@phoenixrising

http://amzn.to/2jkF9J4

Monitor cord and pi power supply are stored inside the mirror housing

Actually no it’s not. Send them an email and tell them you would like a 12x12 sample of Vanity vision. I started using them before they even knew what a Magic Mirror was. They seem to have jumped in with both feet and changed the site and some pricing.

I second that. Those frames are hard to come by.

@sulaimn2 Go to the samples link on the page. http://www.twowaymirrors.com/product/sample-product/

I have never tried the stuff but the consensus on this forum is to stay away from them if you can.
This site has 8x8" for $.95 and 12x12" for $16.00 That is not a typo the 8x8 are scrap and the 12x12 have to be cut from a full sheet. I have no affiliation with them other than thats where i get my glass from
http://www.twowaymirrors.com/smart-mirror/#1474306476063-3e85827a-990e

Keep in mind that if you have a camera that you want to work from behind the mirror that there are different types of glass. They differ on the amount of light they let through. Read through the above site. Even if you dont buy from them they have good info.

Check ebay as well.

Speculum is not an app I can find anywhere. Speculum seems to be the name of his project on github

How did you get it to run on Android?

Would love an android version!!!

Here is my 2 cents.

Everything you spec’d will work fine. As for the monitor, just about anything will work. There really isn’t a “best” monitor.

What do you want to display and where do you want to display it? Quite often builders will get a monitor that is 1/4 the size of the mirror and mount the monitor so they are displayed in the upper left or right of the actual mirror. Is this to be installed as a bathroom mirror? Do you want to stare at the weather report in front of your face while you are trying to shave?

As for the best “quality” monitor, anything you buy will work great. Figure out the size you want then look at how the thing is rated by customers and professionals. People here are from all over the world. Many in the U.S. use Craigs List to find monitors.

Don’t install pm2 until you are comfortable that all of your modules are working correctly. There is good info that can be had from starting the mirror from a terminal session.

Buy the Raspberry Pi, find an old monitor laying around and start playing. The monitor doesn’t even have to be HDMI. You can get an adapter to go from VGA to HDMI . https://www.amazon.com/gp/slredirect/picassoRedirect.html/ref=pa_sp_atf_electronics_sr_pg1_2?ie=UTF8&adId=A1023898KTBOLVX626S3&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FActive-Adapter-Benfei-Converter-Gold-Plated%2Fdp%2FB01KLKQN9U%2Fref%3Dsr_1_2%3Fs%3Delectronics%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1483978418%26sr%3D1-2-spons%26keywords%3Dhdmi%2Badapter%26psc%3D1&qualifier=1483978418&id=4118648475855561&widgetName=sp_atf
You don’t even need a keyboard or mouse. You can VNC into the Pi.

In my opinion you are over thinking this. Decide how big you want the mirror and frame to be based on where it will be placed then worry about the monitor size.

Denver North Carolina

https://github.com/Nuckinfutz/MM-random-video-player

Not really sure why everyone wants to use pm2. It was a major headache for me. Noobs should not use that until they get everything else working perfectly.

Available on github

https://github.com/Nuckinfutz/MM-random-video-player.git

@Labzz I’ll have it posted very soon. Sorry I got called away.

I got this done using 2 different methods. One was using the HTML video player. The other was using the OMX player
I’llpost code later tonight And explain better

Here is what I would do as I’ve been in your shoes’

This is how I do it and I’ve done it close to 50 times.

Ignore everyone else for now. You will be starting from scratch. Again.

Go here and follow the Noobs install procedure. You want the full Noobs NOT Noobs Lite

https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/noobs/

When you boot this choose the first option (raspian) After it finishes
Dont add users or change anything else leave all defaults with the exception of the following

Make sure you set your localization, keyboard, wireless etc. by going to

Preferences -> Raspberry Pi Configuration

Open a terminal session
Your prompt should look like the following

pi@raspberrypi:~ $

copy and paste the following into a terminal. This is one line. accept any defaults if a question comes up.

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh | bash

Now Copy and paste

cd /home/pi/MagicMirror

DISPLAY=:0 npm start dev

If you dont want the Console running omit “dev” from the end

I always start the MM using this method.

@alonshwartz1966 you either are tring to start the mirror from the root folder or you didn’t install node.js correctly I believe. I’m on my cell sorry I could give a better answer. I’ll check later tonight

I wrote a module to display a random video based on the successful evaluation of the FacialRecognition module… It executes without any obvious errors but only the following output appears on the mirror.

// helloworld
//module_0_helloworld

I modified the hellowworld module as follows

Module.register("helloworld",{

#!/usr/bin/env python
        import os, random

        def rndvid ():
        randomfile = random.choice(os.listdir("/home/pi/Videos"))
        file = ' /home/pi/Videos/'+ randomfile
        os.system ('omxplayer' + file)

         rndvid ()
}

});

I would love som help

is there a way to use a variable in the video file name? This is so close to what I want it hurts. What I want to do is play a random video from a specific location. I will be creating the videos so I will have complete control over the video naming and encoding.

Looking to play a random video based on user logged in. This is for a true Disney type of magic mirror for a little girl. All the code examples I seem to find are way to complicated. There will be 10 videos and I would like them to play randomly when she looks in the mirror.