Hi;

I have a tv that will play a slideshow of my digital photos if I
create an ALB file. Without the ALB file, it wont switch the
photos...it will just display whatever photo is up indefinitely. As a
result, I need to create an ALB file. The TV had a generic one that I
got to work...Here is my code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-885h9-1" ?>
<philips-slideshow version="1.0">
<title>Pats Slideshow</Title>
<audio>Every.mp3</audio>
<slide-duration>15</slide-duration>
<slides>
<slide>dsc00864.jpg </slide>
<slide>dsc01012.jpg </slide>
<slide>dsc01013.jpg </slide>
<slide>dsc01014.jpg </slide>
<slide>dsc01015.jpg </slide>
<slide>dsc01017.jpg </slide>
<slide>dsc01018.jpg </slide>
<slide>dsc01019.jpg </slide>
<slide>dsc01020.jpg </slide>
<slide>dsc01021.jpg </slide>
</slides>
</philips-slideshow>

It works ok...but I have a couple of questions.

If I want to play several songs, how do I add them? / get them to
play one after the other?

Any known software that will generate this ALB file for me instead of
me physically typing in every file name?

Any place known where I can obtain more info about the use and
capabilities of an ALB file?

Thanks for any advice.

Pat

not sure about software that will generate the .alb file for you. i can
offer some advice on how to play multiple songs though. you can create a
playlist file (.pls) in notepad that lists the songs you want to play with
the slideshow. her is an example:

---begin playlist file
[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=2

File1=The Raconteurs-Broken Boy Soldiers-01-Steady, As She Goes-320kbps.mp3
Title1=Steady, As She Goes
Length1=-1

File2=The Raconteurs-Broken Boy Soldiers-02-Hands-320kbps.mp3
Title1=Hands
Length1=-1

Version=2
---end playlist file

now in your .alb file, enter the filename for you playlist file instead of
the individual song file:
<audio>MyPlaylist.pls</audio>

check out wikipidia for more info on the .pls file:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLS_(file_format)

hope this helps

"komobu" wrote:

> Hi;
>
> I have a tv that will play a slideshow of my digital photos if I
> create an ALB file. Without the ALB file, it wont switch the
> photos...it will just display whatever photo is up indefinitely. As a
> result, I need to create an ALB file. The TV had a generic one that I
> got to work...Here is my code:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-885h9-1" ?>
> <philips-slideshow version="1.0">
> <title>Pats Slideshow</Title>
> <audio>Every.mp3</audio>
> <slide-duration>15</slide-duration>
> <slides>
> <slide>dsc00864.jpg </slide>
> <slide>dsc01012.jpg </slide>
> <slide>dsc01013.jpg </slide>
> <slide>dsc01014.jpg </slide>
> <slide>dsc01015.jpg </slide>
> <slide>dsc01017.jpg </slide>
> <slide>dsc01018.jpg </slide>
> <slide>dsc01019.jpg </slide>
> <slide>dsc01020.jpg </slide>
> <slide>dsc01021.jpg </slide>
> </slides>
> </philips-slideshow>
>
> It works ok...but I have a couple of questions.
>
> If I want to play several songs, how do I add them? / get them to
> play one after the other?
>
> Any known software that will generate this ALB file for me instead of
> me physically typing in every file name?
>
> Any place known where I can obtain more info about the use and
> capabilities of an ALB file?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Pat
>
>

i saw an error in the sample code for the second song. it should read:

File2=The Raconteurs-Broken Boy Soldiers-02-Hands-320kbps.mp3
Title2=Hands
Length1=-1

here is the explanation of the .pls file variables:
Header

[playlist] : This tag indicates that it is a Playlist File

NumberOfEntries : This variable indicates the number of tracks

Track Entry
Assuming track entry #X

FileX : Variable defining location of stream.
TitleX : Defines track title.
LengthX : Length in seconds of track. Value of -1 indicates indefinite.

Footer

Version : Playlist version. Currently only a value of 2 is valid.

thanks...tom

"strorg" wrote:

> not sure about software that will generate the .alb file for you. i can
> offer some advice on how to play multiple songs though. you can create a
> playlist file (.pls) in notepad that lists the songs you want to play with
> the slideshow. her is an example:
>
> ---begin playlist file
> [playlist]
> NumberOfEntries=2
>
> File1=The Raconteurs-Broken Boy Soldiers-01-Steady, As She Goes-320kbps.mp3
> Title1=Steady, As She Goes
> Length1=-1
>
> File2=The Raconteurs-Broken Boy Soldiers-02-Hands-320kbps.mp3
> Title1=Hands
> Length1=-1
>
> Version=2
> ---end playlist file
>
> now in your .alb file, enter the filename for you playlist file instead of
> the individual song file:
> <audio>MyPlaylist.pls</audio>
>
> check out wikipidia for more info on the .pls file:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLS_(file_format)
>
> hope this helps
>
> "komobu" wrote:
>
> > Hi;
> >
> > I have a tv that will play a slideshow of my digital photos if I
> > create an ALB file. Without the ALB file, it wont switch the
> > photos...it will just display whatever photo is up indefinitely. As a
> > result, I need to create an ALB file. The TV had a generic one that I
> > got to work...Here is my code:
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-885h9-1" ?>
> > <philips-slideshow version="1.0">
> > <title>Pats Slideshow</Title>
> > <audio>Every.mp3</audio>
> > <slide-duration>15</slide-duration>
> > <slides>
> > <slide>dsc00864.jpg </slide>
> > <slide>dsc01012.jpg </slide>
> > <slide>dsc01013.jpg </slide>
> > <slide>dsc01014.jpg </slide>
> > <slide>dsc01015.jpg </slide>
> > <slide>dsc01017.jpg </slide>
> > <slide>dsc01018.jpg </slide>
> > <slide>dsc01019.jpg </slide>
> > <slide>dsc01020.jpg </slide>
> > <slide>dsc01021.jpg </slide>
> > </slides>
> > </philips-slideshow>
> >
> > It works ok...but I have a couple of questions.
> >
> > If I want to play several songs, how do I add them? / get them to
> > play one after the other?
> >
> > Any known software that will generate this ALB file for me instead of
> > me physically typing in every file name?
> >
> > Any place known where I can obtain more info about the use and
> > capabilities of an ALB file?
> >
> > Thanks for any advice.
> >
> > Pat
> >
> >