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. :thumbsup:

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

[Mykle1]

[card:mykle1/MMM-EasyBack]

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…:folded_hands:

[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"
        };

[sdetweil]

@Darkmx-6 can you open the developers window, using ctrl-shift-i on the keyboard, select the tab labeled console at the top of that window, and scroll up to see any info, or errors…

u can also filter for just messages from a single module by putting part of the module name in the filter entryfield

[Darkmx-6]

@sdetweil said in MMM-EasyBack no autostart Video:

and scroll up to see any info, or errors…
u can also filter for just messages from a single module by putting part of the module name in the filter entryfield

Sure, I can do that, but is there a way to do that through the console? To physically access the pi I have to climb a ladder. I’m going to do that now but it would be awesome if I don’t have to next time.

[sdetweil]

@Darkmx-6 not that I have found

[Darkmx-6]

@sdetweil

Humm… ctrl shift i doesn’t seem to work. may be it is just slow, I’m rebooting now and am going to try again. I’m using a raspberry pi zero.

[Darkmx-6]

yeah, it does nothing… is there a way to access it with the mouse?

My Keyboard is connected and working because I can quit magic mirror with the keyboard.

[sdetweil]

@Darkmx-6 all three keys together, ctrl-shift and the letter i (as in Initial)

[Darkmx-6]

yep, like if I’m hitting ctrl + alt + delete correct?

instead it’s ctrl shift i

[sdetweil]

@Darkmx-6 correct

[Darkmx-6]

Yeah I can’t get it to come up.

I’m not sure what else I can do.

[sdetweil]

@Darkmx-6 if u can change the startup, npm start dev opens the developers window