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Can this module be pointed an a network share?

Open ngreeley opened this issue 6 years ago • 3 comments

I'm just curious if this module is capable of pointing to a network share located on a local NAS that stores photos?

ngreeley avatar Apr 17 '19 01:04 ngreeley

You should be able to. You just need to mount it in the modules folder or a sub-folder or it won't be able to access the files.

darickc avatar Jun 13 '19 14:06 darickc

I thought I wanted this as well. I initially configured my images from an NFS share but found that, sometimes, maybe once a week, it would stop loading images. However, It found it significantly more reliable to copy the images locally. I now use an rsync to copy image locally. My magic mirror, presumably like many others, is connected over Wifi. Maybe that is why it was unreliable.

majurgens avatar Jun 06 '22 05:06 majurgens

I doing it with a synology NAS. I mount my folder inside a local folder with a command line .. it's running for weeks like that:

sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.x.y/Photos/2019 /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-BackgroundSlideshow/Photos/NAS/ -o credentials=/etc/cifs-credentials

mcnahum avatar Jun 06 '22 16:06 mcnahum