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2025
Dec 2025 Home Assistant Adding an Apple TV Remote Control to My Raspberry Pi Photo Frame 14 min Dec 2025 Voice & remote MetaPi – a perfect Android companion app for the Pi3D digital picture frame 1 min Nov 2025 Hardware Adding Motion Detection and Smart Power Control to My Digital Photo Frame 7 min Nov 2025 Reviews My review of the Reflection Frame with its paper-like e-ink display 5 min Nov 2025 Photos & syncing Using icloudpd to sync iCloud Photos to a Raspberry Pi Photo Frame 7 min Jun 2025 Home Assistant How to add a date filtering shortcut button in Home Assistant for your picture frame 2 min Apr 2025 Voice & remote How to voice control your digital picture frame using a cheap M5Stack ASR voice recognition chip 4 min Mar 2025 Hardware How to convert an old TV box into an epic digital picture frame 5 min Feb 2025 Software & config How I built a multi-photo digital frame for a tall, narrow space 4 min Feb 2025 Home Assistant How to automatically resize images to fit your digital picture frame 2 min Feb 2025 Getting started Which SD card is best for a Raspberry Pi? 4 min
2024
Dec 2024 Home Assistant How to adjust the default time setting of PictureFrame in Home Assistant 1 min Dec 2024 Networking Create your own digital picture frame access point when WiFi is unavailable (2025 Bookworm Edition) 4 min Dec 2024 Software & config Why you need to use a virtual environment in Bookworm when installing Python packages 2 min Dec 2024 Home Assistant How to show your current picture frame photo in Home Assistant (2024 Edition) 2 min Nov 2024 Software & config Personalizing Pi3D PictureFrame: How to localize your photo geodata in any language 2 min Nov 2024 Tweaks & hacks Why Raspberry Pi Connect is the perfect screen sharing and remote shell tool for your digital photo frame maintenance 2 min Nov 2024 Networking Why the 2.4 GHz WiFi band is faster and more stable for your digital picture frame than 5 GHz 3 min Nov 2024 Software & config Expand your digital picture frame use cases with Pi3D integrated USB media stick support 3 min Nov 2024 Software & config How to automatically remove duplicate images from your Pictures folder (2024 Edition) 5 min Nov 2024 Getting started Beginner’s guide to Pi3D PictureFrame’s configuration.yaml file 3 min Nov 2024 Photos & syncing How to only show portrait photos on your Raspberry Pi photo frame 2 min Nov 2024 Home Assistant Celebrate birthdays and anniversaries with auto-themed photos on your digital frame 4 min Nov 2024 Getting started Install the Pi3D PictureFrame software with one click (2026 Edition, Raspberry Pi 2/3/4/5) 5 min Sept 2024 Networking How to fix an unreliable WiFi connection on your Raspberry Pi picture frame 4 min Jun 2024 Getting started How to build the best Raspberry Pi digital picture frame with Bookworm Wayland (2025 Edition, Pi 2/3/4/5) 8 min Jun 2024 Buying advice Your personal online shopping consultant to find the best digital picture frame 1 min
2023
Dec 2023 Photos & syncing The ultimate guide on using Samba filesharing on the Raspberry Pi with special tuning for Macs 6 min Dec 2023 Getting started Which Raspberry Pi model should you get for your digital photo frame? 2 min Nov 2023 Tweaks & hacks How to find the IP address of a new device in your network with Angry IP Scanner 2 min Nov 2023 Networking Stay Connected: Enhancing Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi Stability by Turning Off Power Management 2 min Nov 2023 Tweaks & hacks How to reduce the wear on your SD card in your Raspberry Pi digital photo frame 4 min Oct 2023 Home Assistant Date filtering doesn’t work? Check your photos for valid Exif date information 1 min Oct 2023 Software & config Determine the power status of a connected display with Bookworm Wayland 1 min Oct 2023 Photos & syncing The genius way to remove duplicate images from your picture folder 5 min Oct 2023 Home Assistant The new way to turn your connected HDMI monitor on and off on a Raspberry Pi (Bookworm Wayland) 1 min
2022
Apr 2022 Photos & syncing How to send photos to your Raspberry Pi digital photo frame via email – 2022 Update 4 min Jan 2022 Networking How to add a second WiFi network to your Raspberry Pi (updated for OS Bookworm) 2 min
2021
Dec 2021 Software & config How to show date and time on your digital picture frame 1 min Dec 2021 Buying advice How well does the Google Chromecast really work as a digital picture frame? 5 min Dec 2021 Photos & syncing How to synchronize your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame with Google Drive using rclone 4 min Dec 2021 Reviews My hands-on review of the Aeezo 9-inch WiFi Touchscreen Digital Photo Frame 4 min Aug 2021 Reviews My review of Nixplay’s first WiFi touchscreen photo frame 6 min Jun 2021 Getting started How I built a stunning 32-inch 4K digital picture frame with a Raspberry Pi 4 featuring smooth image crossfading transitions 6 min May 2021 Reviews My review of the Dragon Touch Classic 10 Elite Digital Photo Frame with touch screen and WiFi 5 min Apr 2021 Hardware Watch the video how I dismantled the BenQ PD3200U monitor to build a new 4K digital picture frame with the Raspberry Pi 6 min Apr 2021 Hardware Control your monitor settings via software on your Raspberry Pi 4 3 min Mar 2021 Networking How to use a private key to connect your Raspberry Pi from any macOS/Linux computer 5 min Mar 2021 Software & config How to automatically control the display brightness of your Raspberry Pi photo frame 2 min Mar 2021 Home Assistant How to fully integrate your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame into Home Assistant even showing the current image 7 min Mar 2021 Software & config Activate the power of the magic matting feature on your Raspberry Pi picture frame 6 min Mar 2021 Hardware Hot to disable overscan to get rid of the black border on your Raspberry Pi display 2 min Mar 2021 Software & config How to use your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame in portrait orientation 2 min Mar 2021 Reviews Meet the largest table-top picture frame: The Netgear Meural WiFi Photo Frame 4 min Feb 2021 Reviews Experience the world of art with a Canvia Art Frame 4 min Feb 2021 Reviews My review of the Aura Sawyer picture frame with its tack sharp display and stylish look 5 min Feb 2021 Reviews My review of the Aura Smith photo frame – exclusive French design made in California 5 min Jan 2021 Hardware How to use your Apple iMac or MacBook as a monitor for any Raspberry Pi with an HDMI Video Capture Card 6 min Jan 2021 Hardware My shortlist of 32-inch high-end 4K monitors for your Raspberry Pi digital photo frame (2021 Edition) 8 min
2020
Dec 2020 Networking Check the wifi signal strength of your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame before you hang it up on the wall 3 min Dec 2020 Builder stories The two main reasons why Raspberry Pi digital picture frames break – and how to avoid them 6 min Dec 2020 Networking How to make sure that you can always connect to your Raspberry Pi picture frame even if your WiFi connection doesn’t work anymore 4 min Dec 2020 Tweaks & hacks How to automatically remove duplicate images from your Raspberry Pi digital frame photo library 3 min Dec 2020 Reviews Meet Frameo – The operating system for many digital picture frames made in Denmark 6 min Dec 2020 Home Assistant How to trigger a Home Assistant script through Alexa and make your Raspberry Pi picture frame do (just about) anything 4 min Dec 2020 Home Assistant Show the CPU temperature of your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame in Home Assistant via MQTT 2 min Dec 2020 Home Assistant How to show the place where your photo was taken with the Raspberry Pi digital picture frame geolocation feature 6 min Dec 2020 Builder stories The story of Dave’s Raspberry Pi digital picture frame project with a 4:3 screen ratio and a few handy tricks 6 min Nov 2020 Home Assistant Ask Siri about when a photo on your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame was taken 4 min Nov 2020 Software & config The HEIC/HEIF photo format now works with the Raspberry Pi Pi3D PictureFrame image viewer 2 min Nov 2020 Buying advice The Top 10 most popular digital picture frames my blog readers ordered on Amazon in the 2020 pre-holiday season 3 min Nov 2020 Hardware Does the onboard WiFi performance of a Raspberry Pi 4 suffer using a metal Flirc case? 4 min Nov 2020 Reviews If you are looking for a digital frame for your wedding photos, you might like the beautiful white Aura Carver 6 min Nov 2020 Builder stories How Rob built a superslim 32-inch 4K digital picture frame based on the BenQ PD3200 and the Raspberry Pi 4 10 min Oct 2020 Home Assistant How to use iOS Shortcuts to control your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame via iPhone, Siri, or your Apple Watch 4 min Oct 2020 Reviews My review of the Skylight 10-inch WiFi Touchscreen Digital Photo Frame 5 min Sept 2020 Reviews Read this before you go out and buy Samsung’s The Frame as an ultra-large digital picture frame 7 min Sept 2020 Reviews My review of the Feelcare 10.1-inch WiFi Touchscreen Digital Photo Frame 5 min Sept 2020 Reviews My impression of the Dragon Touch Digital Picture Frame Classic 10 with touch screen, WiFi, and SD/USB 5 min Sept 2020 Reviews The Aura Mason digital picture frame with the Gift Setup feature to upload images even before the box is opened 7 min Sept 2020 Home Assistant How to change the battery of your Xiaomi Aqara Temperature sensor 2 min Sept 2020 Reviews Using the Google Nest Hub as a digital picture frame (Product Review and Comparison) 5 min Jul 2020 Reviews How to use the Amazon Echo Show 10 as a digital picture frame (Product Review and User Manual) 7 min Jun 2020 Reviews Enjoy a million pieces of art in your living room with Nimbus Digital Frames 6 min Jun 2020 Getting started How Josh built a large digital picture frame with a 3:2 aspect ratio which is perfect for all DSLR photographers 9 min Jun 2020 Home Assistant How to quickly troubleshoot MQTT problems on your Raspberry Pi 4 min Jun 2020 Software & config How to start realtime systemd timer services as a crontab replacement on the Raspberry Pi 6 min Jun 2020 Buying advice How much does a digital photo frame cost, and what are the differences between the models? 9 min Jun 2020 Getting started The best 24 inches displays in 16:10 aspect ratio for your DIY Raspberry Pi digital photo frame project 4 min Jun 2020 Software & config How to get the Ken Burns effect on your Raspberry Pi digital photo frame? 2 min Jun 2020 Software & config The ultimate guide on using systemd to autostart scripts on the Raspberry Pi 6 min Jun 2020 Getting started Discover the complete hard- and software setup of my Raspberry Pi digital picture frame 4 min Jun 2020 Photos & syncing The 5 ultimate sources for legally downloading classical art and how to best present it on your digital picture frame 10 min Jun 2020 Home Assistant How to pause, go back or delete an image on your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame with a simple Alexa voice command 4 min Jun 2020 Home Assistant How to effortlessly select different image folders in Pi3D PictureFrame via mobile phone or voice 3 min Jun 2020 Software & config All the options and settings of the Pi3D PictureFrame image viewer explained in one simple cheat sheet 13 min Jun 2020 Tweaks & hacks The beginner’s guide to working with the Terminal on the Raspberry Pi from a Windows, macOS, or Linux computer (2020 Version) 12 min May 2020 Software & config The ultimate Pi3D PictureFrame FAQ Page – All the questions, all the answers and more 3 min May 2020 Home Assistant How to use the DashMQTT Android app to remote control your Raspberry Pi photo frame 6 min May 2020 Reviews My 2020 review of the tack-sharp 2K Nixplay Smart Photo Frame – get ready to be spoilt 8 min May 2020 Home Assistant How to use the free PiHelper iPhone app as a remote control for your Raspberry Pi picture frame 5 min May 2020 Home Assistant A step-by-step guide on how to use a voice-controlled date filter on your digital photo frame 9 min May 2020 Hardware How to build a stunning high-end 32 inches 4K digital photo frame with the Raspberry Pi 4 12 min May 2020 Tweaks & hacks My practical cheat-sheet to enter 8 often used raspi-config settings with simple terminal commands 5 min May 2020 Home Assistant How to save power by adding a PIR motion sensor to your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame 9 min May 2020 Photos & syncing A step-by-step guide on how to back up the SD card of your Raspberry Pi while it’s running (2024 Bookworm Edition) 4 min May 2020 Photos & syncing How Victor built a WiFi photo frame with Pi3D which shows the location where the photo was taken (Geolocation) 7 min May 2020 Photos & syncing How to synchronize your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame with your Google Photos albums using rclone 4 min May 2020 Photos & syncing How to install Dropbox on your Raspberry Pi using rclone 6 min May 2020 Photos & syncing How to back up and restore your Raspberry Pi SD Card with ApplePi Baker for macOS Catalina 7 min May 2020 Getting started Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) when building your own digital picture frame 6 min May 2020 Home Assistant How to install the MQTT Mosquitto broker locally on your digital picture frame’s Raspberry Pi 3 min May 2020 Builder stories Get inspired for your Raspberry Pi project in The Digital Picture Frame User Gallery 13 min Mar 2020 Buying advice How much energy does a digital picture frame consume – and how to keep it low with no lack of convenience 8 min Mar 2020 Buying advice 6 tricks on how to best hide the power cord when hanging a digital picture frame on the wall 6 min Mar 2020 Reviews My in-depth Netgear Meural Canvas II Product Review – a photo frame with perfect colors 11 min Mar 2020 Reviews The Top 10 Digital Picture Frames that I can fully recommend 3 min Feb 2020 Hardware Screen sharing between a Raspberry Pi 4 and a macOS computer 2 min Feb 2020 Photos & syncing Installing Samba on your Raspberry Pi and optimizing it for macOS computers 5 min Feb 2020 Photos & syncing Using Syncthing to synchronize files between your Rasp­berry Pi and Mac/PC/Linux computers 8 min
2019
Nov 2019 Reviews The new Nixplay Smart Photo Frames – right in time for the holiday season 6 min Oct 2019 Software & config What to do when you get the warning message “REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED” from your Raspberry Pi 3 min Oct 2019 Reviews Which digital picture frame makes the best present? 9 min Aug 2019 Voice & remote Three ways to change your wifi password and SSID on a headless Raspberry Pi locally and remotely 4 min Jul 2019 Home Assistant Voice con­trol your Raspberry Pi dig­i­tal pho­to frame with Ama­zon Echo, MQTT, and Node-RED 7 min Jul 2019 Reviews My 2019 review of the Nixplay Seed 10.1 WiFi photo frame – Made for friends & family 12 min Jul 2019 Reviews How to set up your brand new Nixplay Seed WiFi Cloud Frame with your PC/Laptop 5 min Jul 2019 Reviews How to set up your brand new Nixplay Seed WiFi Cloud Frame with your mobile device 4 min Jun 2019 Software & config The best 3 image viewers for your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame project 9 min Jun 2019 Photos & syncing Check the Exif data of your images to prepare your Raspberry Pi photo frame for smart playlists 4 min May 2019 Software & config How to customize your Raspberry Pi splash screen (Raspbian Stretch April 2019 Version) 3 min May 2019 Hardware How to get rid of the blinking rainbow square on your Raspberry Pi picture frame 4 min May 2019 Reviews The ultimate 10-Point checklist for buying a digital picture frame 15 min Mar 2019 Voice & remote How to remotely access your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame from anywhere 5 min Mar 2019 Home Assistant Voice control your Raspberry Pi digital photo frame with Amazon Echo and Home Assistant 4 min Feb 2019 Home Assistant Display the number of photos on your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame in Home Assistant 3 min Feb 2019 Home Assistant Control your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame with Home Assistant’s WiFi presence detection and MQTT 8 min Feb 2019 Photos & syncing How to add photos to your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame via email 4 min Feb 2019 Home Assistant A simple way to automatically turn your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame on and off at fixed times 3 min Feb 2019 Home Assistant Use your iPhone to turn your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame on and off 2 min Feb 2019 Getting started How I added smooth crossfading image transitions to my Raspberry Pi digital picture frame (OS Buster Edition) 12 min Feb 2019 Photos & syncing How to get a professional and automatic aspect ratio crop for your images on your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame 5 min Feb 2019 Getting started How I built a digital picture frame with a Raspberry Pi 12 min Feb 2019 Photos & syncing How to create a Dropbox-like file synchronization setup on the Raspberry Pi with Resilio Sync 6 min Feb 2019 Networking How to configure the software for your Raspberry Pi digital picture frame in 60 minutes (OS Buster Edition) 10 min Jan 2019 Hardware 5 essential tips I learned from building Raspberry Pi digital picture frames 9 min Jan 2019 Hardware Why the Raspberry Pi is the best choice for your digital picture frame project 9 min Jan 2019 Photos & syncing Why building your own Raspberry Pi digital picture frame is great fun 5 min Jan 2019 Hardware Read these 10 essential tips for picking the right monitor for a Raspberry Pi digital picture frame 12 min

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