you want to get a daily update delivered to your kitchen showing what all the grandkids have been getting up to.
Build your own with a Raspberry or Arduino. Easiest and cheapest way, if you don’t want cloud and ads.
