@dcarls91
I understand that in the beginning the amount information can be overwhelming, but how are you going to find out what you are doing when you scrape your project?
Especially when you are so close in getting the ‘Mirror’ started; just a few characters are missing in the config file.
The community here is very active and very helpful and can step down a nodge when it is getting too technical.
Of course it is expected that you have a certain level of knowledge or that you are willing to obtain that level.

Besides spending several hours, did you spend any money on equipment, etc?

If you decide to give it a last effort, then it would help to tell us on what platform your Mirror is running (Raspberry, PC, Ubuntu, etc) and it would help to report back with a bit more details (other than I tried and it did not work).
And if someone tells you to perform action XYZ and you have no idea what the heck XYZ is or how to execute, then don’t be afraid to say so.

The suggestions given, like try it module by module and the config check are very useful (I guess everyone was in this position, I know I was) and will solve your issues.

If you decide to move away from Magic Mirror, then I respect that, but perhaps you will reconsider.

Disclaimer: I do not have any shares in the project and am by no means an expert. Just reaching out.

Hi,

For beginners, the catchphrase is “JSON syntax”.
There are many articles to be found, both short and lengthy.
A small article would be:
https://restfulapi.net/json-syntax/

The main things to look for in your config.js file are:

• does every [ have a matching ]
• are all arrays separated by a , (the last array does not need a ,)
• does every { have a matching }
• are all objects separated by a , (the last object does not need a ,)
• is every name value pair separated by a ,

The syntax checker will try to find out if this syntax is correct and tries to predict where the error could be.
So, when it says it saw a [ and it cannot find a matching ] it tells you what was expected and what it saw.

Try to format you config.js to make it more visible.
For example this:

[{},{}],[{},{[]}]

is better written like this:

[
  {},
  {}
],
[
  {
  },
  {
    [
    ]
  }
]

Pairs of [ ]and { } are better visible like this.

Good luck

@CyruS1337 said in Cronjob:

I have always used the command sudo crontab -e and with this it did not work.

Just to clarify.

Normally you are user pi: $ who am I

So crontab -e will work for the pi user.
Using sudo crontab -e will change the crontab for the root user.

Now how can you tell what is what ?

For the user pi:
$ sudo crontab -l -u pi
which is the same as
$ crontab -l
For the user root:
$ sudo crontab -l -u root

Furthermore, when you have activated the root crontab, then the command will run as root, in the root (/) directory.
In this case pm2 reload command will search for the mm.sh script under / and will not find it.
Whereas when activated the pi crontab, the mm.sh script will be searched in the /home/pi directory, where it should be, and it will work.

Use pm2 show mmto show the details on mm under pm2.
Then you will understand it better.

Cron messages normally are directed to /var/log/cron.log, but on my system it is not directed:

$ grep cron /etc/rsyslog.conf
#cron.*				/var/log/cron.log

To see the cron messages, when not in cron.log:

$ tail -F /var/log/syslog | grep CRON

[ On my system I see CRON messages for root, although I do not have root crontab entries. There is a crond running that runs alongside $ systemctl status cron.]

Have fun

I got streaming from a Linux SAT receiver with enigma2 working, using the module MMM-RTSPStream-
But you will need to supply a bit more information than rather ‘a TV tuner’.

See this thread:
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/9730/led-monitor-vertical-setup-how?_=1591998940597

In your case I would try

display_hdmi_rotate=1

@Clubjack and others,

I noticed this problem too.
For instance my birthday lasted 2 days ( only got presents once though) and my wedding-day is one day forward (which will upset my wife).
The entries were made using Google Calendar (so not a calendar app that synchronizes with Google).
I notice this since 2020, but that does not mean it did not happen before, could have overlooked it.
When I ran a test with a dummy entry, it worked fine.
When I toggle a „faulty“ entry from repeating to not repeating and then back to repeating, the entry is shown correct.
I collected some data and will post it when I sorted it out a bit.

Probably there are better and possible simpler ways to get it done, but I do something similar using a Perl script and this module:
https://github.com/eouia/MMM-HTMLBox
The Perl script reads values and builds a HTML page.
The module displays it on the Magic Mirror.
A cron job makes it semi-static as it runs the script regularly.

Okay, got it working.

In ioBroker I needed to activate the "Build-in Simple-API in web.0.

Then this works:

http://[ioBroker_IP]:8082/help

And this works:

http://[ioBroker_IP]:8082/getPlainValue/hm-rpc.0.xxxxxxxxx.1.ACTUAL_TEMPERATURE

@johnnyboy said in Fresh Install:

Fingers x there is a Portrait fix going about, as cannot afford another build in Landscape mode

Hi,

Please read this thread:

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/9730/led-monitor-vertical-setup-how?_=1591998940597

Perhaps it helps .

Hi,

There is MMM-RTSPStream too.
Meant to stream video for camera’s, but it works for every RTSP stream.
You can specify height and width, but the position is determined by the module position.
Overlaying other modules depends on the position of those modules, but there is nothing that can’t be done using the custom.css.
And you cannot get away with trial and error.
It took me a while to get it pixel perfect…

@dwburger said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

I’m just getting the “have a nice day” error.

Can you see if the omxplayer.log gives a clue?
And what would your VLC url look like?

It can be that your cam or codec is not supported.

@dwburger said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

Could someone give me a little push

When using the module or not, omxplayer always will be an overlay on top of your MM display.

Test if it works at all (example for an Axis IP camera):

$ omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win "0 625 590 957" rtsp://user:password@192.168.178.56/axis-media/media.amp?resolution=640x360

With log:

$ omxplayer --genlog --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win "0 0 640 360" rtsp://user:password@192.168.178.56/axis-media/media.amp?resolution=640x360

The positioning of the stream can be a bit of a pain.
Size of video stream:
(x2 - x1) x (y2 - y1) = 640 x 360

To use it under control of pm2 (iso of vi you also can use nano):

$ cd /home/pi
$ vi axis.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo "Starting Axis stream ..."

# No rotation
omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win "0 625 590 957" rtsp://user:password@192.168.178.56/axis-media/media.amp?resolution=640x360

$ pm2 start axis.sh
$ pm2 save

To see it run:

$pm2 status

To restart it:

$ pm2 restart axis

To stop it:

$ pm2 stop axis

To remove it from pm2:

$ pm2 delete axis

@evroom said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

Btw. Assuming you use omxplayer. Do not have experience with other players.

I use omxplayer ‘standalone’, not within MM, but under control of pm2.
When I restart my camera, the omxplayer is connecting to the stream automatically.
No restart of the omxplayer stream needed.
Just FYI.

Hi,

You can try adding this line to the config:

omxRestart: 1,

Automatically restart the OMX Stream every X hours.
Default: 24 (hours).

Btw. Assuming you use omxplayer. Do not have experience with other players.

localPlayer: 'omxplayer',

But getting rid of the root cause of connection dropping and image freezing after a few minutes seems better time invested.

See this thread:
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/9730/led-monitor-vertical-setup-how?_=1591998940597

In your case I would try

display_hdmi_rotate=1

@johnnyboy said in Fresh Install:

Fingers x there is a Portrait fix going about, as cannot afford another build in Landscape mode

Hi,

Please read this thread:

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/9730/led-monitor-vertical-setup-how?_=1591998940597

Perhaps it helps .

Hi,

I have position: 'fullscreen_above', but I do not see the complete dashboard.
I can scroll the dashboard up and down, but I would like to see the complete dashboard on my MM display.

Is this a Grafana issue, or a MMM-GrafanaChart issue ?

With kind regards,

@evroom

See GitHub issue:
https://github.com/SvenSommer/MMM-GrafanaChart/issues/8

@sdetweil said in Can i download raspberrian to a thumb drive/external hard drive?:

on pi4 and odroid

Sam, which Odroid do you use?
And will a Pi 4 with 8Gb RAM be fast enough for MM these days?

I use a Pi 3 and am planning to install Grafana and Influxdb on the same host.
Perhaps asking for problems or warrants an HW upgrade.

@retroflex
I also did not leave both SD and USB in.
I thought it will boot from SD first, especially since it is ready faster than the USB.
But someone that does, will find out.

Concerning Pi 4, I read that a beta fix is ready, but still under test. It appears to have some dependencies that could cause problems.
But I do not yet use a Pi 4.
What Sam does is the way to go at this moment.

Here is what I know on this topic.

OTP means One Time Programmable Memory.
Meaning, you can set it only once, no return possible.

vcgencmd otp_dump

vcgencmd otp_dump | egrep '^17|^30|^66'

vcgencmd otp_dump | grep ^17
Use program_usb_boot_mode=1 to change.

vcgencmd otp_dump | grep ^30
Use max_usb_current=1 to change.

vcgencmd otp_dump | grep ^66 
Use program_usb_boot_timeout=1 to change.

/boot/config.txt
program_usb_boot_mode=1
program_usb_boot_timeout=1
max_usb_current=1

Address 17 – bootmode register
Bit 21 - Enable booting from SD card
Bit 28 - Enable USB device booting
Bit 29 - Enable USB host booting (ethernet and mass storage)

Address 30 – revision code1 
Bit 32 - Disable overvoltage

Address 66 - advanced boot register
Bit 24 - Extend USB HUB timeout parameter

Green LED flashing due to absent SD card:

dtoverlay=sdtweak,poll_once

I would try this first:

program_usb_boot_mode=1

and if booting does not work:

program_usb_boot_timeout=1

So, first boot from SD card.
Change config.txt to set program_usb_boot_mode=1.
Boot again from SD card (sudo shutdown -r now).
Halt system (sudo shutdown -h now)
Remove SD card and place USB stick.
Boot from USB stick.

If boot fails, remove USB stick, place SD card.
Boot from SD card.
Change config.txt to set program_usb_boot_timeout =1.
Boot again from SD card (sudo shutdown -r now).
Hold system (sudo shutdown -h now)
Remove SD card and place USB stick.
Boot from USB stick.

When it succeeds, remove the entries from config.txt again.

program_usb_boot_mode=1
program_usb_boot_timeout=1

Be patient when rebooting from USB card.
It takes a bit longer than with SD card.