MMM-Snow - Yet another Snow Module

lavolp3

Happy New Year everyone!

I need to bring one neverending topic back again here:

I tried to use MMM-Snow recently with a Pi 3B+ and stretch installed.
Currently I have today’s MM 2.6.0 with electron 2.0.x installed, but I have tried electron v1.4.15 as well.

The snowflakes are lagging on my mirror, not falling fluently. If I use the web version from a laptop it’s fluent, so it should be a browser issue.
Config:

    {
        module: 'MMM-Snow',
        position: 'fullscreen_above',
        config: { // See 'Configuration options' for more information.
            flakeCount: 40,
            theme: "winter"
        }
    },

I have tried the kms driver, the fake kms driver (which gives me a flickering screen after some time for some odd reasons), and no kms driver at all. No recognizable change with regards to the snowflake performance.

Is there any chance for fluent animations using electron at the moment that I have overseen?
As far as I understand none of the electron versions work properly with hardware support. Is that true?

bhepler

@lavolp3 - Electron has always been a bit flakey with animations. Pardon the pun.

I have 50 flakes running on the office mirror right now and it’s acceptable. But I haven’t upgraded the office mirror to the latest versions yet. If you need, I’ll swing by and check out what version it’s running.

rudibarani

Dear all,
would it be possible to have this module hidden until a weather module (e.g. MMM-DarkSkyForecast broadcasts a DARK_SKY_FORECAST_WEATHER_UPDATE) broadcasts a weather update that contains a snow forecast for today? That would be really useful :)

lavolp3

@bhepler That would be great thanks. Also, if you have one of the drivers enabled and what relosution you’re running.

bhepler

@lavolp3 - Will do. I should be at the office tomorrow. I’ll check it then.

bhepler

Sorry for the delay. I’m running v2.5.0 of the Magic Mirror at work. Electron is (I think) v2.0, using the fake OpenGL drivers.

Resolution is 1920x1080.

ETA - Confirmed. Electron is v2.0.0

lavolp3

@bhepler Is it fluent or would you say it is lagging a bit?
That’s a bit non-scientific now so a video would help most but I 'd undterstand if you don’t want to go through the trouble of uploading a video.

I have a Pi 3b+ with MM v2.6.0 and all else like above, but it is lagging too much for me to enjoy it.

I’ll try running it on Chrome locally as described above. But I don’t like this workaround.

bhepler

Ask and ye shall receive. https://youtu.be/2WksYxILZa0

lavolp3

@bhepler Thanks! Looks good, especially the beard :-D

Don’t understand why it wont work as fluent on my device.

bhepler

@lavolp3 - Perhaps switch between the fake and the real OpenGL driver.

PS - the word you’re looking for is “fluid”, not “fluent”.