MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow (yet another background slideshow module)

[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

[rs]

now that i have it working I have one more question:

while the mirror runs, the content of the images folder changes from time to time; looking at the console output, the module capture the changes in the files, for example, adding and removing files from the images folder:

[23.09.2021 12:20.44.712] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:20.54.765] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:20.56.258] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/black.jpg'
[23.09.2021 12:20.56.761] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:21.05.666] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/MirrorMsg.png'
[23.09.2021 12:21.06.169] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:21.08.725] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:21.34.396] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/MirrorMsg.png'
[23.09.2021 12:21.34.900] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:21.45.058] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:22.09.272] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:22.28.684] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/MirrorMsg.png'
[23.09.2021 12:22.29.191] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:22.31.327] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/MirrorMsg2.png'
[23.09.2021 12:22.31.828] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:22.35.920] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images

However, the image shown on the mirror doesn’t change and stays the same (slideshowSpeed: 5000); is there a way to force the module to refresh itself without stopping the mirror?

Thx again!

[sdetweil]

@rs hm… the enoent means file not found

and it doesn’t use the full path… weird…

I don’t use that module myself.