MMM-EasyBack no autostart Video

Stoffbeuteluwe

I would like to have the funny monkeys from the MMM-EasyBack YouTube Video but the video does not start automatically and I don’t know how to start manually.
Thanks for help

sdetweil

@Stoffbeuteluwe this is due to a new restriction on the browser

do this

edit MagicMirror/js/electron.js
and add the line shown below

let mainWindow;

function createWindow() {
    app.commandLine.appendSwitch('autoplay-policy', 'no-user-gesture-required');  //< -------- added

save and restart MagicMirror

Stoffbeuteluwe

Thanks i will try this later today
Thanks

Stoffbeuteluwe

Hi, I have added the line than MM does not start…

sdetweil

@Stoffbeuteluwe show me the few lines.

I cut pasted from mine.
Watch. out for the quotes, sometimes paste creates the wrong ones

Mykle1

@sdetweil

I can confirm that this fix DOES work. I installed the newest MM 2.7.1 and the “autostart video” was indeed not working. Many thanks to you, @sdetweil, for saving the day.

Here is a screen shot of how the edit should look in case anyone would like a visual.

0_1557282214615_Screenshot from 2019-05-07 22-20-11.png

Mykle1

Update

The easiest way to use video and pictures as a background on your mirror.
Use a YouTube video as a live background with just the YouTube ID of the video.
Works by default with Hello-Lucy voice. https://github.com/mykle1/Hello-Lucy.
.jpg files, .png files, .gif files, Full Screen animated gifs (not recommended for Pi users).
.mp4 and .mov files (others not tested).

Stoffbeuteluwe

Ok i will try again

Stoffbeuteluwe

Perfect thank you…

Darkmx-6

So I’m not sure what’s going on with mine because it won’t autostart. I did all the changes suggested and below is a copy straight out of the MagicMirror/js/electron.js file.

I’ve restarted it many times.

Before I edited it it had everything there except

'autoplay-policy', 'no-user-gesture-required'

was

"autoplay-policy", "no-user-gesture-required"

let mainWindow;

function createWindow() {
    app.commandLine.appendSwitch('autoplay-policy', 'no-user-gesture-required');  //< -------- added
        var electronOptionsDefaults = {
                width: 800,
                height: 600,
                x: 0,
                y: 0,
                darkTheme: true,
                webPreferences: {
                        nodeIntegration: false,
                        zoomFactor: config.zoom
                },
                backgroundColor: "#000000"
        };