HEIC and MMM-ImagesPhotos

[rts58]

Hi,

Two questions really. I’ve noticed in MMM-ImagesPhotos that an image will flash off and on before it is replaced with a new image. My config looks like:

{
	module: "MMM-ImagesPhotos",
	position: "fullscreen_below",
	config: {
		opacity: 0.9,
		animationSpeed: 500, // was 500
		updateInterval: 120000,
		backgroundColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,.3)',  // not used if fill is true
		fill: false,   // fill around image with blurred copy of image
		blur: 10,   // only used if fill is true
		sequential: false  // process the image list randomly
	}
},

Any idea what would cause the picture to flash black then return and then transition to the new photo?

The second question: I’ve noticed that HEIC images are skipped and not shown at all. I’m still running Buster and although I can see an HEIC image with image viewer I’m not able to with Chromium. Is there a way to see HEIC images with MMM-ImagesPhotos?

Thanks for any help!

[sdetweil]

@rts58 said in HEIC and MMM-ImagesPhotos:

animationSpeed: 500,

have you tried setting this to 0?

HEIC? the module looks for
const enabledTypes = [“image/jpeg”, “image/png”, “image/gif”];

what is a filetype for HEIC?

you can edit that array and add the the for heic

 const enabledTypes = ["image/jpeg", "image/png", "image/gif", "image/heic"];

[rkorell]

@sdetweil HEIC is the Apple iOS version of HEIF (=High Efficiency Image Format) …

[rts58]

@sdetweil

I thought I had tried setting it to 0, but apparently I hadn’t. Now that I have made that change, it is working fine.

The filetype for HEIC is supposed to “image/heic”. I added that to the enabledTypes array in node_helper.js and it now it is also working!

Awesome, as always, thank you Sam!

[sdetweil]

@rts58 awesome, i’ll submit a pr to update the module