MMM-BackgroundSlideshow

[sdetweil]

free -m
Command will show memory usage

[CyruS1337]

@sdetweil said in MMM-BackgroundSlideshow:

free -m
Command will show memory usage

pi@raspberrypi_1:~ $ free -m
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            925         218         404           1         302         657
Swap:          1023         111         912

[CyruS1337]

This morning, the mirror was dark again.

This is the memory output

pi@raspberrypi_1:~ $ free -m
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            925         220         391           1         313         653
Swap:          1023         118         905

Edit: The mirror was stopped and started and after 15min he was dark again …

[CyruS1337]

I seem to have found the mistake. I have selected one to quality of photos for playing the photos (4mb per photo). The fact that I have chosen a lower quality of the photos, the problem is gone.

[sdetweil]

@CyruS1337 interesting, i use MMM-ImagesPhotos, and have lots of images over 4meg, most in the 11-13 meg range

[CyruS1337]

Yes, that’s really interesting. But since I let the pictures play with max 1-2 MB, the mirror was never black anymore. Although I did the elevation of SWAP.

[hootzter]

Hello,

I’m new to magic mirror. Since two weeks I try to get MMM-ImagesPhotos or MMM-BackgroundSlideshow to work with the photos of my camera (all pictures are JPEG with 5 to 10 meg).

Like @CyruS1337 the whole mirror goes black, if I use my photos but works if I use the example-pictures.

@sdetweil :
How did you get this to work with your pictures?
Could you post your config (including tweeks you did) and tell us which pi you are using?

I was so desperate that I looked for alternatives. I found pi3d but couldn’t integrate it into magic mirror.

I would really appreciate your help.

Best regards

hootzter

[sdetweil]

@hootzter said in MMM-BackgroundSlideshow:

MMM-ImagesPhotos

usually black screen means some missing library…
if u npm start from the terminal window you will see runtime messages
also from the developers window , ctrl-shift-i on the mirror keyboard, select the console tab, and scroll up.

you can try my MMM-ImagesPhotos
https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-ImagesPhotos

my config

		{
			module: "MMM-ImagesPhotos",
			disabled: false,
			position: "fullscreen",  // < --- this is the div location NOT screen covered with image
			config: {
				opacity: 0.9, 
				animationSpeed: 0,
				updateInterval: 30000,  // how often to change pic
				backgroundColor: "#808080", // color around pic (if u want something other than black)
			},
		},

I have run this on pi0 thru pi4, mac, and two non-pi SBCs, odroid Xu4, and nano jetson.
where did u put your pictures? the module is looking in the folder
~/MagicMirror/modules/MMm_ImagesPhotos/uploads

I linked that to a mounted server volume

now, my tweaks were to display the images without distortion… same aspect ratio as taken.
I did NOT want the screen completely filled… (image stretched or clipped)

to use mine, just rename the old MMM-ImagesPhotos folder out of the way, and then git clone my version of the module.

[Stoffbeuteluwe]

@sdetweil Hi, is it possible to cover the whole screen with mmm images photos?

[sdetweil]

@Stoffbeuteluwe not with my code, no

the original code does fill the screen if u set the max height and width to the screen size

img.style.maxWidth = this.config.maxWidth;
img.style.maxHeight = this.config.maxHeight;