Add a background image

[Anachor]

Hello!

i wanna add a background picture instead of the black background color but no command works in the custom css. I made a folder call images, add the command to the css (backgroud-image: url (…images/image.jpg)) but the screen become white and no picture…

Any solution ?

[Wilco89]

body {
    background-image: url("paper.gif");
    background-color: #cccccc;
}

like this?

(how do I post it as code?)

[Anachor]

Works perfect! Thank you so much! Is it possible to add a video as background later or a webcam ?

[paviro]

@Wilco89 Check out https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet#code! :)

[Anachor]

Thanks for everything! :blush:

[ostfilinchen]

Hi all,

i’ve made an Folder in /home/pi/MagicMirror calld Images and copy in this a file logo.jpeg.

Next i changed the custom.css like this:
body {
background-Image: url(“/Images/logo.jpeg”);
background-Color: #cccccc;
}

But nothing happens. No Error and no Backgroundimage. What’s wrong in the custom.css? Pls help me

Regards
Daniel

[strawberry 3.141]

@ostfilinchen background-Image: url("../Images/logo.jpeg");

[ostfilinchen]

@strawberry-3-141: that also doesn’t work :-(

[bhepler]

@ostfilinchen Try this one: background-Image: url("Images/logo.jpeg");

Double-check your capitalization on your path and your file name. That’s burned me more than a couple of times.

[ostfilinchen]

i have moved the jpeg from Images to css. now it works. The Mirror doesn’t have access to the Folder Images…

[JoeSpencer]

@Anachor Did you ever find out how to add a webcam as the background?

[schwarzbaer]

@ostfilinchen Hi there,
I also wanted to add background images to my MM and came across your post. Although it is not very recent, I think it might be a good idea to add the following information:

if you want to have additional folders to be available within the Mirror, you need to specify those in the /js/server.js just after the other app.use commands, e.g. :

app.use("/Images",express.static(path.resolve(__dirname + "/../Images")));

[jaymichael78]

Is there a way to have multiple background-images to slideshow? I have lots of html/jquery/css workarounds but wanted to see if anyone had a good magic mirror hack?

[I_Am_Anthony]

@Wilco89 I know this thread is old, but maybe you can help. Do you know how to change the background picture based on time of day? I have seen modules that update by a random interval, but looking for specific time.

I’m making a MM for a friend. I’m going to have a background image on it, but I want it to change to the scary girl from The Ring late at night. Should be a nice surprise for him…

Thanks.

[bhepler]

@I_Am_Anthony Off the top of my head, use the scheduling module and the background image module in conjunction. There’s no reason you can’t put the background module in twice and swap 'em out at a particular time.

[A Former User]

in custom.css add from main.css

.region.fullscreen {
  position: absolute;
  top: -60px;
  left: -60px;
  right: -60px;
  bottom: -60px;
  pointer-events: none;
}

then add

background: transparent url("background.jpg") no-repeat center;  */image must be in css folder*/
background-size: cover;
opacity: 0.5; */what ever opacity you want/*
z-index: -1;

so you have

.region.fullscreen {
  position: absolute;
  top: -60px;
  left: -60px;
  right: -60px;
  bottom: -60px;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: transparent url("background.jpg") no-repeat center;
  background-size: cover;
  opacity: 0.5;
  z-index: -1;
}

[broberg]

@razvanh after 3 years, I think it has been solved already 😎

[A Former User]

yes, right