DIY Smart Mirror - Full Tutorial

[@BreakItYourself]

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[@bmhoops1]

Thank you for this - you are a legend. I've seen lots of videos out there, but the way you break this down and communicate effectively was super helpful and inspired me to revisit this project.

[@jackavery3740]

Couple things: 1.) If you are also looking to waterproof it (for a bathroom mirror) I would recommend the similar video on DIY Perks, and using a combination of the techniques used there and here. 2.) Love the baby, followed directly by the dog, cameos! Great vid! ^_^

[@The_Quaalude]

All fun and games until you get up to pee at 3am and see a ghost in the mirror

[@anatolydyatlov963]

Yeah, and notice that the ghost is the only reflection in the mirror 💀

[@dakotacarpenter7702]

*screams* i forgot to turn of my ghost app!

[@KamenBeyblader362]

That would be a nice prank 😂

[@offshoresavage6608]

Dude this is some excellent production quality!

[@BreakItYourself]

Thanks man! also thanks for watching and commenting. Hope you're enjoying Appo.

[@kronos5385]

This might be the best KZbin video I ever saw. Step by step. I have a Raspberry Pi 3 currently sitting around unused. The two way glass is kind of pricey though.

[@My86_CL]

Thank you for this video. This is probably the most in depth yet beginner friendly smart mirror video that I've seen.

[@Benedek-w2i]

That Project is really cool. I enjoyed watching your work!

[@andyevans2336]

I made a vent slot in both the top and bottom panels to ensure the airflow would be enough to keep the electronics from toasting during use

[@Cdeath27]

Great video for beginners. But I figured I would mention that "cd" in the terminal stands for "change directory" and not command. Thought it would help others.

A command it's any instruction to perform a specific task through the command line console, what the hell are you talking about.

[@StuBoyUK]

OK here's an idea. Adding a module to see you ring doorbell live footage. Also touch screen.

[@BreakItYourself]

I’ve wanted the same thing. If I ever get the time I want to try

[@thisoldhooptie]

Project came out great. Love that its a family project! The only issue I have is the location. You can no longer fully open that cabinet without hitting the mirror. I guess just don't keep anything used often in there. My kids would nail that in a week. Yours is still tiny so nothing to worry about for a few years. Once they hit 3 all bets are off ;)

[@BreakItYourself]

You are right and I am careful but I’ve got 3 years to figure out a solution 😂

[@liamjones2131]

@@BreakItYourself 2 years to go, any closer to finding a solution?

[@JC-ts7tc]

I was sooo into the video and at minute 9 I had a mini stroke. You got me good man! Keep up the good work!

[@BreakItYourself]

Thanks for the kind words and taking the time to comment!

[@stanleyhape8427]

This is completely awesome and I'm definitely going to make one. My brain : no we're not.

[@EngineerNotFound]

Have I ever wanted a ridiculous way to check the time, the weather, the calender, etc etc... Of course I have wanted that... who doesn't? Joking apart though, this is on my to-do list and I'm so looking forward to building something like this. I want that 'Minority Report' vibe the smart mirror brings. Anyway; man, that thing is beautiful.

[@TheCankersore]

Great job! I’m a techie, so I particularly enjoyed your attention to detail. Bravo and thanks!!!

[@bjorne46]

Great DIY build. Agree on the cooling, but I think passive cooling should be sufficient, aka slots and holes. Really dig the Fireboard t-shirt. Great idea for a giveaway 😉

[@CitizenPerkins]

You've got some pretty good skills there, mister. Congrats and nicely done, sir! 👍👍

[@BreakItYourself]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@Roxx.R]

2-3yrs back i started making one but left half completed as i was having problems with GA.. will resume making it again... It was when rpi3b came out.. still got all hardware. Thanks for your video..

[@Hobby_Explorer]

This is so cool! Man you are brave to try it with such a huge TV.

[@moto.munchies]

A sweet project! to have built this and film it as you went along is amazing.

[@williamsli3745]

With a camera, use openVC detecting face then automatic turn on TV . good idea?

[@muninnsmith7958]

I'm working on this.

[@williamsli3745]

@@muninnsmith7958 Great! Hope TV won’t have annoying logo after power on.

[@muninnsmith7958]

@@williamsli3745 I'm looking at an LED setup with screen power off when no person is present. Waterproofed for plant in a shower wall. No annoying ads for brand logos. I'm looking at Tails.os ? considering if you're in the shower and privacy for obvious reasons. I might just code most of it from "Scratch", most of the code I need is already written.

[@muninnsmith7958]

@@williamsli3745 Ya, OpenCV will be used for sure.

[@LoLo-ft6nj]

And use "mirror application" to display on TV background what the camera sees... so you don't need real mirror , more simple...

[@fabiomrmatos]

This is an awesome DIY, I I've been thinking making an alarm clock that serves as a lamp, with wireless charging and Google Assistant, basically everything I have in my night stand, maybe would be a good ideia for a next viseo

[@rjohnson2813]

What a counterintuitive idea. You have mirrors to see reflections. People try to keep this as clear as possible. You have screens to display information and people have spent so much money to reduce glare and reflection.

[@glauciogv5225]

Great project and good explanation. Congratulations 👏

[@aanchalsharma105]

Wow , amazing . Your video is informative nd well described. I love the way your family work together (aww....baby is so cute ❤️ ). Thank you so much for such wonderful video. Keep going Sir.

[@MegaMastiffman]

Iv got 3 Raspberry Pi’s I love them and I’m totally doing this thanks for the idea man

[@keningilbert]

What were you using to get your smart light switch and Alex to talk to the Rpi? Is the TV smart and you’re simply using command to turn it off/on?

[@rynohatate4831]

Ah man, I just stumbled across Magic Mirror today and thought it would be rock hard to do. Your video has made it seem really simple, thanks a million for that! Does it just continually cycle until you turn it off? Thanks a million for this vid!

[@cryptorial]

u can use an old laptop display if u get a driver board some even support touch

[@PLanBBeaTZ]

The best smart mirror tutorial so far!! Thanks for uploading!

[@SKraus-pb1ii]

is there no heat issue, when the TVs vent holes are covered by the frame?

[@BreakItYourself]

The entire frame is about a half inch off the wall all the way around that vents the Tv well. What I worry about is the glass on the screen holding in heat directly. We shall see how it fares

[@floppywere7022]

@@BreakItYourself 3 years later, how did it fare?! :)

[@TurbidSugar19]

Very impresive ! Hope its work good and dont overheat and glass from inside stay clean

flat sceen tv-s required some ventilation?

[@charlesclairvoyance]

This is the best video I've seen on this, good job!

[@MrJmhess77]

Stumbled on your video, really solid advice.You prob don't get this one much but I can handle the Rasberry Pi but not so much the carpentry aspect. LOL I bought a Kreg jig and it's still sitting in the box staring at me wanting to be used!

[@TerraMagnus]

"The first thing you're going to need is a Raspberry Pi." 2022 hangs its head in sadness.

[@gorillaau]

Ahhh, The great RPi shostage and price gouging. Try getting your hands on a Orange Pi or Banana Pi instead.

[@dominicdo2719]

I wasn't expecting any comedy in this video but the safety squints had me laughing

[@oldpain7625]

cd stands for change directory and you can use ctl+alt+c and v to copy and paste in terminal Nice work

[@GayCrayola]

How did you go about getting it to turn on with your Alexa? Was that a module? Or are you just turning on the TV with Alexa?

[@johanneszwilling]

Very cool! Can you freely control the layout of the modules onscreen? Add spacing, margin or padding between them/against the frame?

[@BreakItYourself]

I know for sure that you can adjust the layout with regards to the frame but between modules themselves might be harder and is outside of my knowledge. I'm sure it's possible I just don't know how. You can change margin with the overall raspberry pi OS in the display settings.

[@hehe-be9fu]

I was thinking of this and wanted to see if someone had this up. Well I'm impressed.

[@rafaelanzoategui9853]

8'54"... 😂😂😂 Nice job 👍by the way. Greetings from Venezuela 🇻🇪🇩🇪

[@Luismaia00]

Nice video but 1 question ,will the tv burn out with the heat? ,i see all that wood aroud the lcd.

[@BreakItYourself]

It’s still going strong!

[@jupamoers]

I think, a smart mirror would be even better as a touchscreen^^ But this is great as well.

[@MaryRenaud]

It would be great if you could bleep it out when you say “Alexa” as it triggers listeners’ nearby devices.

[@jacobcocos]

How do I make it vertical? In config?

[@spudster4002]

Great video and great walkthrough. I see your family is growing, fantastic mate.

[@BreakItYourself]

thanks for the kinds words! And yes it is, we're 10 weeks into this baby thing. Holding our heads above water haha

[@brianvandy4002]

Wow. What makes you say the Pi doesn't have a GUI? You can make it without one, but most of the Pi operating systems come with a complete GUI.

[@BreakItYourself]

I meant to say MagicMirror doesn’t have a GUI 🤦🏽‍♂️ honest mistake

[@brianvandy4002]

@@BreakItYourself Okay, that makes more sense. ;)

[@TanyaAbah]

Question: Ia it possible if I want the mirror to be a touchscreen? Let say I am using a touchscreen monitor. Thanks for the mindblowing invention.

[@SilkBC74]

BTW, 'cd' doesn't mean "command"; it means "change directory"

[@DJTPA007]

Thank you, for the video. I have been washing your previous videos about Dakboard. I like this setup better!

[@bradster00]

There are tutorials out there where you can install VNC over SSH in about 10 mins. It’s not as daunting as people think.

[@eliaskallelindholm8339]

you can definitely see he is no programmer, cause I normaly just ssh into my pi's and then do everything with the console 😃😉

[@G33kCulture]

You are a legend. Subbed

[@TriPham-sn9jj]

So if you want to show the body then use reflective dot and to show the spirit or soul then turn reflector off and turn absorbed dot on and each apart only 3.33×10^-43 m

[@gokou340]

What size TV did you use? Did you use the same exact size two way mirror?

[@sinofusall2080]

2:15 PRIVAVY PROTECTION ... seems legit LOL

[@BreakItYourself]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 I just saw this. Amazing. Definitely legit

[@Qui95Qui]

You did such an awesome job! Question tho, how do I turn it on and off manually?

[@ericmarsh2202]

Is this possible with use of a Pi Zero W? I've been looking for a project to make with one I've had for a while.

[@p.f132]

It is, absolutely. Dashboards require very little processing power.

[@MagivaIT]

love the idea but what i dont understand is why you stained the wood so that it doesnt fit with the rest of the decor ? why didnt you uncase the tv as you had the wood surround for hanging so as to make it thinner ?

[@steven_uni]

perfect, nice job

[@davidhughes2960]

Thanks for the knowledge.

[@nmstoker]

Any issues with image burn in? Great video. Thanks for producing it!

[@jamesmanning8767]

dont use a oled!

[@ToPProjectsCompilation]

The project is amazing. We want to feature this project on our channel (with proper credits to your channel). If it sounds good, then kindly reply.

[@FinGeek4now]

Would be interesting to see one with either touchscreen capabilities and/or motion control + face detection (for custom screen displays depending on who is looking at the mirror)

[@Dextermorga]

Yeah nothing is better than smudged mirror

[@bittersweetsmiles7027]

look up "smart mirror" some guy already did that 2yrs ago

[@dronesvisionsaeriennes]

Hello, very nice video, thank's a lot for your explanations i've needed to undersand for module, now that's right... phil

[@lennybrussano7922]

This is a very cool build. but I was bothered the whole video due to the hanging height. I can see that the bottom of magic mirror is lower than the cabinets on the adjacent wall. I could not get it out of my head. Sorry it’s mostly my problem but I think you should move the mirror up so the bottoms match up. 😂

[@robelmebrahtu5453]

Excellent explanation and information. Quick question, though: No API needed in this project?

[@vwsurfer8809]

This video has really helped me. Thank you so much

[@BreakItYourself]

I'm so glad! Thanks for watching and commenting

[@kayden_thornock]

Thank you for explaining the modules I got that pretty good but I’m having so much trouble, and I mean so much, on trying to auto start the actual magic mirror when I turn the pi on. I’ve been trying to figure it out for multiple days and nothing I do works. If you see this comment can you please give some advise or what you did with your mirror? Thank you.

[@lanfear63]

Wow, someone really needs to put a shell over this to make it easy to install and add or remove stuff. Saleable item then, especially if you can just buy it complete.

[@MrHondoMan]

Very well explained.

[@BreakItYourself]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@somemovingpictures]

Can you clarify, please. I am trying to understand what you are saying at 0:52. "The much more user friendly ??????? board" Thanks.

[@BreakItYourself]

DAKboard check them out

[@ninline2000]

Excellent job. Thanks!

[@jafocharlie848]

Can you also add a television tuner/cable to view through the mirror? Or does the picture not show up well? Thanks, great video!

[@easytastyrecipes3777]

Looking great! How can you turn it on by using Alexa? Are you using a smart plug?

[@dahveed284]

Ok, this is cool. Any recommendations on a TV? Other than HDMI, does it need anything special?

[@MrMaltavius]

As flat as possible, it also works with a monitor

[@yuchenwu7592]

Thank you for sharing it. I have one question on the chrome cast. Have you used it? I am thinking if it works, can I watch youtube videos by it? It sounds nice if I can watch the videos while cooking

[@marcfreiznel3090]

Very interesting but, a TV that stays on continuously, I will be curious to know the electricity consumption (personally I will be more tempted to use a Laptop screen, there are large very economical in energy)

[@Quoteory]

You can just turn it off when ur not using it

[@BreakItYourself]

I have the TV on two schedules. One is managed my my smart things hub which turns the TV off whenever we leave the house. Additionally I have a cron job setup to turn the TV off and on per a set schedule.

[@marcfreiznel3090]

@@Quoteory I believe that the ideal usefulness ​would be to be able to make it work a bit like an Alexa for example and therefore uninterrupted.

[@Quoteory]

@@marcfreiznel3090 Honestly it might be a bit of work but if you could rig it to turn on /off with the bathroom lights that would be pretty cool

[@marcfreiznel3090]

@@BreakItYourself indeed, with a little home automation it's always better :-), but don't you think that it would always be more economical in energy if you only used the slab of the tv screen? (knowing that the bulk of today's TV consumption are smart TVs and themselves have their internal systems operating in parallel)

[@hippopotamus86]

Absolutely don't need to use Etcher to install the image onto the SD card. Just use the Raspberry Pi installer.

Could you please share more details about the two way mirror? What did you ask to you local glass shop? What is the thickness, what were the options? Nice DIY!!

[@BreakItYourself]

I called a couple places but my options were very limited. The shops I called didn’t even have thickness options. I believe I ended up with 1/4”. I was shopping for two main things: glass and cheapest price haha I think I totally blanked on thickness when I was calling but neither shop even asked.

[@samboldcanada]

Very well done. Good job

[@c.jillallen-hood4685]

I love this! I want to build something similar, but as a floor to ceiling mirror. Please help.

[@Trashpanda_404]

How clear is the mirror for creating one for the LED tv to watch TV in a living room?

[@bulletinmybeard]

Love the video, great work! It would be great if you could next time screenrecord your work with the OS as the camera recording isn't as detailed as the screenrecording would be.

[@baddogdax69]

Very cool, here take my money!

[@andreamitchell4758]

what would be amazing is if they had a two way mirror that worked like those smart glass LED windows , the ones where you can switch from transparent to opaque , so you could switch the glass from a 2 way mirror to a clear piece of glass if you just want to use the TV as normal TV i see you put a 4k chromecast in there, seems like kind of a waste otherwise i mean what could you possible use it for with the 2 way mirror besides music?

[@BreakItYourself]

When the sun goes down you can see the TV quite well

[@FidgetyGuy]

4:45 m/s - Is that Kuato from Total Recall?

[@christopherbjrge5841]

Heyy, what is the blue tool you are using at 3.36 and forwards, and what is the purpose of that tool? Nice video!

[@BreakItYourself]

That’s a Kreg Pocket Hole Jig. I use it for basically all of my wood working projects. It makes joinery a cinch with screws.

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

"Magic Mirror, tell me today, did all my friends have fun at play?" Yes, I grew up with Romper Room in the '60s. I was a "Do Bee", not a "Don't Bee".... ;-P I see too many visibility and reflection issues for me to even attempt this. I'd just mount the screen on the wall without the mirroring, but, I'm not your wife... ;-)

[@BroxAGM]

We need these mate why there is no popular smart mirror

[@MerlininTaos]

Right on! Nice vid

[@ClearCreekWoodDesigns]

where did you get your glass? A local glass shop was waaaaay cheaper than any of the online sources.

[@BreakItYourself]

A local glass shop. But it was still about $250. I might have been able to go thinner to make it cheaper but this was my first time so that didn’t occur to me until after I received the glass

[@ClearCreekWoodDesigns]

@@BreakItYourself interesting. 3 sqft was $85 here at a shop in Denver. Yours looks a little bigger than that, but cant imagine it would be any more than $150.

[@southernfriedhackers]

Just finished ours, using smart mirror glass, its in a room with a lot of natural light and im finding it hard to see, especially during sunny days the screen is just washed out. at night its perfect.

[@WhiteBoardFinance]

Bitcoin price in the bottom right corner. Legend.

[@BreakItYourself]

haha idk about that but it is fun to see the price frozen in time.

[@FreddyBirch]

I just followed all your instructions but after "enter the repository" and "npm install" RPI says "bash: npm: command not found".. Should i format the card and try again from scratch?

[@LocalEClown_Music]

same here

[@kb9tfz]

Where did you get your "crescent box" plate?

[@cardelquaiatto4710]

Can the two way mirror be larger than the monitor? Would you see the edge of the monitor? I would like to do this with my bathroom mirror but it will be very large so I don’t want to buy a large tv.

[@Thumper770]

@15:45 You can't paste the module code just anywhere. It DOES matter where you paste it. You have to paste it between the beginning and end of modules. Pasting the code inside the brackets of another module will break your code and nothing will work.

[@ambareen2368]

well that’s kinda obvious, he just meant you can paste it between any modules.

[@Thumper770]

@@ambareen2368 I mean, it's kind of specific. To someone just learning how to do this, details are important.

[@ambareen2368]

@@Thumper770 that’s true, good point

[@mohammedesmail2655]

Thank you. I want to display my colander but i want to display tasks/events showing time table for 30 days like the one i see in google , and inside each day the task/ event if there is ? What is the model name?