MM as rolling picture frame

sdetweil

@ankonaskiff17 I use MMM-ImagesPhotos for this…

I added some features for centering and filling …

I link to my file server to get the pics

ankonaskiff17

@sdetweil I did a search and drew a blank on module you describe MMM-ImagesPhotos. I’ll poke around with some of the others.

Since my knowledge of servers is minimal at best from hardware side required I sort of understand that but I’ve never set about to create a server I’ll have to figure that out.
I have several jumbo external hard drives and SSD drives and I was just going to plug one of them into an open USB socket on the Pi.

Side subject but maybe good use for the lone Raspberry Pi 1? I tried to use it (Pi 1) for a Pi-Hole I just built but was something that was incompatible so it went back on the shelf

sdetweil

@ankonaskiff17 here is my fork

https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-ImagesPhotos

I always search
GitHub module-name
and never have trouble finding things

it uses a naned folder. uploads, and you can link that anywhere

on Linux the link command is ln

sdetweil

@ankonaskiff17 I have an older HP desktop that runs as a server, running Ubuntu Linux

ankonaskiff17

@sdetweil LOOL You’ve got the secret MMM stash.

ankonaskiff17

@sdetweil Also, good point to be aware of is that Github may have modules too.

rts58

I use MMM-BackgroundSlideshow for this. I like that it can display picture info. It also has the ability to move forward and back through the pictures, although it seems to have a problem with that in the latest version. I use it to randomly access thousand of images across many folders.

sdetweil

@ankonaskiff17 the module I referenced came from GitHub, I made a fork (linked copy), says so right under mine if you look.

I wanted more features. so I added them.
the original has not been updated in a long time.

I don’t have experience with any others. I was just talking about 1. you are welcome to ignore anything I say.

ankonaskiff17

@sdetweil I take advice anywhere I can find it. I just meant that I don’t need to just search on the MM 3rd Party module page that Github is also fertile ground.

sdetweil

@ankonaskiff17 yes, 3rd party modules are on GitHub… it’s just another list