MMM - NewsFeed Ticker Hangs

Matthewlawson3

@mykle1 interesting.

Like I said changed in the .css file the background to none and I also made a change in the speed of the ticker to 2000 in the MMM-NewsFeedTicker.js file. Could that be causing issues? Or maybe my Ars Technica addition is causing issues for some reason.

Mykle1

@matthewlawson3

I don’t think it’s you. See my edited post

Matthewlawson3

@mykle1 said in MMM - NewsFeed Ticker Hangs:

@cowboysdude said in MMM - NewsFeed Ticker Hangs:

Not sure let me try to load it and see what it does.

I just installed it. Running for 10 minutes, flawlessly, using the default config entry.

Nice module, Jim! :-)

EDIT:

It is NOT working properly. The 5 or 6 news items keep repeating

Okay. At least I know it is not something I did.

General question: How does one uninstall a module? Or do you just comment it or // it out?

cowboysdude

@matthewlawson3 You can delete it from your config entry and go to the MagicMirror/modules directory find the module and delete it so for example :

MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Whatever

You go to MagicMirror/modules
then delete the MMM-Whatever directory…

Gone!

Mykle1

@matthewlawson3

You can comment out the config entry or delete the entry.

Easiest way to delete the module itself. Click your way to the modules folder, enter the modules folder, trash the MMM-NewsFeedTicker.

cowboysdude

@mykle1 I JUST said that…get off my toes LMAO

Mykle1

@cowboysdude

Hey, have you seen Jim these days? I wonder where he disappeared to.

cowboysdude

@mykle1 Great question…I wonder where Robert is… or @strawberry-3-141 … I feel like a latch key kid…

Mykle1

@cowboysdude

Last online:

Jim - 24 days
Robert - Oct 2020

Matthewlawson3

@mykle1 thank you!

sdetweil

@Matthewlawson3 the doc doesn’t mention it, but by default in only shows the 1st 5 items regardless of how many sources u have

to get all of them do

maxNewsItems: 0,

in the module config above the list of sources
----- edit: i was incorrect… the list gets rebuilt each time , never mind
~~BUT ----- this causes a problem, the list is never cleared, so it continues to grow and grow~~

haven’t seen the hang yet… one possible source in fetcher.js,

comment out the items=[]; line as shown below

		reloadTimer = null;
		//items = [];

its the same name as the global , so there could confusion over which list to add to.

Mykle1

@sdetweil said in MMM - NewsFeed Ticker Hangs:

comment out the items=[]; line as shown below

Thanks bro. I don’t even use this module. I was just trying to help out the user above. Hopefully, he’s paying attention and has read your suggestion.

sdetweil

@mykle1 fixed

Mykle1

@sdetweil said in MMM - NewsFeed Ticker Hangs:

@mykle1 fixed

Now I really hope he’s paying attention.

Well done, bro. :thumbsup:

sdetweil

@mykle1 also sent him a dm…

Matthewlawson3

@sdetweil Okay so the reason it hangs and doesn’t go to other sources is because of what exactly? Sorry just saw this and trying to get up to speed.

I added the max news items where you said I think if I understand correctly (see config file below). I also changed the number to 0 inside the MMM-NewsFeedTicker.js.

Where is the fetcher.js? Can’t find that file.

The module keeps repeating NYT and USA Today and doesn’t move on to BBC or Ars Technica.

{
	disabled: false,
	module: "MMM-NewsFeedTicker",
	position: "bottom_bar",
	//classes: "day_scheduler",
	config: {
		maxNewsItems: 0,
	    feeds: [
		{
			title: "New York Times",
			url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml",
			customLogo: "NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png"
		},
		{
			title: "USA Today",
			url: "http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories",
			customLogo: "RSS_Syndication_Logo-USATN.png"
		},
		{
			title: "BBC World News",
			url: "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml#",
			customLogo: "bbc_news_120x60.gif"
		},
		{
			title: "Ars Technica",
			url: "http://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/technology-lab",
			customLogo: "arstechnica.jpg"
		}
		
    	    ]
	}
    },

Mykle1

@matthewlawson3

Try this:

Under the maxNewsItems that you just added to your config entry, add this

updateInterval: 10 * 60 * 1000,

The default is 1 minute, which effectively resets the module back to the beginning of the feeds. This will give it 10 minutes to display the feeds without resetting. Assuming this will work, adjust the time accordingly.

Matthewlawson3

@mykle1 Just added it. It brought the ticker to a crawl across the screen. Super slow.

sdetweil

@matthewlawson3 never edit the module source file.use config.js to adjust the parma

I loaded the module u referenced, and fetcher.js is in that folder
no idea if it hangs yet. hasn’t for me.

Matthewlawson3

@sdetweil Ok I made the changes in the fetcher file hopefully. I really am kinda lost though as to what we are trying to do exactly. My main concern is that it goes to all 4 of the sources listed. NYT, USA Today, BBC, and Ars Technica. I haven’t seen Ars Technica at all.

I may just give up and find another good news module.