MMM-RandomBackground, Background from local folder

[Ultimatum22]

As request by some, first version of showing random full size background from a local folder.

[card:Ultimatum22/MMM-RandomBackground]

It will load a photo’s from a photo directory in ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RandomBackground, easiest way is by creating a Windows share. If somebody needs help with that let me know.

This still has a lot of improvements, I will update the readme with future implementations and a list of issues. If you see any please let me know.

[Woody]

@Ultimatum22
many thanks for your efforts. I was looking and waiting for a module like this. I tried it and it works nearly as expected, whenever I would prefer the possibility to load the images from an external source. Maybe in the future you are able to implement this.

[Ultimatum22]

Your welcome, good to hear it was what you are looking for. What do you mean with external source, like an usb stick? That isn’t that hard to implement. I am working on supporting multiple folders to read photo’s from, support for external source is then also done.

[Woody]

@Ultimatum22
No, not a USB storage. I mean a NAS, a cloud resourse, any SMB share.

[jfodor]

i can only get this to work in the full screen locations. can this be placed in any other locations?

i would also second the network share for the photo location.

as a note to others you have to create a folder in ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RandomBackground called photos and place your photo’s in there.

[docmucki]

Hi, i have some warnings when I try to install this module. Can someone give me a hint what to do?

thx,
docmucki

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules $ git clone https://github.com/Ultimatum22/MMM-RandomBackground.git
Klone nach 'MMM-RandomBackground'...
remote: Counting objects: 81, done.
remote: Total 81 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 81
Entpacke Objekte: 100% (81/81), Fertig.
Prüfe Konnektivität... Fertig.
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules $ npm install
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/package.json'
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/node_modules/node_helper/package.json'
npm WARN modules No description
npm WARN modules No repository field.
npm WARN modules No README data
npm WARN modules No license field.

[in_a_days]

@docmucki

I suspect you need to execute

npm install

From ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RandomBackground rather than ~/MagicMirror/modules.

Try:

cd MMM-RandomBackground
npm install

[docmucki]

@in_a_days
Thank you. That was the case.

[docmucki]

Changing the updateInterval seems to have no effect. Always feels like 3 seconds.

[jfodor]

it uses milliseconds. mine is set at 900000 which is 15 minutes.