@sdetweil, agree, this is the one i finally use, it updates the shown photos when the folder content changes, good enough for my current needs!

Cheers,
RS

@sdetweil said in MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow (yet another background slideshow module):

@rs hm… the enoent means file not found

and it doesn’t use the full path… weird…

I don’t use that module myself.

it is what it is then :)
Thx anyways!

now that i have it working I have one more question:

while the mirror runs, the content of the images folder changes from time to time; looking at the console output, the module capture the changes in the files, for example, adding and removing files from the images folder:

[23.09.2021 12:20.44.712] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:20.54.765] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:20.56.258] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/black.jpg'
[23.09.2021 12:20.56.761] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:21.05.666] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/MirrorMsg.png'
[23.09.2021 12:21.06.169] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:21.08.725] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:21.34.396] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/MirrorMsg.png'
[23.09.2021 12:21.34.900] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:21.45.058] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:22.09.272] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images 
[23.09.2021 12:22.28.684] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/MirrorMsg.png'
[23.09.2021 12:22.29.191] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:22.31.327] [ERROR] ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/MirrorMsg2.png'
[23.09.2021 12:22.31.828] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow:  - 1 images
[23.09.2021 12:22.35.920] [INFO]  BGSS Sending update to 4690_module_0_MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow: + 1 images

However, the image shown on the mirror doesn’t change and stays the same (slideshowSpeed: 5000); is there a way to force the module to refresh itself without stopping the mirror?

Thx again!

@swvalenti

{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "middle_center",
			config: { 
				remoteFile: 'https://dl.dropbox.com/s/XXXXXXXXXXXX/mirror_messages.json'	}
		},

@sdetweil, many thanks for pointing me to the right direction, the working path was:

modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images/

Thanks again!
Cheers,
RS

Hi MagicInMe,

Thank you for sharing your work!

I’ve installed MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow but for some reason the background stays black, I double-checked the images in the correct folder and i use the full path in the config as well:

{
			module: 'MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow',
			position: 'fullscreen_below',
			config: {
				imagePaths: ['/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-SimpleBGSlideshow/images'],
				slideshowSpeed: 15000,
				randomizeImageOrder: false,
			}
		},

but… no joy…

I clearly missing something basic here :)

I appreciate any thought!
Best,
Ram

@sdetweil said in pls help: how to force/refresh "External Compliment File"?:

@rs the default compliments module only reads the file at mm startup.

thank you for your reply!

well, that’s a bummer…

Hello all,

I have a remote external file for the Compliment module which works very well, however, when the content of the external file changes the Compliment module doesn’t read the made changes only when restarting the mirror, my question is how to force and reload the external file content to the Compliment module without restarting the mirror?

Thanks much in advance!
Ram