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    How to synchronize pictures from mobile to the MM?

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    • wishmaster270W Offline
      wishmaster270 Module Developer @MajorC
      last edited by 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.

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        sdetweil @wishmaster270
        last edited by

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

        Sam

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          wishmaster270 Module Developer @sdetweil
          last edited by 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.

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            sdetweil @wishmaster270
            last edited by 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

            Sam

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              wishmaster270 Module Developer @sdetweil
              last edited by

              @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.

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                sdetweil @wishmaster270
                last edited by

                @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

                Sam

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                  MajorC Project Sponsor @sdetweil
                  last edited by

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

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                    wishmaster270 Module Developer @MajorC
                    last edited by

                    @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.

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                      sdetweil @wishmaster270
                      last edited by

                      @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

                      Sam

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                        plainbroke @sdetweil
                        last edited by

                        @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?

                        Slow learner. But trying anyways.
                        MM is on Raspberry Pi 4B w/8gb ram loaded on a 128gb nvme drive.
                        Running Trixie and the latest MM version.

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                          sdetweil @plainbroke
                          last edited by

                          @plainbroke depends on the module displaying the images

                          MMM-ImagesPhotos will auto refresh the list

                          Sam

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                            sdetweil @plainbroke
                            last edited by

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

                            Sam

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                              ferby09
                              last edited by

                              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.

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                                chrisfr1976 @ferby09
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                                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.

                                Regards, Chris.

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                                  sdetweil @chrisfr1976
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                                  @chrisfr1976 mmm-ImagesPhotos handles heic images too

                                  Sam

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                                    chrisfr1976 @sdetweil
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                                    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.

                                    Regards, Chris.

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