I have a single Raspberry Pi 4 controlling two displays named “Display 1” and “Display 2”. I also have two instance of the MM project installed on the Pi in separate folders. To start each MM, I have to launch two terminal windows and position each one in each display before launching the MM project associated with that display. So, I position terminal window one in the first display and change to the first MM directory. Then I position the second terminal window in the second display and change the directory to the second instance of MM. Then I quickly type “npm start” in each window and see each display go black and display the modules I have in each instance.

My question is “How can I create a script to autostart each MM in their respected displays when I start the computer?” Does Linux have a way of directing output to a specific display?

@bolinoid Nice job on the frame. Looks good, but heavy. Where did you get your mirror? The transparency looks good. Do you mind telling me how much you paid?

@ankonaskiff17 You will see a message saying “The owners of this video don’t allow their content to be embedded in other web pages.” or something similar to that when you try to show it in an iFrame.

I’d like to start a thread of streaming news sites that allow their videos streams to be embedded in an object on another site. Specifically, I want news sites that allow you to embed their link in MMM-iFrame-Ping on a Magic Mirror AND will Autoplay the video when loaded. This is important.

Most news sites that offer live streaming like NBC News, CBS News, CNN, etc. don’t allow their live streams to be embedded on another site. Haystack News allows this, but won’t autoplay the video until you click it (this is a problem for magic mirrors who don’t often have a keyboard or mouse).

The only news video that I could get to show up and autoplay is the Sky News feed on YouTube. Here’s a link that works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Auq9mYxFEE?autoplay=1

Note: not all YouTube videos allow embedding. It’s up to the publisher to allow this.

Does anyone know any other feeds that work well in the MMM-iFrame-Ping module? I’d like to collect ones for Sports, Entertainment, Financial News, Tech News, Politics, Travel, etc…

Thank you for answering @sdetweil , unfortunately, that didn’t work. I tried it with several sites that have a video at the top of their page, but none of them autoplayed if they even loaded at all into the iFrame.

Anyway, this is what I put into my electron.js:

	darkTheme: true,
	webPreferences: {
		autoplayPolicy: 'no-user-gesture-required',
                contextIsolation: true,
		nodeIntegration: false,
		zoomFactor: config.zoom
	},

Is there something else that I need to do? With so many websites turning autoplay off, do you think we can simulate a mouse-click event in the middle of the iFrame after the page loads by modifying the MMM-iFrame-Ping.js file?

I’ve heard that MagicMirror stopped autoplaying videos in the browser since about version 2.10. I would like to use the MMM-iFrame-Ping module to play news videos in the mornings at my MagicMirror. I also noticed that a lot of websites like CBSNews, NBCNews, CNN, and Haystack.tv stopped autoplaying videos when you go to their websites.

I don’t want to use a keyboard or mouse with my MM. Can anyone think of a way to script these sites to play their videos when the iFrame opens?

Can you recommend a two-way film that has a high degree of reflectance for a Magic Mirror project? Please don’t tell me to get acrylic or “spy glass”. I already know that is better. My question is “Is there a two-way film that can be used that can pass for a mirror?” If one provides some good lighting from the front, can they then use it as a functioning mirror to do things like examine their face or apply makeup?

In addition, the film should ideally allow enough light from the monitor to pass through and be easily readable from the front. Most film seems to allow only about 5% of light to pass through. Is there any film that allows 10% of light to pass through?

Am I asking for too much?

Also, I live in the United States and would prefer to buy it from Amazon or some other online retail shop. I’ve seen companies that sell stuff for close to $200 for a roll, but that is too expensive for this project. I would like to spend less than $100 for this project and upgrade to glass later, if this works well.