module for mm background

[costascontis]

i wonder what are my options if i want to add a background to my mm.The only a know is weatherbackground.Are there other modules for this job?

[sdetweil]

@costascontis do you want a single background, or should it change over time?

[costascontis]

if it could automatically change it will be good …

[sdetweil]

@costascontis I use MMM-ImagePhotos, or MMM-ImageSlideshow (search on google for their github location)

both load images from the local MM disk as background.
I’m sure there are others too…

[rts58]

I’ve been using MMM-BackgroundSlideshow, it allows me to randomly display an image from 1000’s stored in a many level folder structure on my NAS.

[sdetweil]

@rts58 thanks… that does almost everything my modified version does… one less thing to maintain!

[yawns]

You could also try the module @Mykle1 came up with: https://github.com/mykle1/MMM-EasyBack

[cowboysdude]

Is the search feature broken on the forum? LOL

[sdetweil]

@cowboysdude search?

[surger13]

@rts58 I’m interested. I would like to do it the same way, but it only works with the sample images of the module.
What path did you specify in config.js to access your NAS?

Thank you

@rts58 said in module for mm background:

I’ve been using MMM-BackgroundSlideshow, it allows me to randomly display an image from 1000’s stored in a many level folder structure on my NAS.

[sdetweil]

@surger13 said in module for mm background:

What path did you specify in config.js to access your NAS?

you need to use the ln command to make a soft link from the module folder to the NAS folder…

ln -s source_path destination_path

I did this using a folder name foo inside the /MMM-BackgroundSlideshow/exampleImages folder

drwxrwxr-x 3 odroid odroid    4096 Feb  1 11:42 ./
drwxrwxr-x 5 odroid odroid    4096 Feb  1 11:40 ../
-rw-rw-r-- 1 odroid odroid  266282 Feb  1 11:40 245709.jpg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 odroid odroid 1228351 Feb  1 11:40 245718.jpg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 odroid odroid  966314 Feb  1 11:40 245742.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx 1 odroid odroid      42 Feb  1 11:42 foo -> /mnt/buildserver/media/Photos/selectedpics/
drwxrwxr-x 2 odroid odroid    4096 Feb  1 11:40 subfolder/

[rts58]

@surger13, I did it similar in way as @sdetweil but with extra steps:frowning_face: . I set up a new directory hpmv in the module folder with a symbolic link to the mounted directory in my case ~/Pictures/hpmv. Which required changing the imagePaths setting in config. I had challenges with getting the link to automount after rebooting. I finally got it to work without errors with this entry in /etc/fstab:
//my.Nas.Ip.Addr/Photos /home/pi/Pictures/hpmv cifs guest,x-systemd.automount,vers=1.0 0 0 and by also using raspi-config setting to wait for network on boot.
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[sdetweil]

@rts58 i had to change the imagePaths setting too…

and automount is a pain… but needed…

[surger13]

@sdetweil
@rts58

Thank you both. I have now temporarily mounted the nas and it works. A softlink only works on a mounted drive. That was the important hint for a beginner like me. I have to try the entry in the fstab next.

Somewhat nasty is that the module also displays images from hidden folders. At least I get some pictures in low resolution.

[sdetweil]

@surger13 yes, sorry, didn’t mention mount was required to get access first before the link…

hidden folders. that is a a surprise!