MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow (yet another background slideshow module)

[sdetweil]

@magicinme do npm install --save in your module folder for those dependencies.

then let npm install for your module figure out where to resolve them

u might depend on the mm expess server INSTANCE but not the code to talk to that instance

[MagicInMe]

@sdetweil what’s the purpose of installing core node features as a module? Looking at npm path it says "This is an exact copy of the NodeJS ’path’ module published to the NPM registry. "

Good point on express, I had thought I was just calling the express object but I do use express.static

[sdetweil]

@magicinme you may not ‘install’ it, as npm will resolve , but you document that you USE it, SO, if things change, you stuff still works…

I don’t know where stuff is packaged, and don’t want to know

[MagicInMe]

@sdetweil perhaps this is why https://www.npmjs.com/package/fs gets a million downloads a week even though it does nothing. I believe including core modules in package.json presents an unnecessary security risk (i.e., npm path is controlled by an individual). Unless there’s a way to include a package in package.json as a comment?

[sdetweil]

@magicinme no comments in json.

whatever… I have given everything I know and my advice on helping insure users don’t encounter problems.

the high download counts are from build systems recreating the env from scratch…

not users

[robertybob]

Does this module stretch images to fit the mirror? The original module had two different options for this, if I recall correctly

[MagicInMe]

@robertybob I currently have it so that it uses the css “cover” attribute which stretches to fill. Is that what you want?

[rs]

Hi MagicInMe,

Thank you for sharing your work!

I’ve installed MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow but for some reason the background stays black, I double-checked the images in the correct folder and i use the full path in the config as well:

{
			module: 'MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow',
			position: 'fullscreen_below',
			config: {
				imagePaths: ['/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images'],
				slideshowSpeed: 15000,
				randomizeImageOrder: false,
			}
		},

but… no joy…

I clearly missing something basic here :)

I appreciate any thought!
Best,
Ram

[sdetweil]

@rs said in MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow (yet another background slideshow module):

MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow

the code says

imagePaths: [], // resolves relative to MM root. So ‘images’ => ~/MagicMirror/images

so, you cannot use the full absolute path

the folder MUST be in the MM folder tree…
like this, in your case

modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images'

you could use a linked folder to access outside the MM folder tree
(I do this for my server shared images path for the MMM-ImagesPhotos module)

see the ln command

[rs]

@sdetweil, many thanks for pointing me to the right direction, the working path was:

modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/

Thanks again!
Cheers,
RS