Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Chromecast or fire tv stick via serveronly
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Through reading many tutorials and looking at modules, We understand that we can run MM2 on our PC and chromecast it via a Google tab to the display on our tv.
But do we have to keep the tab open and/or the PC on at all times for MM2 to display on the tv in the kitchen?
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@pantherette0420 ok, got it…
as I understand it, yes… that is a browser function (cast)… NOT a MagicMirror function
and at that point the TV is just a dump display (showing whatever is sent to it via cast) -
@sdetweil
Thank you!Is there any other way that you can think of getting a display to show on that tv without rpi? Could we simply open the browser on the tv and it would display MM2 if we run it through serveronly mode?
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@pantherette0420 doesn’t have to be serveronly
just change the MM config to allow other systems to connect
address:“localhost”, //means ONLY apps INSIDE this machine can connect
address:“0.0.0.0”, // means any system with access (in your house, on your wifi or ethernet of course)you also need to change the ipWhitelist setting, cause it allows you to restrict even further to specific machines… etc (the default is ONLY allow localhost)
inWhitelist:[], // means NO filtering (you can change this later if u see the need to prevent your PHONE from accessing the magicmirror, while allowing the TV access
these two settings mean ALL systems can use MM AT THE SAME TIME
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@sdetweil
And we could then turn our PC off and the display would be live on the tv still? -
@pantherette0420 no, the PC still has to run, as MagicMirror is there. you could turn off the PC display…
some computer somewhere ( pi, desktop, laptop, server ) has to run MagicMirror for however long u want to look at it.
24x7 maybe
