Halloween mirror ghouls anyone?

bhepler

I like this idea! It would be pretty simple to buy one of those DVDs, rip the video you want and then load it onto your mirror. Play the image in a module, possibly with some basic timer & looping controls.

I would think some of the ghostly apparition ones would work best. Just have something staring at you out of the mirror for a bit and then fade away.

zombi27

I like it! What about the zombie invasion DVD on the MM, every day when a new Walking Dead episode is online on netflix? :D

Jopyth

Excellent idea, we still have a month to finish this, so it is ready for Halloween. ;)

Would be best, if we can avoid the proprietary content though, and find something that can be distributed together with the module free for everyone to use.

Mitchfarino

Is anyone working on this?

Jopyth

I am not (yet :) ), but this seems to be a good starting place:

Fullscreen Backgound Video
Demo page

Mitchfarino

@Jopyth Awesome!

We’re hosting a Halloween party, so this would be great to have running through the night!

bhepler

Do we have a generic video file playing module?

Jopyth

@bhepler We’ve got this: https://github.com/ptrbld/MMM-Podcast

Who can animate the ghosts? :)

Mr.Meeseeks

I’m hunting for anything we can use, here is another paid product, pretty sweet though since it’s in a format for being displayed as a door window, similar to our mirror.
So still good for looking at ideas, but nothing free yet…
https://www.hi-rezdesigns.com/store/home.php?cat=263

Mitchfarino

@Mr.Meeseeks Does it have to be a video?

Why can’t we just load a gif?

http://giphy.com/search/grave-encounters

Edit: or a collection of gifs on a loop?