MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow (yet another background slideshow module)

rs

Hi MagicInMe,

Thank you for sharing your work!

I’ve installed MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow but for some reason the background stays black, I double-checked the images in the correct folder and i use the full path in the config as well:

{
			module: 'MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow',
			position: 'fullscreen_below',
			config: {
				imagePaths: ['/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images'],
				slideshowSpeed: 15000,
				randomizeImageOrder: false,
			}
		},

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but… no joy…

I clearly missing something basic here :)

I appreciate any thought!
Best,
Ram

sdetweil

@rs said in MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow (yet another background slideshow module):

MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow

the code says

imagePaths: [], // resolves relative to MM root. So ‘images’ => ~/MagicMirror/images

so, you cannot use the full absolute path

the folder MUST be in the MM folder tree…
like this, in your case

modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images'

you could use a linked folder to access outside the MM folder tree
(I do this for my server shared images path for the MMM-ImagesPhotos module)

see the ln command

rs

@sdetweil, many thanks for pointing me to the right direction, the working path was:

modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/

Thanks again!
Cheers,
RS

rs

now that i have it working I have one more question:

while the mirror runs, the content of the images folder changes from time to time; looking at the console output, the module capture the changes in the files, for example, adding and removing files from the images folder:

[23.09.2021 12:20.44.712] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:20.54.765] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:20.56.258] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/black.jpg'
[23.09.2021 12:20.56.761] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:21.05.666] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/MirrorMsg.png'
[23.09.2021 12:21.06.169] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:21.08.725] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:21.34.396] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/MirrorMsg.png'
[23.09.2021 12:21.34.900] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:21.45.058] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:22.09.272] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:22.28.684] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/MirrorMsg.png'
[23.09.2021 12:22.29.191] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:22.31.327] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/MirrorMsg2.png'
[23.09.2021 12:22.31.828] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:22.35.920] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images

However, the image shown on the mirror doesn’t change and stays the same (slideshowSpeed: 5000); is there a way to force the module to refresh itself without stopping the mirror?

Thx again!

sdetweil

@rs hm… the enoent means file not found

and it doesn’t use the full path… weird…

I don’t use that module myself.

rs

@sdetweil said in MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow (yet another background slideshow module):

@rs hm… the enoent means file not found

and it doesn’t use the full path… weird…

I don’t use that module myself.

it is what it is then :)
Thx anyways!

sdetweil

@rs I use this one,

https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-ImagesPhotos

modified from original

I don’t like my photos stretched etc…

also has color or blur fill around pic

uses only ONE source, ‘uploads’ folder in the module folder… I just symlink to another (my mounted server share) using the ln command

rs

@sdetweil, agree, this is the one i finally use, it updates the shown photos when the folder content changes, good enough for my current needs!

Cheers,
RS

sdetweil

@rs i also have a module that shows a qr code and lets users upload pics from their phone (to the images location)…

see
https://github.com/sdetweil/uploadPics

robertybob

@sdetweil I’ve just tried out this module and the Readme on your github needs editing to point the installation link (git clone) to your one, rather than the original Github link :) Also, could you update the example in the Readme to detail exactly how to correctly size images? e.g.

For percentage:

maxWidth:"50%",

or for pixel dimensions:

maxWidth:"50",

For novices like myself, it isn’t very clear :)

I can’t for the life of me get the module to respect the sizes that I specify, it’s always too big, goes off the screen and isn’t central (despite me not changing the default position)

{
	module: "MMM-ImagesPhotos",
	position: "middle_center",
	config: {
		opacity: 0.9,
		animationSpeed: 500,
		updateInterval: 11000,
		maxWidth:"50%",
		maxHeight:"70%",
		backgroundColor: 'grey',  // not used if fill is true
		fill: true,   // fill around image with blurred copy of image
		blur: 10,   // only used if fill is true
	}
},

sdetweil

@robertybob sorry, don’t know about sizes… I use it as full screen background

if u are looking at my repo, then u would clone from my repo.

generally when u fork a repo, its to contribute changes back, so, the original readme content should be unchanged, except for new parms.

robertybob

@sdetweil Ah ok, no worries. On your mirror, do you use the position ‘fullscreen_above’ rather than the default of ‘middle_center’ ?

sdetweil

@robertybob not above, below (behind all others)

{
	module: "MMM-ImagesPhotos",
	position: "fullscreen_below",
	config: {
		opacity: 0.9,
		animationSpeed: 0,
		updateInterval: 1* 60 * 1000,
		backgroundColor: 'grey',  // not used if fill is true
		fill: true,   // fill around image with blurred copy of image
		blur: 10,   // only used if fill is true
		path: "/pics",  // inside uploads
	}
},

robertybob

@sdetweil Thank you. I can’t get the module working with MMM-Pages.

This config doesn’t show any images:

{
module: ‘MMM-pages’,
config: {
modules: [

				["clock", "MMM-Tools", "MMM-WiFiPassword",
					"MMM-Fantasy-Premier-League",
					//"MMM-ImagesPhotos",
					"MMM-pihole-stats",
					//	"MMM-TweetsByTimelineOrList", 
					"MMM-CyanideHappiness",
					"uploadPics"
				],
			
			["clock", "MMM-Tools", "MMM-WiFiPassword",
					"MMM-Fantasy-Premier-League",
					"MMM-ImagesPhotos",
					"MMM-pihole-stats",
					//	"MMM-TweetsByTimelineOrList", 
					"MMM-CyanideHappiness",
					"uploadPics"
				],
			],
			//last page ^
			fixed: [],
			rotationTime: 2500,
		}
	},

but this does:

	{
		module: 'MMM-pages',
		config: {
			modules: [
			
				["clock", "MMM-Tools", "MMM-WiFiPassword",
					"MMM-Fantasy-Premier-League",
					"MMM-ImagesPhotos",
					"MMM-pihole-stats",
					//	"MMM-TweetsByTimelineOrList", 
					"MMM-CyanideHappiness",
					"uploadPics"
				],
			
			["clock", "MMM-Tools", "MMM-WiFiPassword",
					"MMM-Fantasy-Premier-League",
					"MMM-ImagesPhotos",
					"MMM-pihole-stats",
					//	"MMM-TweetsByTimelineOrList", 
					"MMM-CyanideHappiness",
					"uploadPics"
				],
			],
			//last page ^
			fixed: [],
			rotationTime: 2500,
		}
	},

and as you can see, all I am doing is commenting out the module on the first page. I want to be able to have one page where the photos aren’t displayed as it’s very hard to read the other modules…but it seems the module doesn’t allow that?

How can I help you figure out what is going on so that this can be corrected ?

sdetweil

@robertybob pages hides or shows modules… (A page being shown sends resume calls to each module and suspend calls to all others)

usually when you use pages and want to HIDE something on one and SHOW the same on another, you have to have TWO instances in config.js

looking at the code (not my module) it doesn’t support two independent instances,
so you have to do the copy/rename/ approach.

copy the module folder to some other name
rename the modulename.js to the new foldername.js

edit the newly renamed file and change the register statement to use the new module/folder name

all three places MUST match exactly
and u need to rename the css file AND edit the getStyles to the new name.

then u can use a new module: instance in config.js and have one on one page and another on another page.

the module supports suspend and resume (hide/show) , so that will be ok i think…

again, its not my module… i just happened on it when I started with MM (2017) and didn’t want my images aspect ratio changed…

MagicInMe

Hey there, sorry I didn’t get back to you on your question. I’m glad you found a module that works for you! After the frosty reception I received on my initial post I kinda forgot about it all and figured I wouldn’t get much traction on the module to justify making it more user-friendly. If anyone else needs help, you can use github issues.

wyovino

I’m running this on a Pi Zero 2W. At first it kept freezing because some of my images were way too big. After I resized all of my images to 800 x 600 it’s going great.

wyovino

Update: 1024 x 768 works well too on the Pi Zero 2W