Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Help with the camera
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Hello,
I’m very new to all of this but still have my setup going very well.
However I’m stuck with the Camera. I have few Logitech webcams and I’ve tested it with all of hem but I still can’t get it to work.
I’ve installed the voicecontrol module and the camera module. I’ve recorded the show Camera and hide camera commands and downloaded the file and put it in the root directory of MM. I’ve edited the config files according the instructions but still nothing happens when I say “Show Camera”.
Can someone please explain what am I doing wrong?Here is the part of my config file:
{ module: 'camera', position: 'top_right', config: { selfieInterval: 3, // Time interval in seconds before the photo will be taken. emailConfig: { service: 'gamil', // Email provider to use to send email with a photo. auth: { user: '', // Your email account pass: '' // Your password for email account } } } }, { module: 'voicecontrol', position: 'top_right', config: { models: [ { keyword: "Show Camera", description: "Say 'Show Camera' to display camera", file: "showCamera.pmdl", message: "SHOW_CAMERA" }, { keyword: "Hide Camera", description: "Say 'Hide Camera' to hide camera", file: "hideCamera.pmdl", message: "HIDE_CAMERA" }, { keyword: "Selfie", description: "Say 'Selfie' when camera is visible", file: "selfie.pmdl", message: "SELFIE" }, ], } },
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Are you able to use the webcam normally, as described here? If you’re having trouble making it work, I would ensure it’s first working as expected outside of MM.
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thank you. yes, I’ve tested it first as described in the link you’ve provided although I’ve tested only capturing an image and not live stream.
The thing is that i’m not sure is the voice component works for me at all and I don’t even know how to test it.
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@xela What modules are you using? This seems like
voicecontrol
, but what are you using for a camera module? Does it already include receivers for those notifications? -
i’m getting all of that which I have no idea what it means but I think it is related to the voicecontrol:
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.bcm2835.pcm.front.0:CARD=0' ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM front ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.bcm2835.pcm.surround51.0:CARD=0' ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround21 ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.bcm2835.pcm.surround51.0:CARD=0' ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround21 ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.bcm2835.pcm.surround40.0:CARD=0' ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround40 ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.bcm2835.pcm.surround51.0:CARD=0' ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround41 ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.bcm2835.pcm.surround51.0:CARD=0' ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround50 ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.bcm2835.pcm.surround51.0:CARD=0' ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround51 ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.bcm2835.pcm.surround71.0:CARD=0' ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround71 ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.bcm2835.pcm.iec958.0:CARD=0,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2' ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM iec958 ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.bcm2835.pcm.iec958.0:CARD=0,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2' ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM spdif ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.bcm2835.pcm.iec958.0:CARD=0,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2' ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM spdif ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.hdmi ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.modem ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.modem ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.bluealsa.device' ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:4996:(snd_config_expand) Args evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM bluealsa ALSA lib confmisc.c:1281:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.bluealsa.device' ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory ALSA lib conf.c:4996:(snd_config_expand) Args evaluate error: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM bluealsa Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server request channel jack server is not running or cannot be started JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
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@xela Which modules are you using? Did you run
npm install
in both folders? Do you also have the camera module in yourconfig.js
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thank you very much! it’s working!
do you know by any chance if it’s possible to have the camera picture as vertically full screen?
Or is not, is it possible to hide all other modules when the camera picture is on?
I want to use the camera as my mirror so when I say the magic work everything disappears and only the camera picture stays. -
Have a look at MMM-pages. Install it, and you can then send a
PAGE_CHANGED
notification either when you send the camera notifications (voicecontrol module) or when you receive and process them (camera module). That should page between the camera and everything else. -
Thank you very much! That’s great.
Do you know by any chance if it’s possible to have the camera image 90 degree rotated and on full screen? I want to use the camera as the mirror instead of applying a glass or a film. -
@xela What modules are you using? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯