Releases

Releases are compressed static binaries that are ready to use instantly. Read the introduction to get started, or simply download and run one of the release binaries below. You can also use homebrew to install `gscreen` on macOS.

Version 0.5.0

Oct 13, 2022
  • Add a demo mode that serves images from unsplash.com (gscreen demo)
  • Add a "photo wall" mode that displays multiple images/videos scrolling past at once
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Version 0.4.1

Oct 14, 2022

Fix a few minor cosmetic bugs in the slideshow frontend

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Version 0.4.0

Oct 13, 2022
  • Limit response body size: never download more than 20MB of data per media item
  • Fix timing issue that caused errors with stale baseURLs
  • Allow installing gscreen via homebrew
  • Allow setting --data-dir via environment variable
  • List albums for all authenticated accounts (gscreen albums list)
  • Limit a slideshow to one or more Google Photos albums via the --album-ids flag
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Version 0.3.0

Oct 12, 2022
  • Create slideshows across multiple Google accounts
  • Resume interrupted metadata indexing jobs instead of starting from scratch every time
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Version 0.2.0

Oct 06, 2022

Assorted bugfixes:

  • Don't attempt to download expired baseURLs
  • Use the video player if serving the video component of a motion photo
  • Don't fetch motion photos on the very first batch to prevent stalls
  • Minor styling improvements
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Version 0.1.0

Oct 06, 2022

Initial release, containing:

  • Command-line tool to start up a webserver that hosts slideshows
  • Metadata management, including detecting motion photos
  • Server-side caching for smoother transitions
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