MMM-RandomBackground, Background from local folder

Ultimatum22

@docmucki What is the value you use, because it is indeed in miliseconds as jfodor said.

@lignumaqua Can you post your configuration for my module? It should work full screen if you look at the default ‘fullscreen_below’.

lignumaqua

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lignumaqua

Oops! My apologies, I was getting this module confused with another. Mea culpa!

fox

@Woody said in Random background from local folder:

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

Thank you for the module. Is it possible to make this working with a NAS ? And is it also possible e.g. on top_right instead of background?

nobita

@Ultimatum22 you can change from local folder to Dropbox (Share Photo) and can adjust time to display from dropbox

yawns

@nobita said in Random background from local folder:

@Ultimatum22 you can change from local folder to Dropbox (Share Photo) and can adjust time to display from dropbox

Couldn’t you just synchronize your dropbox client into the specific folder and use the module as is?

A Former User

@yawns Is there any way to implement Dropbox in RPI? I’ve found only one solution Exagear, but it is not free.

Ultimatum22

@Sean There is a dropbox client for debian, if you use raspbian on your RPI this should work. I haven’t tested it but if you can get it to synchronize you can link to it from my module like yawns said.

@nobita I don’t want to store my photo’s on dropbox so I don’t have the need implement this option but my above solution should work.

A Former User

@Ultimatum22 said in Random background from local folder:

@Sean There is a dropbox client for debian, if you use raspbian on your RPI this should work. I haven’t tested it but if you can get it to synchronize you can link to it from my module like yawns said.

That client is for normal Intel/AMD devices. As I know, there is no official Dropbox client for ARM architectures. So people cannot install Dropbox on RPi. (maybe I could be wrong…)
Currently, the only available solution is using Exagear(https://eltechs.com/product/exagear-desktop/).

Anyway, There might be some PROs and CONs about using Dropbox or cloud storage for private photos. I bet considering external network storage is not non-sense.

RPI has the limited volume of storage. Some people have tons of images to show. And they might not want to worry about sync between original photos in archives and those in RPI.
Some people are not familiar with FTP or SFTP or anything. (e.g. my wife). She just wants to throw her new photos into some folder simply. (Well, there might be another options like netatalk, smb,… but my wife has HER OPINIONS.)
Google Photo and iCloud Photos are awesome services, but unfortunately, they don’t support external API. That is why people want to use simple and free ‘dropbox’ alternately.

Ultimatum22

@Sean You are correct about ARM architecture, didn’t do my research properly. I did a quick search and it seems like a hazzle indeed. This seems to be a kind of solution, http://mitchtech.net/dropbox-on-raspberry-pi-via-sshfs/

I agree about the space but if you have a decent sdcard, like 32gb you can store plenty of photo’s and change them once in a while. I have set up a shared directory with samba to the photo directory directly. I just put my photo’s in here and restart the pi.

Would be nice if google photo’s introduces an api, I use it for photo backup at the moment.