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    • justjim1220J Offline
      justjim1220 Module Developer @Cr4z33
      last edited by

      @cr4z33

      what news site is it?

      "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
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      • Cr4z33C Offline
        Cr4z33 @justjim1220
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        @justjim1220 said in MMM-NewsFeedTicker:

        @cr4z33

        what news site is it?

        It’s

        http://feeds.feedburner.com/SkyitTg24
        

        and I would like to load

        https://tg24.sky.it/static/images/lv/skytg24_logo_header.png
        

        as default icon (also because I notice that ALL the news feeds I set don’t show the icon in the scrolling bar).

        Last but not least is it normal that it uses almost 50% of the CPU load? :frowning_face_with_open_mouth:
        I’ve got a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ and a Samsung EVO Plus 32GB micro SD card.

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        • Mykle1M Offline
          Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @Cr4z33
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          @cr4z33 said in MMM-NewsFeedTicker:

          it normal that it uses almost 50% of the CPU load?

          It sure is. The Pi struggles with that type of animation. I’m surprised it’s only 50%. You should monitor your CPU temp, as well.

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          • Cr4z33C Offline
            Cr4z33 @Mykle1
            last edited by Cr4z33

            @mykle1 said in MMM-NewsFeedTicker:

            @cr4z33 said in MMM-NewsFeedTicker:

            it normal that it uses almost 50% of the CPU load?

            It sure is. The Pi struggles with that type of animation. I’m surprised it’s only 50%. You should monitor your CPU temp, as well.

            So it’s not a matter of not so fast SD card then right?

            I am using a heatsink on it therefore the average temperature so far is between 50° Celsius and 60° Celsius.

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              @cr4z33 said in MMM-NewsFeedTicker:

              So it’s not a matter of not so fast SD card then right?

              Well, it could be, but that’s unlikely. The CPU load issue has been around for some time and animations, especially marquee animations(scrolling) are the #1 culprit, or I miss my mark. Of course, if you used something more robust than a Pi that has a GPU you’d see a world of difference in the way MM performs.

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              • justjim1220J Offline
                justjim1220 Module Developer @Cr4z33
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                @cr4z33

                Apologies, I am working on the issue of using a custom logo if one doesn’t get pulled from the site.
                Please stand by… :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

                "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
                Jim Hallock - 1995

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                • justjim1220J Offline
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                  last edited by

                  some found sports news that work for those interested…

                  http://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?page=rssinfo for all sports
                  http://www.espn.com/espn/rss/nfl/news for NFL
                  0_1540949623343_Screenshot (159).png

                  https://www.foxsports.com/rss-feeds for list of all sports
                  https://api.foxsports.com/v1/rss?partnerKey=zBaFxRyGKCfxBagJG9b8pqLyndmvo7UU&tag=nfl for NFL
                  0_1540949798112_Screenshot (162).png

                  https://www.cbssports.com/xml/rss for all sports
                  https://www.cbssports.com/rss/headlines/nfl/ for NFL
                  0_1540949880419_Screenshot (160).png

                  https://www.rotowire.com/rss/ for all sports
                  https://www.rotowire.com/rss/news.htm?sport=nfl for NFL
                  0_1540949975405_Screenshot (161).png

                  I also wanted to add that if you place the newsfeeds in the config, it also works better to place them in the js file as well. Not sure why, but I noticed that it does.
                  So, wanted to pass that on.

                  I am still working on getting a custom logo to show if one does not get pulled from the rss site.

                  "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
                  Jim Hallock - 1995

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                  • Cr4z33C Offline
                    Cr4z33 @justjim1220
                    last edited by Cr4z33

                    @Mykle1 thanks for clearing things out.

                    @justjim1220 said in MMM-NewsFeedTicker:

                    some found sports news that work for those interested…

                    http://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?page=rssinfo for all sports
                    http://www.espn.com/espn/rss/nfl/news for NFL
                    0_1540949623343_Screenshot (159).png

                    https://www.foxsports.com/rss-feeds for list of all sports
                    https://api.foxsports.com/v1/rss?partnerKey=zBaFxRyGKCfxBagJG9b8pqLyndmvo7UU&tag=nfl for NFL
                    0_1540949798112_Screenshot (162).png

                    https://www.cbssports.com/xml/rss for all sports
                    https://www.cbssports.com/rss/headlines/nfl/ for NFL
                    0_1540949880419_Screenshot (160).png

                    https://www.rotowire.com/rss/ for all sports
                    https://www.rotowire.com/rss/news.htm?sport=nfl for NFL
                    0_1540949975405_Screenshot (161).png

                    I also wanted to add that if you place the newsfeeds in the config, it also works better to place them in the js file as well. Not sure why, but I noticed that it does.
                    So, wanted to pass that on.

                    I am still working on getting a custom logo to show if one does not get pulled from the rss site.

                    Take your time don’t worry. ;)

                    In the meantime I am going to try too to put everything into the NewsFeeds js and see how things work.

                    Update
                    I saw no improvements by inserting the feeds straight into the JS. :disappointed_face:

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                    • Cr4z33C Offline
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                      Sorry @justjim1220 I noticed only now that you removed the newsfeed ticker background in your latest screenshots.

                      I would like to try that out and see if performance improves. :)
                      How do you do that?

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                      • justjim1220J Offline
                        justjim1220 Module Developer @Cr4z33
                        last edited by justjim1220

                        @cr4z33

                        In the css file, just change background-color: maroon; to background: none;
                        can be done with the image as well, but that could make the image difficult to see.

                        "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
                        Jim Hallock - 1995

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