A option to disable random

[guigast]

Hello, it s me again.
first i wanted to thank you very much for the previous update.
I have a new problem, i have 4 screens and 16 pictures to display that are update every 5 minutes with the same name by Cacti.
Actually i have unfortunately regularly two screens what are displaying the same pictures.
The second problem is that they are not always on the same screen.
i would expect what by taking a multiple of 4, the pictures should be always shown on the same screen, so i guess your screensaver is taking the pictures randomly.
Could you make a update to disable random and start picture one on screen 1, picture 2 on screen 2 and so on? And restart with the first picture on screen 1 at the end of the cycle? (sort by name)
Oping not to bother you to much.
Thank you very much

[qu1ck]

This screensaver is for displaying large amount of static pictures with a relatively short update period. After all that's what screensavers are for, refreshing what is displayed on the screen without letting static images linger too long for oled (or CRT) burn in to settle.

It does not fit your use case. Even if I disable random and add a bunch of extra logic to avoid having duplicate images on different screens you will still run into issues with internal caching the screensaver does and updates to your files not displaying or being corrupted because screensaver is trying to read the file while it is being updated.

You need a special purpose software to achieve what you want.

[guigast]

Hi qu1ck,
we didnt have issues of that kind for now.
the pictures are updated every 5 minutes on the local drive, but the screen saver is changing every 5 sec.
So it's a little messi because of the random but it s works.
Thanks anyway