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    My Custom Smart Mirror.

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      dawees
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      thanks works better :)

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      • Mykle1M Offline
        Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @dawees
        last edited by

        @dawees said in My Custom Smart Mirror.:

        thanks works better

        Fantastic! Enjoy! :-)

        Create a working config
        How to add modules

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          SubLim3
          last edited by SubLim3

          I use MMM-BackgroundSlideshow. Here is list of my modules:
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          Update: MMM-BackgroundSlideshow stopped working for me so I switched to MMM-EasyBack.

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            hannes23
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            Looks realy great, good work!

            What monitor did you use? Mine is bleeding it’s backlight through the mirror, which isn’t the case with your screen, according to the pictures.

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              SubLim3 @hannes23
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              @hannes23 So long as the light in front of the mirror is brighter than the monitor behind the mirror it won’t bleed through. I am using an old LCD screen I had lying around but an OLED would produce the best results as the black on those is truly black. I only get bleed through when I turn the light off in my room. If the light is on, all looks good.

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                MadScientist
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                A mirror with a higher transmission should also reduce the backlight bleeding since you won’t have to increase the brightness as much, creating a better black and therefore having better contrast.

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                  PaulB
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                  Dear @SubLim3 the none looks cool. Well done :) Cool mirror. Where did hang it? Hope you guys enjoys it :)

                  Many Greetings from Germany,
                  Paul

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                    kass
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                    Hello! I have one question! The only type of mirror that you used in that project was the two-way mirror, right? I’m asking this because I’m looking to put 2 types of mirror: a two way one only for the monitor (because it’s a 17 inch 4:3 one and it’s small) and the rest will be just a simple mirror. Thanks in advance and also great project. Good luck.

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                      yawns Moderator @kass
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                      @kass said in My Custom Smart Mirror.:

                      Hello! I have one question! The only type of mirror that you used in that project was the two-way mirror, right? I’m asking this because I’m looking to put 2 types of mirror: a two way one only for the monitor (because it’s a 17 inch 4:3 one and it’s small) and the rest will be just a simple mirror. Thanks in advance and also great project. Good luck.

                      You don’t need to do that. Use one big mirror glass, place the monitor wherever you want to and make sure the entire rest of the mirror is covered with black foil, black cardboard or something similar. As long as no light from the back reached the area of the mirror glass it works like a mirror and you cannot “look behind”. Only the area which is lit up by the monitor will be see through.

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                        SubLim3
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                        YET ANOTHER UPDATE: I have gone through and added a few more modules to include MMM_AssistantMK2, MMM_AlexaOnOff and MMM-Screencast. Having the embedded Google assistant in the mirror helps get additional information when I see something about weather or my calendar. Having AlexaOnOff helps when I want to vocally turn the mirror on/off or even reboot or update. I use the screen cast occasionally to play fitness videos while correcting my form. I even added a much larger list of compliments including ones specific to weather that everyone tends to enjoy.

                        Lastly, I added the WatchDog module which has really helped stabilize the mirror. I recommend anyone running this on a Pi to have this module. This has been at times challenging but remains on of my favorite projects and gets used daily. I hope everyone enjoys theirs as much as I enjoy mine.

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