There is one that plays photos from a USB drive: http://www.chumby.com/guide/widget/USB%20Photo

I am having a problem with customizing the PICASA widget using the URL (https://picasaweb.google.com/jordanjm2/ … directlink) provided by Picasa.  I keep getting a message saying "Cannot open album.  Please verify the URL." 

I currently have an accepted URL (http://picasaweb.google.com/jordanjm2/2 … gIbLnfSUPw) that I entered when I first bought the product (~1 yr ago) and it still works today. 

However, when I cut and paste that same URL that works today and try to save I get the exact same error message. 

Please advise.  Jim

The Picasa widget works for me, it doesn't forget my link.  What it does do, however, is after cycling through 4 pictures or so, will stop responding.

For what it is worth, most of my albums are set to private, only being shared with people who have the link.  For those of you whose widget isn't working, try setting your privacy settings to that.

Having the same issues. I have brand new Chumby8 ( s: 1.8.2, f: 1.8.3883, h: 9.9 )
I added the Picasa widget to a new channel, and gave it a direct link to the album, which was set to limited visibility ( anyone with the link ). The link was HTTPS, and the widget worked fine.

I then tapped on the device to configure the widget. The device configuration screen has far more options then the web based configuration screen. I changed a few options, and the widget worked in the channel for awhile.

Later, I noticed the "Loading image list..." screen for about 30s, before the widget was skipped and the channel moved on to other widgets.

I used the device to open the channel, and play just the picasa widget, I get the "Loading image list..." screen forever. I also see the 'tap for options' at the bottom. I tried tapping, but the options won't come up.

I went onto chumby.com, and customized the widget, the URL field was blank again.

Something is wrong with how this widget persists it's information. I don't know how chumby widgets sync between server and local client settings, but I would say one thing is overwriting the other.

Please look into this. Or is it possible to d/l this widget's source and look into the problem ourselves? Any logging?

Using the Chumby labs Picasa Web Albums.

I ended up deleting the widget from the channel via chumby.com, and the waiting for the channel to synch ( posted about the problem here  ( thanks Duane for the response).
Once the channel was cleared of the widget, I re-added it (via chumby.com). Set the URL to be plain old HTTP. It worked for 36hrs at least, then, after giving the device as a gift, I edited the Picasa web albums to remove the picasa logo ( through the Chumby8 interface). Next time I looked at the device, it was back to "Loading image list..."

There's some problem here, where if you edit the widget locally, it conflicts or somehow causes the original URL to be lost.

Also note, the 'local' version of the widget lets you do complicated things like log into your picasa account and pick an album. I wonder if the 'simple' config is being overwritten by a blank 'complicated' config. i.e, the "Give us a URL to the album' vs the 'give us a logon and pw to your picasa album and tell us which album to play'...

Anyway for me to look at how these settings are stored, and compare them between time slices? Are they XML files sitting in a directory somewhere?

My current plan is to use the chumby8 solely to add the widget to the channel and manage it.

Unfortunately, step 1 has had issues. I removed the widget from my channel. Then I went to Chumby8 home, and apps, and added the Picasa Web Albums to my channel. It said successfully added. I went back to home, channel list, and opened my channel. The widget isn't there.

Maybe this is tied to the same slow synch Duane mentioned in my other thread.

I'm going to wait for it to appear in my channel, and then try to solely configure it on the client. See what happens. I have a theory the server side customize may be persisting things in a way the client side options dont.