XMMS Picture Viewer Input Plugin

XMMS Picture Viewer (also known as Xmms-Slideshow) is a valuable Input Plugin for XMMS. Although XMMS was originally created for audio as its main feature, it has become more versatile over time. This has made the program more sought-after for other media uses as well. An example is the XMMS Mplayer Input Plugin, which allows the program to play video files.

The XMMS Picture Viewer Input Plugin adds support for the display of pictures. Whenever a picture file is selected in XMMS, the plugin will be activated and used to show it. Additionally, there is a settable time limit for picture display. Once the time is up, the next file from the XMMS playlist automatically starts playing. As a result, this plugin transforms XMMS into a highly effective tool for showing slideshows. This is why the project was given the name "XMMS-Slideshow".

To successfully use XMMS-Slideshow, it can be paired together with Bemused; this allows for control of the picture gallery from a mobile phone. This is because users can view and navigate through the complete directory tree on a hard drive straight from their mobile phone.

The XMMS Picture Viewer was designed for Linux and was developed with the kernel version 2.6.11.4. The program was tested under this kernel version, but it can run under other kernel versions as well. Here are some key features of XMMS Picture Viewer:

- Supports various picture formats, including .tga, .bmp, .pnm, .pbm, .pgm, .ppm, .xpm, .xcf, .pcx, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .tif, .lbm, and .png.
- Enables users to set the display time of an image.
- Fullscreen or window mode is available.
- Users can set the width and height of the window.
- Users can disable the cursor when it's above the program's window.

This software is written in C and uses standard C-libraries and the GLib2. Additionally, the SDL package and Gtk2 should be installed. To use XMMS Picture Viewer Input Plugin, users need XMMS.