MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow (yet another background slideshow module)

MagicInMe

@sdetweil how would package.json have a listed dependency for fs and path (included in Node) or MagicMirror’s logger? I suppose express is a dependency I could maintain independently, but I rely upon the MM expressInstance.

sdetweil

@magicinme do npm install --save in your module folder for those dependencies.

then let npm install for your module figure out where to resolve them

u might depend on the mm expess server INSTANCE but not the code to talk to that instance

MagicInMe

@sdetweil what’s the purpose of installing core node features as a module? Looking at npm path it says "This is an exact copy of the NodeJS ’path’ module published to the NPM registry. "

Good point on express, I had thought I was just calling the express object but I do use express.static

sdetweil

@magicinme you may not ‘install’ it, as npm will resolve , but you document that you USE it, SO, if things change, you stuff still works…

I don’t know where stuff is packaged, and don’t want to know

MagicInMe

@sdetweil perhaps this is why https://www.npmjs.com/package/fs gets a million downloads a week even though it does nothing. I believe including core modules in package.json presents an unnecessary security risk (i.e., npm path is controlled by an individual). Unless there’s a way to include a package in package.json as a comment?

sdetweil

@magicinme no comments in json.

whatever… I have given everything I know and my advice on helping insure users don’t encounter problems.

the high download counts are from build systems recreating the env from scratch…

not users

robertybob

Does this module stretch images to fit the mirror? The original module had two different options for this, if I recall correctly

MagicInMe

@robertybob I currently have it so that it uses the css “cover” attribute which stretches to fill. Is that what you want?

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