@UncleRoger said in small outburst - opencv:
’ve been working on my MM for a couple of years now and only just recently got it where I feel I’m satisfied for now
Well, you may be just starting out, but I’ve been in the mirror group since 2017. When you’ve been here for at least five years and you can’t make modules that are vital to you, you’ll see that you’ll think like me. But first, you’ll have to spend at least $700 on hardware (as if you bought a 16 GB Raspberry Pi 5 with NVMe slot and camera, then upgraded to a Raspberry Pi 6 with all those new things, then to a Raspberry Pi 7 with all those things, then to a Raspberry Pi 8, and still you wouldn’t have solved anything).
@UncleRoger said in small outburst - opencv:
The MMM-Bluelinky module (to display the status of Hyundai/Kia EVs
This is an external factor and depends on Hyundai. I am talking about dependencies created by Raspberry for a project that should be more focused on Raspberry (mirroring is easier with RPi, in addition to its cost, when there was still RPi 3b and RPi 3b+). Your module, in reference to an external company, has nothing to do with what I am saying.
@UncleRoger said in small outburst - opencv:
The MagicMirror core system and all of the modules are created and maintained by volunteers who get nothing out of it. I don’t think there’s even any corporate sponsors or anything. So what you get is what people want to put into it.
Most of the people who work on MM and its modules are techies who want to figure out how to get something working either for the fun of it or because they want some functionality. Once they get to that point – working for them – many aren’t interested in the “boring” bits of polishing it up and documenting and so on. And there’s no paycheck to incentivize them to do that.
Okay, but the longer it stays closed, the fewer people will get involved… the more someone says “don’t fork” or “I’m not telling you how I did it,” the fewer people will want to learn.
As for the tedious part, i.e., writing a detailed wiki on how they did it, that wouldn’t be a problem.
I’m sure there would be volunteers willing to do this work (myself included), if only I knew how they installed things, so I could write it down for others. When there are problems, you also have to solve them or find solutions, solutions that I am amply providing in my outburst of disappointment. In your writing, there is only: “The devs do it for themselves and we just have to thank them and not complain.” Wrong! I am saying to increase the community and make things easier (to be precise, I am only pointing out this work for difficult and complicated modules that need complicated dependencies, such as OpenCV or modules that use the same dependency called “pikapika” but which is used with different versions).
@UncleRoger said in small outburst - opencv:
Take Linux, for example. MagicMirror is the same
But the fact remains that Linux had to change to become more user-friendly. Now there is a boom in Linux users simply because it has become easier to use, with more users who understand the subject and can help. Look at Linux Mint or others. People who are now fed up with Windows are switching to Linux solely because of its user-friendly and easy-to-understand approach, and are slowly learning other things from the shell (cmd).
@UncleRoger said in small outburst - opencv:
Now, here’s a thought: Perhaps you could find someone with the time and expertise who would be willing to get your mirror set up for you the way you want it if you pay them. It’s not unheard of – there are folks who will build Ikea furniture for you and folks who will run your garage sale for you. This isn’t any different.
This shows that you haven’t read everything properly or that there has been a misunderstanding. If my solutions are not practical or are not acceptable to 99% of people, then I am willing to pay someone to build me the MagicMirror, meaning the software and modules, not the assembly part, but one that works with the relevant updates and remains closed, just for me. I’ve written it down, so if anyone is interested, just let me know. But don’t expect to earn more than $80, because if I have to spend that much, I might as well give up, as other developers and ordinary people have done before me.
OT: il tuo DAKboard è fatto con raspberry , il piu costoso con rpi5 che ho gia.