Channel 9 Forums - Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Tue, 21 May 2013 19:30:33 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 19:30:33 GMT Rev9 24 -24 -1 Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1
This is the first in a series of videos that will show you how to build a Picture Frame device running the Windows CE 5.0 operating system. 

We've divided the project into the following four steps:
  1. Boot and run the Windows CE operating system in the Windows CE Emulator, use a custom "Picture Frame" skin on the emulator, display images from a shared folder on the desktop PC
  2. Expose a file share from the Windows CE Emulator image, allow users to drop images into the folder and have these displayed in the frame
  3. Expose Web Services on the Windows CE Emulator that allow desktop applications to register images to be displayed on the picture frame
  4. Move the Windows CE image to "Real" hardware - we will be using the ICOP eBox II reference board, $195.00 - - The board can be ordered from Samuel Phung.
You will need the following to complete the first step you will need the Windows CE 5.0 Technology Preview, a Custom Emulator Skin and Instructions for installing the skin.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/9331#9331 Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:00:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/9331#9331 The Channel 9 Team 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/The Channel 9 Team/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 Here's what the CE based Picture Frame will look like.


]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/55cbfde00178494ab9a89dea011139a3#55cbfde00178494ab9a89dea011139a3 Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:03:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/55cbfde00178494ab9a89dea011139a3#55cbfde00178494ab9a89dea011139a3 The Channel 9 Team 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/The Channel 9 Team/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 This is really cool.  

Great work Mike!


]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/d6cbb95c87fd4037a8939dea011139cb#d6cbb95c87fd4037a8939dea011139cb Thu, 10 Jun 2004 22:40:44 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/d6cbb95c87fd4037a8939dea011139cb#d6cbb95c87fd4037a8939dea011139cb Pete 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Pete/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 Props on the good video and sound quality, better than on most of the MSDN TV / webcast. BTW what was the machine being used? It seemed slightly laggy for being a "standard issue" 3ghz HT machine of today.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/32f6afbada0148929cb69dea011139f5#32f6afbada0148929cb69dea011139f5 Thu, 10 Jun 2004 23:03:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/32f6afbada0148929cb69dea011139f5#32f6afbada0148929cb69dea011139f5 androidi 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/androidi/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 Trying to follow along...

When I get to the end of the new platform wizard, I get a messagebox saying that the driver resolver is not available in this release - see the release notes for more detail.  There are no devices in my workspace window.

In the release notes, I was able to find the following:

Driver resolver not available

Driver resolver functionality is not included in this Macallan beta.

To manually add drivers to your OS design, open the Platform Settings dialog box, switch to the Environment tab, and enter the relevant BSP environment variables.

Drivers are normally brought in by platform.bib or common.bib. Examine these files to help determine which dependant drivers should be included.


Right...that explains it <g>

Now, how do I go about getting the appropriate device drivers into my workspace?  Was there something I needed to set up beforehand to get the right ones automatically copied, or do I need to copy them in manually?  If I need to copy them in manually, which ones do I need?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/8060e53ab4974ba0b0749dea01113a21#8060e53ab4974ba0b0749dea01113a21 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:23:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/8060e53ab4974ba0b0749dea01113a21#8060e53ab4974ba0b0749dea01113a21 Andy914 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Andy914/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 We were using a desktop PC running Camtasia to capture the output from an RDP connection to my Toshiba M200 laptop. This seems to work quite well when recording demos and slides - Camtasia capture the output to an AVI at 1024x768, the MS-Studios team then convert to 800x600 WMV 100k and 300k format.

- Mike

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/37d0f82f136145328dd29dea01113a4a#37d0f82f136145328dd29dea01113a4a Fri, 11 Jun 2004 02:32:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/37d0f82f136145328dd29dea01113a4a#37d0f82f136145328dd29dea01113a4a mikehall 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mikehall/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 ok, so I'm using a later build of Windows CE 5.0 than the Technology Preview which is downloadable from the web <g>

You should be able to add the drivers manually from the catalog - I'm just installing todays build of Windows CE 5.0, once that's complete I will give you the location in the catalog and the drivers that need to be added.

- Mike

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/108ebca8e7a7425080cf9dea01113a74#108ebca8e7a7425080cf9dea01113a74 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 02:35:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/108ebca8e7a7425080cf9dea01113a74#108ebca8e7a7425080cf9dea01113a74 mikehall 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mikehall/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 Can MSDN universal subscribers get a full version of that embedded system/program instead of the trial-version?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/49bf1ee00f364efda5f79dea01113a9d#49bf1ee00f364efda5f79dea01113a9d Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:39:38 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/49bf1ee00f364efda5f79dea01113a9d#49bf1ee00f364efda5f79dea01113a9d ZippyV 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/ZippyV/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 Windows CE and Windows XP Embedded full product are only available through the distribution channel - to get more information about how to purchase the full product please read the following... - http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/howtobuy/default.aspx 

Would you say that 120 days isn't long enough to evaluate Windows CE ?

- Mike

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/b047985822254e49b1839dea01113ac8#b047985822254e49b1839dea01113ac8 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:48:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/b047985822254e49b1839dea01113ac8#b047985822254e49b1839dea01113ac8 mikehall 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mikehall/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 Would you say that 120 days isn't long enough to evaluate Windows CE ?

>Sure it's long enough but now that I have an MSDN universal subscription I still don't get every tool from ms that I could need as a developer.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/862d4b708a22412c9ab89dea01113af1#862d4b708a22412c9ab89dea01113af1 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:16:51 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/862d4b708a22412c9ab89dea01113af1#862d4b708a22412c9ab89dea01113af1 ZippyV 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/ZippyV/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 Mike, instead of using Camtasia, why not use Windows Media Encoder 9, it comes with Screen capture capabilities, and you don't have to store chunky AVI file.


Mike
WinInsider.com

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/0eae60be96fb42278e669dea01113b34#0eae60be96fb42278e669dea01113b34 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:56:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/0eae60be96fb42278e669dea01113b34#0eae60be96fb42278e669dea01113b34 WinInsider 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/WinInsider/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 Camtasia is used by Microsoft Studios to record the sessions, I'm not sure why they are using this rather than Windows Media Encoder - I'm assuming WM Encoder writes directly to WM9 format, right ? - I'm not sure what software Studios use to edit the videos, it could be this needs AVI format, I will ping the producer to see if they've thought about this - and will have a go at recording Step2 of the video using Windows Media Encoder...

- Mike

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/196722d1ba134c1faeba9dea01113b5f#196722d1ba134c1faeba9dea01113b5f Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:24:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/196722d1ba134c1faeba9dea01113b5f#196722d1ba134c1faeba9dea01113b5f mikehall 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/mikehall/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1

I'm just installing todays build of Windows CE 5.0, once that's complete I will give you the location in the catalog and the drivers that need to be added.

Have you forgotten about this?  Or perhaps just having trouble finding the time (perfectly understandable)?

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/1c1bf57e2a9b46f6b0e29dea01113b89#1c1bf57e2a9b46f6b0e29dea01113b89 Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:36:38 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/1c1bf57e2a9b46f6b0e29dea01113b89#1c1bf57e2a9b46f6b0e29dea01113b89 Andy914 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Andy914/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 nice work Big Smile

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/3146c406e01d4f50bab09dea01113bcb#3146c406e01d4f50bab09dea01113bcb Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:56:53 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/3146c406e01d4f50bab09dea01113bcb#3146c406e01d4f50bab09dea01113bcb a2ps 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/a2ps/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 Waiting with baited breath for part 2. Wink

busted

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/37b9366ca9484f60a1b79dea01113c0c#37b9366ca9484f60a1b79dea01113c0c Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:31:02 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/37b9366ca9484f60a1b79dea01113c0c#37b9366ca9484f60a1b79dea01113c0c busted 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/busted/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 You inspired me to try making my own:

http://www.martindolphin.co.uk/dotnetblog/

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/e60b4f3a7afb466491109dea01113c35#e60b4f3a7afb466491109dea01113c35 Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:30:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/e60b4f3a7afb466491109dea01113c35#e60b4f3a7afb466491109dea01113c35 martindolphin 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/martindolphin/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 agreed, can't wait for part 2! I have my [very] old laptop ready to butcher. Downloaded Win CE yesterday and played around with it. Trying to find out how to push the binaries to the actual photoframe/laptop. Time for a spell on msdn I think.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/573d770e3aa94f58bc629dea01113c77#573d770e3aa94f58bc629dea01113c77 Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:22:27 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/573d770e3aa94f58bc629dea01113c77#573d770e3aa94f58bc629dea01113c77 StephenN 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/StephenN/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 I am not able to install the win ce 5.0 evaluation software. I downloaded the installation package from microsoft site. All the minimum requirements are met. But it is showing this error- The installation package could not be opened. please verify the package exists and you can access it-.can anybody help.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/d993e657dba94c79a2919dea01113cb9#d993e657dba94c79a2919dea01113cb9 Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:45:35 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/d993e657dba94c79a2919dea01113cb9#d993e657dba94c79a2919dea01113cb9 embguy 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/embguy/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1
mikehall wrote:
We were using a desktop PC running Camtasia to capture the output from an RDP connection to my Toshiba M200 laptop.
- Mike


What's an RDP connection

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/23182f140cfe4240a6109dea01113cfb#23182f140cfe4240a6109dea01113cfb Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:31:18 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/23182f140cfe4240a6109dea01113cfb#23182f140cfe4240a6109dea01113cfb Shrage 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Shrage/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 Hi, WinInsider thanks for the information about Windows Media Encoder 9, i d'l it and i love this feature, aspecialy thay it's free Smiley

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/0bb22cb3d1ca44d69a619dea01113d24#0bb22cb3d1ca44d69a619dea01113d24 Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:17:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/0bb22cb3d1ca44d69a619dea01113d24#0bb22cb3d1ca44d69a619dea01113d24 Shrage 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Shrage/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 great job

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/89dc37ac16064b8eaa1f9dea01113d64#89dc37ac16064b8eaa1f9dea01113d64 Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:18:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/89dc37ac16064b8eaa1f9dea01113d64#89dc37ac16064b8eaa1f9dea01113d64 vimkar 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/vimkar/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 Always cool to come accross this project again Smiley I love it. But the question that comes to mind (that's why I'm posting and I hope somebody might read it) is what possibilites there are to keep a project such as this running more than 120 days.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the tools and the image expires after 120 days? Ok, that's not nice but it's understandable *g*. Further up there is a link to the licensing stuff.

Ok, the $995 for the development tools are way out of reach for private/student projects. But the $9 or $16 per runtime license sound ok - if they actually sell them a single licenses (which I don't believe, but I'll just assume it - because you could always group up a bunch of people and buy the minimum amount of licenses).

But, the question is, can I use an OS image from the development eval kit with a real (bought) runtime license and so make it run way after the 120-days?

If not, what are all you guys doing CE projects out there doing? Do you keep downloading the eval kits and rebuilding os images?? I'm keen to know...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/77b451f09dde4849b3d99dea01113da9#77b451f09dde4849b3d99dea01113da9 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:39:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/77b451f09dde4849b3d99dea01113da9#77b451f09dde4849b3d99dea01113da9 Gidion2k4 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Gidion2k4/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1 The images don't expire.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/4badfa898952460dbc989dea01113dd1#4badfa898952460dbc989dea01113dd1 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:46:27 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/9331-Building-a-Picture-Frame-with-Windows-CE-50-Step-1/4badfa898952460dbc989dea01113dd1#4badfa898952460dbc989dea01113dd1 ZippyV 24 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/ZippyV/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Building a Picture Frame with Windows CE 5.0 - Step 1
ZippyV wrote:
The images don't expire.


...what's this video thread doing ressurected in Techoff?

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