How to synchronize pictures from mobile to the MM?

[sdetweil]

@MajorC see my uploadpics module

presents a qr code , the user scans, gets prompt to search for and select pics, and uploads them to the configured folder.

I use MMM-ImagesPhotos, so I upload for it to display

https://github.com/sdetweil/uploadPics

I use another tool to do the phone upload code. it does NOT present thumbnails of the pics, only the filename…

[wishmaster270]

@MajorC
Hi,

i run a instance of TeleFrame in botonly mode to send pictures via Telegram to my mirror and save them to a directory.
Then i use MMM-BackgroundSlideshow to display.
TeleFrame supports setting a file limit so older files get deleted. But you can not remove pictures via Telegram (only with access to the mirror) if you send them accidently.

Everybody with access to the bot can send pictures via Telegram app.

[sdetweil]

@wishmaster270 but this sends all pics as u take them, right? like google photos upload

[wishmaster270]

@sdetweil
Correct. It does not modify the pictures in any way.
You select the pictures you want to send like sending them via WhatsApp or any other messaging app.

I forgot to mention that i wrote a small shell script which checks the the directory for new files periodically and sends a “BACKGROUNDSLIDESHOW_UPDATE_IMAGE_LIST” notification via the rest api of MMM-RemoteControl if new pictures are present.

[sdetweil]

@wishmaster270 said in How to synchronize pictures from mobile to the MM?:

You select the pictures you want to send like sending them via WhatsApp or any other messaging app.

so the user selects pictures, vs the app just sending without selection

but u have to install an app on your phone

[wishmaster270]

@sdetweil
Correct.
You use the normal Telegram Messanger App but instead of sending pictures to somebody you send it to a bot (which is a supported feature of Telegram)

The Teleframe acts as a Telegram Client, receives the pictures and saves them to a directory on the mirror.
As Teleframe creates a images.json file my watchdog only watches this file for changes and sends the notification to the module if needed.

[sdetweil]

@wishmaster270 said in How to synchronize pictures from mobile to the MM?:

You use the normal Telegram Messanger App

I don’t have one of those

[MajorC]

I use telegram with my family, so I will give it a try.

[wishmaster270]

@MajorC
If you need the watchdog script let me known. Did not push it to any repository till now cause it is only a small bash script.

[sdetweil]

@wishmaster270 later reply, cool

I’ve now started using telegram bot with n8n to help
my son take inventory in his estate sale business. pretty cool

[plainbroke]

@sdetweil
So Sam,
If I use your program to upload the photos and the module it defaults to, to show pictures anyone in my house could upload pictures to the folder that the photo module is showing from and the pictures will show then. or will it need MM to restart? Do the photos have to be resized?

[sdetweil]

@plainbroke depends on the module displaying the images

MMM-ImagesPhotos will auto refresh the list

[sdetweil]

@plainbroke photos do not have to be resized w MMM-ImagesPhotos

[ferby09]

You could use FolderSync on Android to daily sync a specific folder to an SMB share that you create on your MagicMirror or wherever you get your photos from.

[chrisfr1976]

Hi folks,

I’m using rclone. I combined it with dropbox. In dropbox you can automate the image handling from *heic to *jpg. So I make a picture on my iPhone and send it to the dropbox folder. The rest is running completely in the background. That’s it…

But Rclone can handle a lot of more services.

[sdetweil]

@chrisfr1976 mmm-ImagesPhotos handles heic images too

[chrisfr1976]

In addition if you use dropbox on a windows-pc you can fully manage the image folder there. rclone does the rest for you on the pi.