MMM-ImagesPhotos - Show images from a directory

[Peter]

Very nice module.
I have about 2000 pictures in the Upload directory, all resized to 100 kb.
But the module only shows about 50 of them.
Why does it not show the other pictures?
Any idea?
Peter

[ninjabreadman]

@Peter

What does your config look like? Where are your images? What type(s) are they? I tried making a folder with 100 files (well over 50), but that seemed to work fine.

Do you have the photos in multiple folders/paths? If so, have you tried removing the path of the photos that work to leave the other paths (to determine they work)? Have you tried adding treatAllPathsAsOne: true to your module config?

What is the content of photos.txt if you type curl http://localhost:8080/MMM-ImagesPhotos/photos > photos.txt into a separate console (while MM is running)?

Don’t post it all here, but if there are not several thousand entries, the module is not seeing all of your files (but you knew that).

[Peter]

@ninjabreadman solved.
I did something stupid.
I had 70 pictures (5mb each) and it caused trouble, so I resized them to 100kb.
But I also have 2 sd cards …
I put 2000 pictures (100kb) on one card and left the 70 (5mb) pictures on the other card.
And then I changed cards …
Peter

[ninjabreadman]

@Peter At least it’s fixed! Cheers.

[pepebc]

I like this module, but I would like it to start hidden by default in order to add the possibility of making it visible with voice command (use alexyak / voicecontrol). I have tried several options but I have no results.

[Mykle1]

@pepebc

Take a look at the Hello-Lucy files. You can adapt what you find there to alex yak voice control. :-)

[twosquirrels]

I realize this might not be the fault of the module, but many of my images display with the orientation incorrect on this module. I open them on my Mac, and the orientation is correct. I open them in the built-in image viewer on the raspberry pi, and the orientation is correct.

I’ve tried using exiftool to remove the orientation settings entirely with no success. I also tried using exiftool to change the orientation with no success.

My magic mirror is in portrait mode, so I wonder if that matters, but the built-in viewer has no problems.

[ninjabreadman]

@twosquirrels So, I suspect (but cannot be certain) that this is your problem. I’ve not found great browser support for EXIF image rotation. There are a variety of command line approaches available, and even some GUI apps.

[twosquirrels]

@ninjabreadman exiftran worked wonderfully! I used the “automatic” option and it fixed them all! Thanks!

[chassain 0]

@Galang Hello, no news about no random ? it will be great for my configuration
Thanks

[sdetweil]

@chassain-0 ImagesPhotos already does random all the time.

	randomPhoto: function() {
		var photos = this.photos;
		var index = this.randomIndex(photos);

		return photos[index];
	},


	getDom: function() {
		var self = this;
		var wrapper = document.createElement("div");
		var photoImage = this.randomPhoto();

[chassain 0]

@sdetweil sorry…i would say in order

[sdetweil]

@chassain-0 ah, turn off random

[chassain 0]

yes of course…but not so easy for me…i 'm looking for :)

[broberg]

@chassain-0

I don’t know if this works but

	randomIndex: function(photos) {
		if (photos.length === 1) {
			return 0;
		}

		var generate = function() {
			return Math.floor(Math.random() * photos.length);
		};

		var photoIndex = generate();
		this.lastPhotoIndex = photoIndex;

		return photoIndex;
	},

try to change return Math.floor(Math.random() * photos.length); to return Math.floor(photos.length);

However it’s Just a guess

[sdetweil]

@broberg no. it needs more… need to USE the this.lastPhotoIndex, and check for over the end of the list,
and reset the index when new list is loaded (even tho you didn’t get thru the list, as the module refreshes on a fixed time schedule (not calculated from number of images found)… I would add another config parm

I have a fork of this module already, but have many local changes, so cannot make another.

[chassain 0]

Hello,

I found this module : https://github.com/AdamMoses-GitHub/MMM-ImageSlideshow

Maybe a solution. I m going to test this night

[KamiSchami]

I would like to install it twice. If I just copy the folder and rename it, it won’t work anymore. Can somebody help me?

[sdetweil]

u can try mine too
https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-ImagesPhotos

to make images from a server the module/uploads folder needs to be replaced by a linked (ln command) to the server share folder

ln -s server_share uploads

I am very picky about how my images are displayed, no distortion allowed…
I also support color or blurred image fill where the image does not cover the full screen

[KamiSchami]

ok, it has the same name. can I rename the module for myself, the folder?