• Recent
  • Tags
  • Unsolved
  • Solved
  • MagicMirror² Repository
  • Documentation
  • 3rd-Party-Modules
  • Donate
  • Discord
  • Register
  • Login
MagicMirror Forum
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Unsolved
  • Solved
  • MagicMirror² Repository
  • Documentation
  • 3rd-Party-Modules
  • Donate
  • Discord
  • Register
  • Login
A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.

MMM-AlexaPi

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Solved Troubleshooting
48 Posts 8 Posters 34.6k Views 9 Watching
Loading More Posts
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • L Offline
    lucallmon @Davepre
    last edited by Mar 30, 2017, 9:02 AM

    @Davepre If you lost the “hello” at the beginning, you might be able to change back to ‘vlc’ as playback_handler and see if that works. I’ve had the best results with ‘sox’, however, I’m currently running on v1.4 with vlc as my handler and it’s working great. I get my flash briefing, I get music access from TuneIn and iHeartRadio. It’s almost as good as my Dot that I have in the kitchen.

    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
    • L Offline
      lucallmon @Davepre
      last edited by Mar 30, 2017, 9:08 AM

      @Davepre said in MMM-AlexaPi:

      Good morning guys,
      a quick question for everyone who managed to get this to work. How is the performance when leaving the mirror on for a couple of hours?

      I havent had the time to properly test it yet, but yesterday night I was under the impression that the MMM-AlexaPi module is quite a heavy hitter performance wise. I use a raspberry pi 3 and don’t feel like I overloaded it (only default modules + mmm-alexapi, motion detection and mmm-uklivebusinfo as 3rd party ones). But the newsticker got stuck after ten minutes and I was unable to close or alt+tab out of magic mirror. Again, I havent tested it properly yet since I didnt have the time, just wondering whether you experienced similar slow-downs.

      Best regards / Dave

      Every once in a while the mirror sticks but not often. I’ve been running AlexaPi from the start. Usually I just CTRL+Q to restart the mirror or I reboot. I have a reboot button on the side of my mirror. see my setup here. I also have a monitor off button. I have an old LCD monitor that get very hot and overheats, turning off the HDMI, so I keep it off most of the time, however Alexa still runs in the background. I also have a temperature sensor on my MM and I have a 5V fan attached to my Pi to keep it cool. It stays belwo 45degC.

      D 1 Reply Last reply Mar 30, 2017, 9:56 AM Reply Quote 0
      • D Offline
        Davepre @lucallmon
        last edited by Mar 30, 2017, 9:56 AM

        @lucallmon Thanks for the feedback. I hope to get the chance to test a bit more during the weekend and report back if the performce issues become really bad :)

        Best regards / Dave

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • C Offline
          cyberphox
          last edited by Mar 30, 2017, 10:19 AM

          changing to sox helped me get the hello at start…and improved playback for me…it’s a little slow but a cool feature…

          Full time Dad, DJ and entertainer and lover of technology.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • M Offline
            mymmbeginner
            last edited by Mar 31, 2017, 12:33 PM

            Hello everybody,

            first off all i want to give all of you a BIG THANKS for helping me out ;-) :-)
            I had some trouble’s installing and setting up Alexa with MM.
            After reading the forums and the people having the same issue, this entry helped me a lot and i have Alexa integrated in MM and working now.

            Wow wat is everybody so motivated and helpfull. Keep up the good work everybody and looking forward making MM the best.

            Greets a happy MM beginner.

            D J 2 Replies Last reply Mar 31, 2017, 12:35 PM Reply Quote 0
            • D Offline
              Davepre @mymmbeginner
              last edited by Mar 31, 2017, 12:35 PM

              @mymmbeginner I am happy this post helped. As a newbie here I am really impressed with the support from this community as well. Glad to be a part of it!

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • J Offline
                johnnyboy @mymmbeginner
                last edited by johnnyboy Apr 28, 2017, 5:57 PM Mar 31, 2017, 8:03 PM

                This post is deleted!
                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • J Offline
                  johnnyboy @Davepre
                  last edited by johnnyboy Apr 28, 2017, 5:57 PM Apr 5, 2017, 12:56 AM

                  This post is deleted!
                  D L 3 Replies Last reply Apr 5, 2017, 6:14 AM Reply Quote 0
                  • D Offline
                    Davepre @johnnyboy
                    last edited by Apr 5, 2017, 6:14 AM

                    @johnnyboy Sorry, I am currently traveling with work and dont have access to my setup, but I am back end of this week and have a look. I will report back Friday night :)

                    J 1 Reply Last reply Apr 5, 2017, 6:01 PM Reply Quote 1
                    • L Offline
                      lucallmon @johnnyboy
                      last edited by Apr 5, 2017, 8:47 AM

                      @johnnyboy if you need to rename a file mv config.template.yaml config.yaml. If that doesn’t work, put sudo in front of it.

                      J 1 Reply Last reply Apr 5, 2017, 10:54 AM Reply Quote 1
                      • 1
                      • 2
                      • 3
                      • 4
                      • 5
                      • 2 / 5
                      2 / 5
                      • First post
                        19/48
                        Last post
                      Enjoying MagicMirror? Please consider a donation!
                      MagicMirror created by Michael Teeuw.
                      Forum managed by Sam, technical setup by Karsten.
                      This forum is using NodeBB as its core | Contributors
                      Contact | Privacy Policy