Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
MMM-AlexaPi
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@Davepre said in MMM-AlexaPi:
Good morning guys,
a quick question for everyone who managed to get this to work. How is the performance when leaving the mirror on for a couple of hours?I havent had the time to properly test it yet, but yesterday night I was under the impression that the MMM-AlexaPi module is quite a heavy hitter performance wise. I use a raspberry pi 3 and don’t feel like I overloaded it (only default modules + mmm-alexapi, motion detection and mmm-uklivebusinfo as 3rd party ones). But the newsticker got stuck after ten minutes and I was unable to close or alt+tab out of magic mirror. Again, I havent tested it properly yet since I didnt have the time, just wondering whether you experienced similar slow-downs.
Best regards / Dave
Every once in a while the mirror sticks but not often. I’ve been running AlexaPi from the start. Usually I just CTRL+Q to restart the mirror or I reboot. I have a reboot button on the side of my mirror. see my setup here. I also have a monitor off button. I have an old LCD monitor that get very hot and overheats, turning off the HDMI, so I keep it off most of the time, however Alexa still runs in the background. I also have a temperature sensor on my MM and I have a 5V fan attached to my Pi to keep it cool. It stays belwo 45degC.
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@lucallmon Thanks for the feedback. I hope to get the chance to test a bit more during the weekend and report back if the performce issues become really bad :)
Best regards / Dave
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changing to sox helped me get the hello at start…and improved playback for me…it’s a little slow but a cool feature…
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Hello everybody,
first off all i want to give all of you a BIG THANKS for helping me out ;-) :-)
I had some trouble’s installing and setting up Alexa with MM.
After reading the forums and the people having the same issue, this entry helped me a lot and i have Alexa integrated in MM and working now.Wow wat is everybody so motivated and helpfull. Keep up the good work everybody and looking forward making MM the best.
Greets a happy MM beginner.
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@mymmbeginner I am happy this post helped. As a newbie here I am really impressed with the support from this community as well. Glad to be a part of it!
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@johnnyboy Sorry, I am currently traveling with work and dont have access to my setup, but I am back end of this week and have a look. I will report back Friday night :)
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@johnnyboy if you need to rename a file
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@johnnyboy the # is like // in javascript so it will comment out that line
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@johnnyboy i have no idea how this file looks, but if it is like
token = ... #token = ...you should remove it
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@johnnyboy so sorry for late reply. Only now got the chance to look for the config.yaml file.
Yes, my config.template.yaml is (same as yours) in opt/Alexapi/src.
However my config.yaml file is in etc/opt/Alexapi.
Thats the only file in that folder.Is that what you were looking for?
Best regards / David
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@Davepre don’t worry about the template one. Just edit the one in ‘’‘/etc/opt/AlexaPi/config.yaml’‘’
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@johnnyboy i think you may be trying too hard. I followed the instructions to a T and haven’t had any problems. I had to reset my Pi twice after installing other modules that use sound… such as MMM-Voice. This module ruined my AlexaPi. I started my Pi over after installing that one because it ruined my sound profile. You may just need to figure out what you want to do with the mirror and install only those things. That’s what I did. After resetting my Pi 3 times and starting over each time, I’ve got it exactly the way I want it. when I move coming up in the next month, I’m going to make a touch screen family board for the kitchen kind of like this out of a Smart Screen. Then I’m going to buy an Alexa-powered remote control for my home entertainment center from Logitech that let’s you say, “Alexa, turn on the TV.” It should be fun.
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@johnnyboy no way brother. Don’t give up! If you want to have AlexaPi and MagicMirror on the same device I recommend starting over with a fresh copy of Raspbian, installing AlexaPi first and getting it to work. Then installing magic mirror with the AlexaPi module.
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