@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. :-)

@myfingersarecold said in MMM-MPlayer:

I don’t feel like actually uploading it to github, but here is the source code, and an example config.

I took the liberty to take the provided code, make changes to it and make it available as a public repository:

https://github.com/evroom/MMM-MPlayer

My own main purpose for using it, is to setup a new Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi 4 Model B), with Debian 12 (bookworm) and the latest MM version (2.30.0).
Replacing a Pi 3b 32-bit Debian 10 buster setup where OMXPlayer is still working.
I will be using a single window with a single RTSP stream (for an Axis Network Camera).
Nothing fancy.

Best regards,

E.J.

@KristjanESPERANTO

I did the update and it is looking much better now.
I reverted back to db (npm run query dbis working again).
Only one thing I noticed:

On display (last update 11:15)
11:08 +1.0333333333333334
11:28 +0

The 11:08 entry is in the past (maxUnreachableDepartures: 2,).
The +1.0333333333333334 is a bit too much :-)

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 :-)

@KristjanESPERANTO said in MMM-MPlayer:

@evroom Nice! 🚀 Please add it to the module list 🙂

Done.

@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 :-)

Okay, found it.

In my /boot/config.txt I had the width and height set to 900 and 1600 and this has to be now 1600 and 900.
This is working:

display_hdmi_rotate=0
framebuffer_width=1600
framebuffer_height=900

Works now.

Only need to modify the omxplayer lines to have those streams rotated too.

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’.

Hi,

Quite happy with MMM-RTSPStream so far; thx to those that contributed to it.

Next thing I am trying to use MMM-RTSPStream for, is streaming sat-tv from a Dreambox & VU+ receivers.
I am able to stream a channel using:

omxplayer --vol -3000 --win “0 0 480 320” --live http://192.168.178.28:8001/1:0:19:283D:3FB:1:C00000:0:0:0:

It is not a rtsp stream, but it can use omxplayer for streaming.
When I try to use MMM-iFrame, I can add the URL, but then it tries to open a program that can play mpg (and MagicMirror won’t start).
When I use it to stream using my browser (on my PC), I have it open VLC player, but installing VLC on Raspberry (using HW acceleration) is quite an act, so I would prefer to use omxplayer.

Could this be done ?

I am not so familiar with JavaScript and CCS (yet), more a Perl guy, but am willing to assist and test-drive.

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.

@ge

A pity it does not work for you.
Strange that is only happens after a several hours
But mplayer is rather old, perhaps that is the primary issue.

Still, I tried it on my Pi 3b with 1Gb RAM and it runs well.
It is 3 to 5 seconds lagging.
Like the stream on my P4b with 8Gb.
It also does not seem very memory hungry.

Pi 3b is steaming now for over 2 hours, so I will need to look later again to see if it got messed up.
The Pi 4b is streaming for 2 weeks straight now, without issues.

To me it looks more like a camera issue, but if you say that other players have no issues …
Somehow mplayer does not like your rtsp stream, or it is a combination of factors.

I have found that there is a config file, where you can set options.
Try out some options (need to restart MagicMirror after every change).
For example try nocache first.
Then try cache=65536.
The option nosound is always good (can be set in the MMM-Mplayer options too, if not already done so).
The bandwidth option is just a shot in the dark.

$ vi ~/.mplayer/config
# Write your default config options here!

# No cache
nocache=yes

# Cache size in kBytes (4MB / 8MB / 16MB / 64MB)
# cache=4096
# cache=8192
# cache=16384
# cache=65536

# Do not play/encode sound
nosound=yes

# Bandwidth (10MB / 100MB / 1000MB)
# bandwidth=80000000
bandwidth=100000000
# bandwidth=1000000000

What also can be the case, is that the windowSize is not matching your stream resolution.
This can cause issues as it needs to recode this portion.
Try:

windowSize: { width: 960, height: 540 },

for a 1920x1080 (16:9) stream.

That is all I can think of.
Good luck.

@plainbroke said in pm2 doesnt work with crontab:

@evroom,
I get that nothing is found, when I run either of your suggestions.

The journalctl -f shows the current activities.
Simular to tail -f <filename>.
So when there are none, you will see none.
Use that when you know that a cron job is going to occur anytime soon.
The --since "1 hour ago" searches for activities in the last hour.
Change to, for example --since "24 hours ago" for activities in the last 24 hours.
When nothing comes out, then indeed nothing happened (during the time period you are searching in).

Other --since options:

"today"
"00:20"
"2025-11-12"
"2025-11-12 07:30:00"

About /var/log/syslog.
Debian does not use that anymore, already since a while.
As far as I understand it, you will need to get familiar with journalctl.
For cron jobs try this:

$ journalctl --since "1 hour ago" --unit cron.service

$ journalctl -f -u cron.service

Happy hunting.

@Jose1701

No, sorry, no idea.
What Sam says, but that needs knowledge.
But I opened an issue/request, so let’s see if it will be granted:
https://github.com/CuddlyCow/MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor/issues

@Jose1701

Remove the old module from the config:

$ vi ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js

Remove the "MMM-Hoymiles-Wifi" config, or set:

    module: "MMM-Hoymiles-Wifi"
    disabled: true,

Delete HoymilesWifi from pm2:

$ pm2 stop HoymilesWifi
$ pm2 delete HoymilesWifi
$ pm2 save

If desired, completely remove the old module:

$ cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/
$ rm -rf MMM-Hoymiles-Wifi

Install MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor:

$ cd ~/MagicMirror/modules

$ git clone https://github.com/CuddlyCow/MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor.git

$ cd MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor

$ git branch
* main

$ git remote -v
origin	https://github.com/CuddlyCow/MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor.git (fetch)
origin	https://github.com/CuddlyCow/MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor.git (push)

$ which hoymiles-wifi
/home/admin/.local/bin/hoymiles-wifi

$ echo $PATH
/home/admin/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games

$ vi ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js

  {
    module: "MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor",
    disabled: false,
    header: "PV Monitor",
    position: "top_left",
    config: {
      dtuIp: "192.168.178.50",        // IP address of your Hoymiles DTU
      maxPower: 800,                  // Maximum system power in watts
      updateInterval: 5 * 60 * 1000   // Update interval in milliseconds (default: 5 minutes)
    }
  }


$ grep 'dtuIp' ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js
      dtuIp: "192.168.178.50",        // IP address of your Hoymiles DTU


$ ls -als public/history_daily.json
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 115 Nov  6 08:47 public/history_daily.json

$ cat public/history_daily.json
[
  {
    "timestamp": "2025-11-06 08:47",
    "power": 40,
    "energy_daily": 0.03,
    "energy_total": 0.8
  }

$ pm2 flush

$ pm2 restart MagicMirror

$ pm2 status MagicMirror
┌────┬────────────────┬─────────────┬─────────┬─────────┬──────────┬────────┬──────┬───────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┐
│ id │ name           │ namespace   │ version │ mode    │ pid      │ uptime │ ↺    │ status    │ cpu      │ mem      │ user     │ watching │
├────┼────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────┼──────┼───────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
│ 0  │ MagicMirror    │ default     │ 2.33.0  │ fork    │ 26202    │ 4m     │ 3    │ online    │ 0%       │ 2.1mb    │ admin    │ enabled  │
└────┴────────────────┴─────────────┴─────────┴─────────┴──────────┴────────┴──────┴───────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┘

$ pm2 logs MagicMirror --lines 100

0|MagicMir | [2025-11-06 08:47:43.474] [INFO]  [MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor.js:17:9] MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor started with DTU-IP: 192.168.178.50
:
:
0|MagicMir | [2025-11-06 08:47:49.226] [LOG]   [MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor] Running Python script: python3 /home/admin/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor/dtu_data.py --ip 192.168.178.50 --max 800 --out /home/admin/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor/public/history_daily.json
0|MagicMir | [2025-11-06 08:47:51.682] [LOG]   [MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor] Python script output: [WARNING] Could not load history: Expecting value: line 2 column 1 (char 1)
0|MagicMir | [2025-11-06 08:47] [INFO] Live DTU data appended: {'timestamp': '2025-11-06 08:47', 'power': 40, 'energy_daily': 0.03, 'energy_total': 0.8}
:
:
0|MagicMir | [2025-11-06 08:52:42.141] [LOG]   [MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor] Running Python script: python3 /home/admin/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor/dtu_data.py --ip 192.168.178.50 --max 800 --out /home/admin/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor/public/history_daily.json
0|MagicMir | [2025-11-06 08:52:43.287] [LOG]   [MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor] Python script output: [2025-11-06 08:52] [INFO] Live DTU data appended: {'timestamp': '2025-11-06 08:52', 'power': 41, 'energy_daily': 0.03, 'energy_total': 0.8}

$ cat public/history_daily.json
[
  {
    "timestamp": "2025-11-06 08:47",
    "power": 40,
    "energy_daily": 0.03,
    "energy_total": 0.8
  },
  {
    "timestamp": "2025-11-06 08:52",
    "power": 41,
    "energy_daily": 0.03,
    "energy_total": 0.8
  }

Tested on:

$ cat /proc/device-tree/model; echo
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3

$ vcgencmd get_config total_mem
total_mem=1024

$ grep version ~/MagicMirror/package.json
	"version": "2.33.0",

@Jose1701

Yeah, stopped is not good.
I will need to get it working myself before I can give more useful information on what to check.
Will keep you posted.

@Jose1701

>> You installed that already, so no need to install it again.
>>The schris88 requirements.txt contains the hoymiles-wifi package.

If you want to repeat it under the new module name, then you will need to copy the requirements.txt file from the previous module.
But again, since you already did this, no need to repeat.

@Jose1701

You installed that already, so no need to install it again.
Probably using:

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt --break-system-packages

The schris88 requirements.txt contains the hoymiles-wifi package.

@Jose1701

You also might try this module:

https://github.com/CuddlyCow/MMM-HoymilesPVMonitor

I may give it a try myself.

@Jose1701

First of all, where I write

/home/admin/

please use

~/

(tilde sign)

And can you please send me:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Hoymiles-Wifi
git branch
git remote -v

Every time you get that port in use error, run the long command to see what programs are using the port.
And of course do not use HoymilesWifi.sh when it is also active under pm2.

I am starting to wonder if the module works at all.
I finally got a picture, but it showed an error in it.