To
display a scrolling tickertape with news headlines:
This has been tested on Windows and Linux (Raspian) but should also work on Apple. It's written for Python 3.
- Download and install Python and
Pygame.
- Download the Python file and the logo image files here.
- Unzip the files into the same folder and run TickerTape.pyw
If nothing happens open TickerTape.pyw with Idle (the Python editor) and run it from there, the error messages should be helpful.
UPDATED Aug 2016 Sky URL changed to http://feeds.skynews.com/feeds/rss/home.xml
UPDATED March 2015 to run on Linux without needing to comment out lines. Tested on a Raspberry Pi 2 with Raspian.
The program seems to 'blink' occasionally. I'm not sure why this is. The program is not perfect but it is free!