Sorry about the delay! Lots of other projects going on at the Fortress Hepler. To answer your questions, @johnnyboy : I created a simple one-line script that plays the video on a loop and then added it to the PM2 management via pm2 start boo.sh and pm2 save. I disabled the Magic Mirror interface via pm2 stop MagicMirror and pm2 save. Now when then mirror boots, PM2 only watches over the script that calls the video playback. It’s not running the MagicMirror interface. No sense using all that overhead and calls to the weather API when it’s not being displayed. Caveat: the right display runs a video on loop under normal circumstances. Commenting out the one line that runs that video file and adding a line to play a different video file was trivial. Yes, VLC has the option to play a playlist or single file on a loop. You can find the command line options at VLC Help Not really. The file is already on the disk and sized to the resolution of the monitor. There’s no CPU or GPU intensive tasks and the on board hardware acceleration takes care of most of it. @elitecybernet - Yeah, there is sound included in the video files. I turned it down as it got really distracting really quickly. The video is only like 3 minutes long and hearing the demonic laughter every 3 minutes got old. I think the left portrait was at 50% volume and the right was completely muted. Now that Halloween is gone, I reverted the left & right displays to their original format. Because PM2 manages the scripts, it took all of 30 seconds per display. The hardest part was remembering their IP address so I could log in.

New idea for magic mirror with a frame made out of wood and epoxy resin. I wanted to put leds in it for better lighting my room[image: 1605018787182-2020-11-10-15_32_10-info-center.png]

I got it through the ‘community order’ on this page. The reflectance is very good, it’s a real mirror. My only problem with it, is that the chroma of it is a bit brown, so it requires quite a lot of light in the room.

@Polytec beautifully made

I have been playing with the AfterShip module and really liking this. The mm on my desktop screen reminds me of rainmeter … passive information display.

good job. Well done :ok_hand:

@saljoke Hi. Thats right. i only use 1 Pi4 to serve both displays via 2 MM instances. first the originally MagicMirror directory and the second in a MagicMirror2 directory. Both powered up via PM2 and turned off and on via PIR sensor. The config looks like this: language: “de”, logLevel: [“INFO”, “LOG”, “WARN”, “ERROR”], timeFormat: 24, units: “metric”, electronOptions: {fullscreen:true, x:1920}, 1920 is the resolution witdh of the main display. Very easy to handle and good for the electrical consumption :-)

@esilfies what have you learnt? What do you wish you’d known before starting. I am about to start a 23" mirror too and hoping it won’t take me too long.

@ryck , yes please a photo will be helpful, just to illustrate. Also - was the visibility in the film ok? or was it too transparent?

@joeben said in Wooden frame with 24" screen: Since I wanted to avoid to see the screen behind the mirror, the visible si I am also looking to create a mirror that is the same size as my 23" monitor (for the same reason as you - so that the monitor is not visible. Did you get the glass cut to be the exact same size or was it a few mm larger?

@jeffeb3 Thanks for your comments! Not easily. Of course whatever you pair the Chromecast to will sync up. I’ve been looking for a Node (npm) module that will do Chromecast sending - all the ones I’ve found so far do Chromecast emulation (receiving). But… There is a Chromium project (https://www.chromium.org/) that you can create a custom browser with - and it includes the Chromecast protocols: https://blog.chromium.org/2020/07/chrome-85-upload-streaming-human.html I haven’t tried it yet as I’m happy with my Chrometastic Mirror. Frankly, it’s a bit of a disappointment in that it’s basically a 19" TV behind a mirror. And that’s how I use it. (also at 16 lbs, it is really heavy. I think a less “ambitious” frame would be in order.) Alternatively, you might try using Selenium to create a script that can control the browser on your laptop/desktop. Selenium is a software library that sends events (like mouse clicks) to the browser and and then waits for responses. It’s programmable in both Java and JavaScript. As an aside: I’ve also had trouble with connecting the Bluetooth transmitter. When connected to the USB power, the output is distorted. I’ve used two different brands of transmitter with the same result. If I disconnect the power (or connect the Bluetooth transmitter to a separate power source) I don’t have the problem. It’s possible I have the audio wires reversed - but I doubt it. I was pretty careful to make sure I had ground-to-ground. Thanks again for commenting. Let me know how your project works out!

Any smart mirror should be designed to withstand those kinds of conditions, these kinds of items are often intended for the bathroom area so a good manufacturer should keep this in mind when making the product and prepare it so that it can resist moisture or protect the parts in some way.

@mumblebaj I would share it but it’s not a module for MM. It’s a Home Assistant sensor ‘module’

@marcnlx very nice build although I am very disappointed about the plexiglass price. I paid € 130,00 for a Pilkington MirroView glass to cover the area of a 55" TV (and beyond)! 😬

Great work! Your family must be very happy to see you again.

@dubalda Thanks man! I ordered my own samples after I saw you can discount the sample cost from the final order - they arrived today and are awesome!

Finished my first Magic Mirror build this weekend. My build: Raspberry Pi 3B Older Dell monitor that I had in storage Ikea Edsbruk 19 ¾x27 ½ frame I built a support frame using 1x2inch boards and attached that to the back of the Ikea frame with 1 inch corner brackets I initially tried to use mirror film on the Ikea plexiglass but that was a giant fail so I ended up buying a two way mirror plexiglass sheet from Canal Plastics in NYC. Initial programming [image: 1598838686700-img_1053-resized.jpg] Frame-- I cleaned up the wiring with some zip ties and brackets before securing the support frame to the Ikea frame permanently. [image: 1598838973518-image-from-ios-2.jpg] Final setup… with dog. [image: 1598839113731-image-from-ios-3-resized.jpg] On the wall. [image: 1598839149086-img_1432-resized.jpg]

@djdocta I am using this one for spotify https://github.com/raywo/MMM-NowPlayingOnSpotify

More progress, now with music and 2 buttons to control it. You can see a video on this link: My project on Reddit Enjoy!

@Pablerasdh nice Video