here’s how I did it.
Set up SAMBA on the pi, and include a mapping to your photos drive (I wouldn’t recommend keeping them locally)
magic mirror’s config, using MMM-Backgroundslideshow
/* Magic Mirror Config by Brendan Keyport. */
/* Office - Certificate Display */
var config = {
address: "0.0.0.0",
port: 8082, // port is 8082 as I use a server/client style setup.
ipWhitelist: [],
language: "en",
timeFormat: 12,
units: "imperial",
//logLevel: ["INFO", "LOG", "WARN", "ERROR", "DEBUG"],
customCss: "css/custom3.css",
modules:
[
{
module: 'MMM-BackgroundSlideshow',
position: 'fullscreen_below',
config: {
imagePaths: ['<path to shared folder>'],
transitionImages: true,
randomizeImageOrder: true,
showAllImagesBeforeRestart: true,
//transitionSpeed: 0,
gradient: [0],
horizontalGradient: [0],
backgroundSize: "contain"
}
}
/*************** DO NOT EDIT BELOW ***************/
]
};
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {
module.exports = config;
}
Easy as Pi.
