MMM-RandomBackground, Background from local folder

Ultimatum22

As request by some, first version of showing random full size background from a local folder.

It will load a photo’s from a photo directory in ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RandomBackground, easiest way is by creating a Windows share. If somebody needs help with that let me know.

This still has a lot of improvements, I will update the readme with future implementations and a list of issues. If you see any please let me know.

Woody

@Ultimatum22
many thanks for your efforts. I was looking and waiting for a module like this. I tried it and it works nearly as expected, whenever I would prefer the possibility to load the images from an external source. Maybe in the future you are able to implement this.

Ultimatum22

Your welcome, good to hear it was what you are looking for. What do you mean with external source, like an usb stick? That isn’t that hard to implement. I am working on supporting multiple folders to read photo’s from, support for external source is then also done.

Woody

@Ultimatum22
No, not a USB storage. I mean a NAS, a cloud resourse, any SMB share.

jfodor

i can only get this to work in the full screen locations. can this be placed in any other locations?

i would also second the network share for the photo location.

as a note to others you have to create a folder in ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RandomBackground called photos and place your photo’s in there.

docmucki

Hi, i have some warnings when I try to install this module. Can someone give me a hint what to do?

thx,
docmucki

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules $ git clone https://github.com/Ultimatum22/MMM-RandomBackground.git
Klone nach 'MMM-RandomBackground'...
remote: Counting objects: 81, done.
remote: Total 81 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 81
Entpacke Objekte: 100% (81/81), Fertig.
Prüfe Konnektivität... Fertig.
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror/modules $ npm install
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/package.json'
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/node_modules/node_helper/package.json'
npm WARN modules No description
npm WARN modules No repository field.
npm WARN modules No README data
npm WARN modules No license field.

in_a_days

@docmucki

I suspect you need to execute

npm install

From ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-RandomBackground rather than ~/MagicMirror/modules.

Try:

cd MMM-RandomBackground
npm install

docmucki

@in_a_days
Thank you. That was the case.

docmucki

Changing the updateInterval seems to have no effect. Always feels like 3 seconds.

jfodor

it uses milliseconds. mine is set at 900000 which is 15 minutes.