Halloween mirror ghouls anyone?

[makersworkbench]

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I have been trying to figure this out on my own for over a week now. How would I use a PING (ultrasonic) sensor to trigger the mmm-podcast module to make the jump scare happen? Python I can write but I am a javascript noob, and that is why I am having issues here.

So basically I want the PING sensor to trigger and play the video file full screen with audio after it senses someone x-distance away for X number of seconds. Very bad psudo code below.

when distance from sensor = 24-inches for 10-seconds
play scare animation using mmm-podcast
return to MagicMirror screen
wait 60-seconds before arming ping sensor again

[Bruno]

Guys,

How did you manage to play a local video on the Pi with this module?

I am trying to make the halloween ghoul video (maybe a little late). I can get some video to play if the video is online. But if the video is on a directory on my raspberry pi I can’t.

In this topic all the “text” tag on the helloworld is blank because it is html tag so it gets “interpreted” by my browsers. I’ll try to post my “text” tag in non-HTML way, so you guys can analyse it (I took off the “minor than” sign from the tags: video, src and /video)

Heres my config:

{
            module: "helloworld",
            position: "middle_center",
            config: {
                text: "video id=\"homevideo\" width=\"100%\" autoplay autobuffer> source src=\"http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/VfE_html5.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\" /> /video>"
            }
        },

Above is an example if a simples mp4 video online: http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/VfE_html5.mp4
How do I change to a local mp4 file in my Pi? I tryed src=“/home/pi/path/to/my/file.mp4” but no success… any ideas?

Thanks

[sdetweil]

@Bruno said in Halloween mirror ghouls anyone?:

Guys,

How did you manage to play a local video on the Pi with this module?

I am trying to make the halloween ghoul video (maybe a little late). I can get some video to play if the video is online. But if the video is on a directory on my raspberry pi I can’t.

In this topic all the “text” tag on the helloworld is blank because it is html tag so it gets “interpreted” by my browsers. I’ll try to post my “text” tag in non-HTML way, so you guys can analyse it (I took off the “minor than” sign from the tags: video, src and /video)

Heres my config:

{
            module: "helloworld",
            position: "middle_center",
            config: {
                text: "video id=\"homevideo\" width=\"100%\" autoplay autobuffer> source src=\"http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/VfE_html5.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\" /> /video>"
            }
        },

Above is an example if a simples mp4 video online: http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/VfE_html5.mp4
How do I change to a local mp4 file in my Pi? I tryed src=“/home/pi/path/to/my/file.mp4” but no success… any ideas?

Thanks

Path has got to be in the mm folder tree or linked to from there
/modules/module name/filename.mp4

[Mykle1]

@Bruno said in Halloween mirror ghouls anyone?:

I am trying to make the halloween ghoul video (maybe a little late). I can get some video to play if the video is online. But if the video is on a directory on my raspberry pi I can’t.

If you are trying to make a module that plays local videos or if you’re just looking for a module that plays local videos then have a look at this module

https://github.com/mykle1/MMM-EasyBack

I just downloaded your example video and it works perfectly well with this module, locally.

[Bruno]

@Mykle1 said in Halloween mirror ghouls anyone?:

@Bruno said in Halloween mirror ghouls anyone?:

I am trying to make the halloween ghoul video (maybe a little late). I can get some video to play if the video is online. But if the video is on a directory on my raspberry pi I can’t.

If you are trying to make a module that plays local videos or if you’re just looking for a module that plays local videos then have a look at this module

https://github.com/mykle1/MMM-EasyBack

I just downloaded your example video and it works perfectly well with this module, locally.

Nice!!! I’ll give it a try. It’s nice that I can define width and height!!! Thanks!!

[Mykle1]

@Bruno said in Halloween mirror ghouls anyone?:

Nice!!! I’ll give it a try. It’s nice that I can define width and height!!! Thanks!!

You’re welcome, mate. If you are still wanting to create your own module, feel free to take whatever you find useful from the module and use it in your own.

[BD0G]

@Mykle1
This is so weird!
I installed MMM-EasyBack as per the instructions.
Copied a small Halloween Video in the MagicMirror/Modules/MMM-EasyBack/Videos folder. The file is named HalloweenMM.mp4. Its 15 MB. So pretty small.

Here are my config.js entries for the module.

{
    module: 'MMM-EasyBack',
    position: 'middle_center',
    config: {
       // bgName: "Example.jpg",   // "Example.jpg", the file name of your background image (case sensitive)
        videoName: "HalloweenMM.mp4",       // "baboon.mp4",         // file name of your local video
        height: "1920px",    // your display's resolution in pixels. Enter in config.js
        width: "1080px",     // your display's resolution in pixels. Enter in config.js
    }
},

I completely removed the section about Youtube ID , etc . When I launch the MM interface it contunually comes up with the YouTube Video by David Snow found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So3vH9FY2H4

There is no reference that I can find to that video at all.

The YouTube ID that is referenced by this video is the same one that was in the original configuration file.

[sdetweil]

@BD0G open the developers window, ctrl-shift-i on the mm keyboard, and select the console tab and then enter hall in the filter field

see if there are any errors (usually red text)

case matters

[BD0G]

@sdetweil Thanks Sam.

I went into the MMM-EasyBack.js file and altered it to reflect the video HalloweenMM.mp4 rather than within the config.js file. I also removedt the hard coded Youtube ID that was in the MMM-EasyBack.js file.

Now it plays the Halloween file , but I cannot control the sizing of the video and it takes up just about the entire screen.

Module.register("MMM-EasyBack", {

    defaults: {
        bgName: "",         // .jpg, .gif, .png, Full screen animated gifs too!
        videoName: "HalloweenMM.mp4",     // your local picture files go in "images" folder of MMM-EasyBack
        youTubeID: "",      // YouTube ID from the YouTube url
        height: "800px",   // your display's resolution in pixels. Enter in config.js
        width: "600px",    // your display's resolution in pixels. Enter in config.js
        animationSpeed: "0",
        updateInterval: 60 * 60 * 1000,
    },

[sdetweil]

@BD0G do not edit the source file

all config goes in the config.js

no idea on the youtube stuff, maybe its the default for a youtube search…

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