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@justjim1220 said in MMM-NewsFeedTicker Make Banner and Scrolling Text Smaller:
@cowboysdude
I found that also, and I could not get it to work
Further research showed you have to be a subscriber to receive the RSS feeds
Really because it seems to work fine for me…in the stock news reader…
Hey guys my name is John and I’m 53 and from Upstate NY [about 5 hours away from NYC]…
I like to try new things that I have NO experience with such as programming, etc. So I would say that the help I’ve gotten here and the learning I’m getting is priceless to me.
I was looking for a ‘Magic Mirror’ that I could install and there are a few out there… I found this one and feel in love with it instantly. Now I have people asking me all the time ‘can you build me one?’… I tell them I can but you can also build one yourself… I am not, nor will I ever try to profit from others work because I think when someone makes something and ‘donates’ it others should not benefit from it like that.
I thought at one time of using my RPI3 to build a ‘car stereo’ but found that there was little to no help … so I found an image that was in German and helped get it translated over into English so that other could use the software to create their own… so now there’s an English version floating around on my google drive for people.
I am always glad to help others if I can. This is what this is all about and I really appreciate the hard work that’s been done!! I’m going to try to port an NFL scoreboard over that I wrote in PHP for a joomla module on my website… why? I don’t know… I’m hoping to learn something from it!
@Mykle1 Which is REALLY funny because it was where I started too! :)
@dgregory19 Yes it will work. If you have any issues please let me know I’ll be happy to help.
Not looking for details such as addresses or such just a general where you from?
I’m from NY, NO NOT NY City…LOL. Every time you tell someone you’re from NY they assume NY City… No, I live in Upstate NY USA. More rural then NYC… more farms, more country. I’ve been to NYC didn’t like it… too much going on for me…
SO where are you from?
Different voltages… you’ll burn that pi up LOL
Just a small gif to show it works :) SO … you can use either rss or xml … The stock newsfeed module will also do the same…
OH I agree!! Sounds like you are on the same road I am… @strawberry-3-141 helped me today… there is a module but I wanted it to do something a little bit different so I tried my hand at tweaking it… I was close but he showed me the error and it works now! HUGE Thanks @strawberry-3-141 by the way!!
I don’t know if you realize this and some don’t … some of the people building stuff and helping us all out don’t even have mirrors!!! THAT is utterly and mind blowing amazing!!!
The 32" will be a while :) Yes honestly I was really thinking laptop motherboard… quieter can get smaller power supplies to run them :) OR a mini ITX you can use laptop power supplies on some of them too!
So in a nutshell I’m waiting on an open source thermostat that runs the heating/cooling and is wifi AND bluetooth… then I’ll get to building the actual mirror itself… [MY parents have a 40" TV they don’t want or need soooooooooo LOL]…
Welcome and I’m glad you’re here… learning is awesome and it can be fun!
Thanks to @MichMich , @ianperrin , @strawberry-3-141 and all the other developers!!! Too many to mention!
@Damian said in stronger Raspberry Pi 3 Alternatives:
Hello can you show the set up of the mini itx in situ at all? And what case you used if any. Thank you
I will take a pic this weekend but as of right now it’s ‘on the bench’ and I don’t have a case as of yet. More than likely will be designed to attached to the wall of the cabinet and not in a case…
Yes @Mykle1 is right. As time goes by free api’s are becoming a thing of the past…
Best to look around and search for free ones.
You can start manually [which I personally prefer] using ‘npm start’ OR you can have it start automatically when the pi boots up using pm2… either way.
Most prefer pm2 as if you have a power outage etc and the pi restarts the mirror restarts too… I just prefer the manual method well actually because I’m a dinosaur… LOL
I would, and will at some point, use one of these in place of the SSD… to further compact things…
It’s not a config problem…it’s a no info problem. I am fixing it and it will be ready tomorrow night :)
Both have great points!!!
I would like to be able to it as well. My problem is a bit different. When I get up to get ready it would be nice while standing there to be able to read it… you know see a headline and then click on it to open it up if I am so inclined :)
@Damian I am using a laptop power supply :)
Very interesting… the problem for me is using Google…
@Snille I would but right now I have so much going on that backing anything else would be counter productive.
I’m backing a Thermostat right now… and that’s keeping my butt busy :)
It won’t get any easier then this…
@bhepler said in The US Election:
I’d rather not talk about it, honestly. This is one of the few places that is tightly focused on its intended purpose. I really would like to keep it that way.
Although a module to track polls and/or election results would be kind of interesting.
LOL NO THANKS… I’ve had enough of elections…this one dam near killed me.