MM as rolling picture frame

[Inferhide]

I see it’s been a while since you’ve posted, but I just wanted to ask if anyone has managed to mix in random folder sorting like “shuffle” for photos instead of date order. Also curious if newer versions of the MMM-BackgroundSlideshow module handle transitions better—mine sometimes skips or freezes with larger image sets. Would love to hear how others have fine-tuned theirs lately.

[sdetweil]

@Inferhide I use MMM-ImagesPhotos and don’t see those issued

What is a large image set?

[RonR]

Posting pictures on MM was something I am doing also. I’m using sdetweil
MMM-ImagesPhotos from third party modules. It was easy to setup and works well. You have to store your images in a local directory inside the module. It has several options available which I have not looked into yet. Just set it up yesterday.

[sdetweil]

@RonR the local folder can be linked(see the ln command) to a share mounted from another server source(in /etc/fstab)

[sdetweil]

@RonR

make the mount point

sudo mkdir /media/fileserver

in fstab, change username and password to the server folder
and the path to the server , this is my synology NAS

//192.168.2.32/media

//192.168.2.32/media /media/fileserver cifs username=xxxxx,password=yyyyyyyy,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777

before reboot

sudo mount -a

now

ls /media/fileserver  

should show files

on reboot it will auto mount

now in the MMM-ImagesPhotos folder, move the uploads folder out of the way

mv uploads  o-uploads

now link the mount point there

sudo ln -s  /media/fileserver uploads

now

ls uploads 

should show the files from the server
the ln command could link a subdirectory of the mount point too

in the MMM-ImagePhotos folder

ls -laF 

should show

uploads --> /media/fileserver

[UncleRoger]

I use MMM-BackgroundSlideshow to display random paintings from over 200 images. It seems to work pretty well.

All of the paintings are stored locally on the Pi, in a subdirectory of the module directory: ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-BackgroundSlideshow/Paintings

[sdetweil]

@UncleRoger you could move them to a server too

[BKeyport]

here’s how I did it.

1. Set up SAMBA on the pi, and include a mapping to your photos drive (I wouldn’t recommend keeping them locally)

2. magic mirror’s config, using MMM-Backgroundslideshow

/* Magic Mirror Config by Brendan Keyport. */
/* Office - Certificate Display */
var config = {
	address: "0.0.0.0",
	port: 8082,  // port is 8082 as I use a server/client style setup. 
	ipWhitelist: [], 
	language: "en",
	timeFormat: 12,
	units: "imperial",
	//logLevel: ["INFO", "LOG", "WARN", "ERROR", "DEBUG"],
	customCss: "css/custom3.css",
	modules:
	 [
		{
    		module: 'MMM-BackgroundSlideshow',
    		position: 'fullscreen_below',
    		config: {
      			imagePaths: ['<path to shared folder>'],
      			transitionImages: true,
      			randomizeImageOrder: true,
      			showAllImagesBeforeRestart: true,
      			//transitionSpeed: 0,
      			gradient: [0],
      			horizontalGradient: [0],
      			backgroundSize: "contain"
  			 }
  		}
/*************** DO NOT EDIT BELOW ***************/
	]
};

if (typeof module !== "undefined") {
	module.exports = config;
}

Easy as Pi.