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      sdetweil @pantherette0420
      last edited by sdetweil

      @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)

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        pantherette0420 @sdetweil
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        @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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          sdetweil @pantherette0420
          last edited by sdetweil

          @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

          Sam

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            pantherette0420 @sdetweil
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            @sdetweil
            And we could then turn our PC off and the display would be live on the tv still?

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              sdetweil @pantherette0420
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              @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

              Sam

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