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If you have separate calendars in google then it should work.
You just need to look for the calendar you want to show.
If it looks in google like this (showing calendars you have created for yourself)

you can show each calendar for itself.
Go into the options of the respective calendar, make it publicly available, and create the .ics link.
Use this for your calendar.

Or have I misunderstood anything?

@radokristof I have a mirror in quite a dark room installed, where usually we have lights on.
I use a glass called mirastar in this
Reflectance 58%.
Transmission 3%.

In this case the transmittance of 3% is well enough. All of the modules can be seen very well although I have to admit that I have played with the css styles making all the brightness levels a bit brighter. When lighting is on the monitor frame can only be seen when you look very closely.
However, I’m not completely satisfied with the reflection of the glass. There is a brown tint to it and the mirror looks a bit too dark.

Hopefully today I’ll pick up my new Chrome Spy then I have a comparison.

@j-e-f-f I was hoping that at least these values are comparable since they are physical ones and should not be limited to a glass brand.

From a small bit of research it seems that dielectric glass IS the top solution for a smart mirror, but just to complete the picture, it seems much more expensive than usual spy glass.
Does anyone have any experience?

@j-e-f-f said in Which type of mirror to use:

Transmittance depends on the brightness of your room. If the location of your mirror will get a lot of natural light, then you’ll want a higher level of transmittance. If it’s in a darker location, then 20 - 30% transmittance will be fine.

I can’t really agree on transmittance. Isn’t 20-30% much too high for a darker room?
The glass I have in mind as one of the best experienced is Pilkington MirroPane ChromeSpy.
It has a transmittance of 8% and I hear that’s very good for rooms with natural lighting…

My current view:
Two values are important in terms of glass: Reflectance and transmittance.
Highest possible reflectance is always best as I would assume. Values of >60% are good. The more the better
Transmittance of < 10% is best for darker rooms
Transmittance of > 5% is best for lit rooms.

Please correct me if I’m wrong…

@j-e-f-f I currently don’t see the advantage in having a local duplicate for the mirror.
I have a smb share on the mirror open to access the files directly with a programming tool from my laptop. (I’m using notepad++ or atom)
Then I access the mirror from my laptop via chrome.

A reload of the MM homepage in Chrome is automatically a reload of all the program code I have updated. Better than doing pm2 reload mm, which takes far longer.
And I have it all on one screen at one machine.

One small remark the @j-e-f-f 's great explanations:
You don’t need to run serveronly mode to access the mirror in your browser with dev console.
The standard running mode already has the server on port 8080 running as well. So with the standard MM running (e.g. with pm2) you can already access the mirror with your browser as well.

@spitzlbergerj OK so you’re using the Mirropane Chrome Spy there I assume.
Going to order that as well since I have the feeling it’s the best glass for a well lit bath.

Thanks for the Alu Dibond tip.

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Ha! Great!

Isn’t there already at least one video player module out?
Can’t you use that one for your purpose.
Have a look into the 3rd party modules section at the MM github site.

@spitzlbergerj Impressive mirror!
Especially like the lighting solution.
What glass did you use? (also from Germany here)
What is the material you have used for the backplate?

Beautiful module!
A bit too beautiful in my opinion since I’m currently putting a lot of work into MMM-forecast-io