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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    • RE: Face Recognition with inferred light

      @feuerball, I meant, add more IR lights for the camera to “see” better at night.

      posted in Troubleshooting
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    • RE: Face Recognition with inferred light

      MOAR IR LIGHT! :)

      posted in Troubleshooting
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      KirAsh4
    • RE: Question about the mirror

      It’s a warning, sure. And perhaps their product is indeed easily scratched. Ask around, go a different place or vendor, see what kind of response you get.

      posted in General Discussion
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      KirAsh4
    • RE: Question about the mirror

      Like I mentioned, how you treat your mirror will depend on how long it lasts. Using abrasive cleaners is bad, but a clean, damp, micro fiber cloth goes a long way.

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: Question about the mirror

      Acrylic mirrors, sure. Glass mirrors, while you can still scratch them, they do last a lot longer than acrylic ones. ANY mirror is prone to scratches, it’s how you treat it that depends how long it lasts.

      posted in General Discussion
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      KirAsh4
    • RE: Releasing stable

      Yep, that sounds like a plan.

      posted in Core System
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    • RE: Releasing stable

      We could release v2 (stable), keep v2-beta to continue developing on that release. Or, start a new branch (v2-StuffWeThoughtWorkedButReallyDoesnt)… Or just start with v2.1, v2.2 etc., etc. At least till there’s another major update, or we’ve mucked with it so much that it’s not really a base v2 anymore…

      posted in Core System
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      KirAsh4
    • RE: Getting started tutorial

      Taking this topic back to the storage question above, I did a fresh install on another rPi-3 and captured some info. One a stock Raspbian Jessie, running on an 8G card, with all apps updated, nothing removed, once you have MM up and running, you’re looking at the following for storage:

      0_1462937551153_stock-raspbian.png

      Now, since you’re likely to only use this for MM and nothing else, there’s no sense in leaving all of the other apps on it that are pre-installed. So, I removed some of the big ones:

      wolfram-engine
      scratch
      nu-scratch
      sonic-pi
      idle3
      smartsim
      penguinspuzzle
      java-common
      minecraft-pi
      python-minecraftpi
      python3-minecraftpi
      libreoffice*
      

      And after running autoremove as well, which cleared even more space removing other unneeded apps, you’re down to this:

      0_1462937986891_slimmed-raspbian.png

      That’s 1.3G worth of storage that I just cleared up. So unless you need a larger SD card for other stuff, an 8G works just fine. Potentially even a 4G. You’ll still have plenty of room left after you clean up the installation.

      Another option is to start with Raspbian Jessie-lite on a 4G card, but then you have to install the X server, desktop environment, and a login manager yourself. Assuming you get it all done correctly, you’ll end up with a very light weight installation of the OS, taking up only 53% of storage (remember, 4G card), with MM running lean and clean on top of that. I did try that as well but ran into issues with electron.js and for the time involved, knowing I wasn’t going to run it on there, it wasn’t worth continuing. I will leave that as an exercise to the brave.

      posted in Troubleshooting
      KirAsh4K
      KirAsh4
    • RE: Getting started tutorial

      The config.js.sample file that comes with it gives you all the examples you need. If you rename it to config.js and start your mirror, you will see the modules pop up. Use that as your starting point.

      posted in Troubleshooting
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      KirAsh4
    • RE: Display and Connection to the Pi3

      Just entering 'LTN101NT08 display board'and this was the first result:
      http://r.ebay.com/IWsZDw

      VGA, HDMI, looks like composite. Remote control, speakers, buttons panel … All the fixings for a custom built frame.

      posted in Hardware
      KirAsh4K
      KirAsh4
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