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    MMM-RandomBackground, Background from local folder

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

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        jfodor
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        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.

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          docmucki
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          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.
          
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            in_a_days @docmucki
            last edited by 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
            

            What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?

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              docmucki @in_a_days
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              @in_a_days
              Thank you. That was the case.

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                docmucki
                last edited by

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

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                  jfodor
                  last edited by

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

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                    lignumaqua
                    last edited by

                    This works, but the background image is only in the top half of the screen (running portrait). Is there a way to make it fill the entire screen?

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                      Ultimatum22 Module Developer @docmucki
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                      @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’.

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