In this video/post I will demonstrate how to create a 'live' digital picture frame that displays up-to-date pictures from a web cam.

As you will see in the video I did this to be able to send live pictures of the sunset set to my parents house, halfway across the world.

To do this all you need as far as hardware is concerned is a wireless digital picture frame and a web cam. To the left and the right are a couple of different wireless digital picture frame options. Both of these can access FrameChannel content and should have no problem becoming a 'live' digital picture frame.

RSS Feed
Here is a link to a template of the RSS feed I used in the video. Just unzip the file and right click on rssfeed.html:
Open With -> Notepad. (You may have the click choose program -> Notepad)
Once in Notepad search for *** (three asterisks). In between the asterisks you will find a necessary field. Have the URL of your picture ready and just paste it in over the asterisks. Save and upload! Now just type in yoursite.com/rssfeed.html and you should see a basic feed with one picture. Just copy the URL (yoursite.com/rssfeed.html) and add it as a feed in Frame Channel.

Web Server
You will need a HTTP server. If you do not have one, you can look into free hosting options.

Without a RSS Feed and HTTP server - All you need is Windows Media Player and a digital picture frame that can access a Upnp Server

It is possible to do this if you do not want to use a HTTP server or an RSS feed. However, your images will only be available as far as your home network reaches.

First, open Windows Media Player and click on:
Tools -> Options -> Library -> Configure Sharing
In this window check "Share my media" and click OK.
Now go to your picure frame and have it look for Upnp servers. Yours will pop up, but without any pictures. That is because you need to return to your computer and you should have a message from Windows Media Player asking you if you want to allow a device to access the server. Click yes.

Now if you go back to your frame you should be able to see the media folders in your My Documents directory.

The next step is to configure Yawcam to create a file on your hard drive, instead of upload a file to the internet.

First create a directory in My Pictures. Next, in Yawcam click:
Settings -> Edit settings -> File -> Browse
Now find the directory you just created and have it save the images in there. Configure the Image array wizard as is shown in the video. Click OK and next to 'File' click 'Enable'.

Now, at your picture frame just open the newly created directory and select the image. Thats it!

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