First and foremost, thanks to Michael Teeuw for creating the MagicMirror and to the whole community that has continued to make this platform fun. I’ve scoured the forums and finally took the plunge to build my own.

So here it is…

I was thinking of putting together a more detailed punch list/tutorial. If you guys are looking for one let me know. I’ll at least add some more pics and answer any questions.

The details:

Hardware

Frame:
Built the frame using 1x3 pine and decorative molding all found at my local Home Depot. With a little bit of stain, it came out pretty nice.

CPU:
Using a Raspberry Pi 3 MB with a 16gb MicroSD

Monitor:
Using a Dell 27" Widescreen LED LCD Monitor, SE2717HX. I got it for $99 through a deal I found on slickdeals.net via Office Depot. Noticed it isn’t the best from the side angles (looks washed out), not bright) but good enough… Suggest anyone looking for a monitor to setup an alert via slickdeals…

Mirror:
I went with an acrylic see-through mirror. 12x24, 3mm thick. Picked it up from amazon for about $35. It’s ok, not as clean & crisp (seems wavy) as a real mirror but good to start on a budget. I will replace it with a real mirror at some point.

MagicMirror Setup
I originally had MM2 installed and setup on the Pi running raspbian, but I found once I loaded up multiple modules it started to bog down. I found that if I just used the browser (chromium) on the Pi and pointed to a hosted version (serveronly on another machine) it ran much better. I actually have MM2 running on a windows machine I use for other purposes (Home automation, etc…) You can use node.js for windows to run MM2- https://nodejs.org/en/download/

I then found FullPageOS distro that ran just enough OS (based on jessie lite) and just runs Chromium. This was perfect and found it ran faster than my original raspbian. Get it from here - https://github.com/guysoft/FullPageOS

I played around with many modules, configs and css files to finally get the data and layout I was looking.

Modules
Default:

• Cock
• Newsfeed
• Calendar

Additional:

• Calendar_monthly - shows month
• MMM-MLB - Baseball scores. Go Yanks!!
• MMM-Rest - Used to pull data from my home automation system (homeseer)
• MMM-SimpleLogo - pulls updated radar image from wundergound
• MMM-Traffic - When to leave to get to work
• MMM-TweetsByTimelineOrList - Latest twitter posts
• MMM-WunderGround - Current weather & forecast
• iFrame - Used to display web pages for real-time data from PRTG network monitor & Netcam Studio tied into my Q-see house cams

So that’s my build. Hope you like it and let me know if you have any questions. It’s been a lot of fun building it…

@cmille34

Glad I could inspire you. I do like running it centrally. Since I made this one, I’ve setup another one in my son’s room. Different size screen and content. .All I had to do is run another instance on my server - copy and paste folder and change the config file to my liking… done…

I do not turn my screen off. It’s on my todo list… To your point, it might be a little trick to do so since MM isn’t running locally. We’ll need to find an external solution to do so that works on fullpageOS or whatever platform you are running at the endpoint. If I find something Ill post…

This would be great. + 1

@cowboysdude

This is how I integrated my security cameras. If you have any questions or want more details let me know.

@iwaldrum said in 27" custom framed magic mirror - fun to get done:

@disakos

I’m using a program called Netcam Studio on the same pc that I’m running MM in serveronly mode. Netcam Studio allows you to connect to multiple types of cameras, either local or IP based. I’m using it to connect my q-see surveillance system using RSTP connections, as well as several Foscam and PC connected cams.

Once the cameras are connected to netcamstudio, you can then generate a secure token based url for each one. I then took each url and placed them into a single html file and put it on a webserver (same pc). Using the iFrame module I pointed to the html file to display it on my MM. You’ll need to play with the positioning and sizing of the iframe, as well as the webpage layout and image sizes in the html.

I typically get 5-10 fps for each camera. Depending on the # of cameras you will be displaying and the type of system your running MM on will drive the performance of the playback.

I know the setup is a little complex, but I felt it was the best way to get a flexible, integrated look that performed the best.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Since my original post, I’ve been tinkering a bit. I originally had the 2-way mirror on, but decided to remove it. Mainly because my wife said it looks like a medicine cabinet, which doesn’t belong in the kitchen. I took the mirror off and use it as a magic dashboard now. It has grown on her… :)

Here is my current setup at the moment.

@Sean Thanks Sean. Is there a way to limit the amount of time for each video in the playlist? Only play for 30 seconds, then switch to the next video in the playlist?

Love the module. Is it possible to add a feature to allow you to change the video being streamed after a certain amount of time? I’d like to cycle through multiple live video camera streams.

Check this module out… I use it to track my kids… Works great…

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/7100/mmm-traccar

Anybody get this working with the new OAuth 2.0?

@maxs @justjim1220 I was looking for the samething… zoom level in the map… any luck or options for this?

Bump - Is there a way adjust the default zoom level. I find that it is too zoomed in most cases.

Anybody know if there is a module out there that can provide standings for the Little League baseball world series?

@barnosch thanks for the link. I initially tried setting this up but couldn’t get it to work. Think because it hasn’t been updated in a while and plex changed some of the fields. Looking for something to pull/push directly from tautulli.

Would love to have a module that displays what’s currently playing and what’s new on my Plex server via Tautulli (aka PlexPy). Tautulli has an api that can pull json data. Anyone up for the task?

Will this work for the 2018 Olympics? Tried loading it up and got some errors.