@deadherring said in Autostart & turning off powersave:

What finally worked is this:
In the terminal window type: “sudo apt-get install xscreensaver” .

It will install a screen saver that you can then access from the menu. Go in and disable the blank screen.

This is the only thing that worked for me and my screen has been on for an hour now.

@deadherring Heh. I tried that. But then the screensaver activated and I got a lovely fiber optic flower on top of my my mirror interface. I’ll look into it again.

Edited to add: Whoops. Never mind. I wasn’t looking in the right place. I tried setting “Blank After X minutes” and it wouldn’t let me set it to zero.

@ostfilinchen Try this one: background-Image: url("Images/logo.jpeg");

Double-check your capitalization on your path and your file name. That’s burned me more than a couple of times.

There is apparently something in the Jessie version of Raspian that is not allowing these settings to take. My research has indicated that the easiest way to keep your Pi displaying data is to install the xscreensaver and then configure it to never shut down the screen.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xscreensaver

Note: I haven’t tried this myself yet. Do let me know if this works for you.

I experimented with this a bit yesterday. Thanks to @rvdgeer for the hint and @Jopyth for the initial code to start.

I ripped a YouTube video to disk and uploaded it to my Pi, putting it in the vendor folder. Adding this to my config.js was surprisingly effective (the rotate 90 is due to the video being designed to be projected on a window):

{     module: "helloworld",
      position: "fullscreen_below",  
      config: {
                text: "<video src='vendor/halloween.mp4' autoplay loop style='transform:rotate(90deg); position:absolute; top:50%;left:30%; height:50%'></video>"
               }
 },

@cowboysdude That gives me an idea. I wonder if the Alexa API will let you duplicate the Alexa mobile app in a mirror module? You could display what Alexa is playing & what she heard when you spoke to her.

Hmm…

Greetings! I’m slowly working my way through this thread and trying to figure out what’s going on here.

What works: configurable timeout for the motiondetector seems to work just fine. Turns the screen off. Interestingly, if I’m viewing the mirror via my desktop browser, refreshing the page will turn the monitor on.

What doesn’t work: turning the screen on. Even after entering sudo modprobe bcm2835-vl2

Additionally, I’m seeing this in the console with the developer tools enabled:
getUserMedia() no longer works on insecure origins. To use this feature, you should consider switching your application to a secure origin, such as HTTPS. See https://goo.gl/rStTGz for more details.
:8080/modules/motiondetector//webcamcapture.js:78 NavigatorUserMediaError

@bibi said in Can the usb port from a monitor power the rpi3?:

If you want to share your Anker model - feel free

I’m using a NextGadget 20W desk charger. Plenty of power, but I just discovered that the cord is a bit short.

If you’re looking for 2.4 Amps per port, you might want to look at Skiva.

In case anyone was interested, I’m using the following:

NextGadget 20W Portable Desktop Charger - This powers the mirror and the USB powers the Pi.

Rippo Flush Mount USB cable - This gives me a USB port on the bottom of the box in case I need to hook up a keyboard.

ViewSonic 22" monitor - HDMI input was about all I really was looking for.

The construction is much like everyone else’s mirror. The only real challenge was that the computer monitor was smaller than the frame and the aspect ratios were just not going to match up (the frame is more square than your typical monitor). Building a box around the monitor wouldn’t touch the edges of the frame.

My solution was to build two internal runners to support the monitor in place. I think getting the two channels routed properly was like 50% of the construction process.

And everything in place:

The upcoming wedding of a friend was the excuse I needed to build a mirror. Their decorating tastes are a bit more frilly than most, so I went with a different look than most mirror builders.

The UI is a bit plain, but because it’s a gift I don’t have access to schedule feeds, Instagram accounts, commutes, etc. After the wedding, I’ll talk to them and see if they want changes.