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    MMM-RandomBackground, Background from local folder

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      Woody @Ultimatum22
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      @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.

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        Ultimatum22 Module Developer
        last edited by

        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.

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          Woody @Ultimatum22
          last edited by

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

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            jfodor
            last edited by

            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.

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              docmucki
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              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.
              
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                in_a_days @docmucki
                last edited by 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
                

                What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?

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                  docmucki @in_a_days
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                  @in_a_days
                  Thank you. That was the case.

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                    docmucki
                    last edited by

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

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                      jfodor
                      last edited by

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

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                        lignumaqua
                        last edited by

                        This works, but the background image is only in the top half of the screen (running portrait). Is there a way to make it fill the entire screen?

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