MM as rolling picture frame

ankonaskiff17

I have tons of photographs and I want to make ultra simple MM that just randomly (or not) to cycle through through all the photos and just curious as to the good, the bad and the ugly as to which module(s) do that best.

Trying to avoid randomly choosing a module that sounds like it will fit my needs only to find out I chose poorly and have to redo the configuration.

sdetweil

@ankonaskiff17 I use MMM-ImagesPhotos for this…

I added some features for centering and filling …

I link to my file server to get the pics

ankonaskiff17

@sdetweil I did a search and drew a blank on module you describe MMM-ImagesPhotos. I’ll poke around with some of the others.

Since my knowledge of servers is minimal at best from hardware side required I sort of understand that but I’ve never set about to create a server I’ll have to figure that out.
I have several jumbo external hard drives and SSD drives and I was just going to plug one of them into an open USB socket on the Pi.

Side subject but maybe good use for the lone Raspberry Pi 1? I tried to use it (Pi 1) for a Pi-Hole I just built but was something that was incompatible so it went back on the shelf

sdetweil

@ankonaskiff17 here is my fork

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

I always search
GitHub module-name
and never have trouble finding things

it uses a naned folder. uploads, and you can link that anywhere

on Linux the link command is ln

sdetweil

@ankonaskiff17 I have an older HP desktop that runs as a server, running Ubuntu Linux

ankonaskiff17

@sdetweil LOOL You’ve got the secret MMM stash.

ankonaskiff17

@sdetweil Also, good point to be aware of is that Github may have modules too.

rts58

I use MMM-BackgroundSlideshow for this. I like that it can display picture info. It also has the ability to move forward and back through the pictures, although it seems to have a problem with that in the latest version. I use it to randomly access thousand of images across many folders.

sdetweil

@ankonaskiff17 the module I referenced came from GitHub, I made a fork (linked copy), says so right under mine if you look.

I wanted more features. so I added them.
the original has not been updated in a long time.

I don’t have experience with any others. I was just talking about 1. you are welcome to ignore anything I say.

ankonaskiff17

@sdetweil I take advice anywhere I can find it. I just meant that I don’t need to just search on the MM 3rd Party module page that Github is also fertile ground.