I have made so many changes to the config of both Pi and MM2, I decided it would be easier to start with a fresh instance. So I backed up the config.js and custom.css files and reimaged the SD Card

I used @sdetweil amazing scripts to reinstall MM2 I was back up and running just 20 mins later. I pulled over the GIT repositories that I wanted and reconfigured the config files.

I DID NOT INSTALL VNC SERVER. This is almost definitely causing the network issues. I have reverted to Pi Connect

and everything is working. I synched the wrong MS account for my OneDrive images which I use for backgrounds, but I quickly downloaded them from my server backup and uploaded to my personal MS account. Recreated the Album and am very happy to say it is all running.

I wanted to try to set up a media player to link to my DLNA server (Serviio) but I had to give up on that. I also tried to mnt a folder to the music repository, but I have so much music that I couldn’t find a music player that gives me access to albums, so that I can choose what I want to play. But that is just me trying to push too far I think.

In short, I have my Google family calendar, I have weather and forecast (I’m a Brit and we LOVE weather), I have my holiday countdown and I have my OneDrive images on rotation for a background.

Thank you so much for the assistance. It is much appreciated. Now I need to mount my touchscreen monitor and Pi on the wall in the kitchen for all to admire :)

UPDATE

After playing around with settings and various options, I could NOT find a way to get the image back where I wanted it. I also realised the RTSP feed was only picking up a single frame and nothing more.

Reading into the options of the RTSP module I wondered if I would utilise WebRTC. So off I went at a complete tangent, and 5 hours of work…

I installed MediaMTX and configured as suggested on a post I found inside this wonderful forum. Nothing! I could not see the stream at all. After lots of head scratching I realised I did not use the default name for my pi (pi) so I had to edit all the configs for MediaMTX and replace the home/pi with my username.

I created an autostart for the MediaMTX service and configured that too.

After lots of confusing back and forth between 2 different websites around the setup for this, one using RTSP stream, but the main one using a RaspberryPi Camera, I was getting close, but the feed was being rejected. I stepped away and had lunch. On my return, it was very obvious. I had used port 553 in the RTSP stream URL, instead of 554. Duh! Rookie mistake, but only spotted when I took a break. This allowed the MediaMTX service to connect to the RTSP stream.

A little bit of jiggerypokery with the config.js file in MagicMirror, and I now have the WEBRTC feed into the Pi and also out to my remote browser on the network. The feed does indeed seem faster and so far, stabled. Time will tell, but I refused to be beaten :)