Frame not changing pictures automatically

[haloeight]

I am not sure what is causing this but it started just recently. Attached is my configuration file if relevant but not sure how to troubleshoot this and would appreciate any guidance or pointers to existing resources. Thank you.

viewer:
blur_amount: 12 # default=12, larger values than 12 will increase processing load quite a bit
blur_zoom: 5.0 # default=1.0, must be >= 1.0 which expands the backgorund to just fill the space around the image
blur_edges: True # default=False, use blurred version of image to fill edges - will override FIT = False
edge_alpha: 0.5 # default=0.5, background colour at edge. 1.0 would show reflection of image
fps: 20.0 # default=20.0
background: [0.2, 0.2, 0.3, 1.0] # default=[0.2, 0.2, 0.3, 1.0], RGBA to fill edges when fitting
blend_type: "blend" # default="blend", choices={"blend", "burn", "bump"}, type of blend the shader can do
font_file: "/home/pi/picframe_data/data/fonts/NotoSans-Regular.ttf"
shader: "/home/pi/picframe_data/data/shaders/blend_new"
show_text_fm: "%b %d, %Y" # default "%b %d, %Y", format to show date over the image
show_text_tm: 60.0 # default=20.0, time to show text over image with file name
show_text_sz: 20 # default=40, text character size
show_text: "caption name folder" # default="title caption name date folder location", show text, include combination of words: title, caption name, date, location, folder
text_justify: "C" # text justification L, C or R
text_bkg_hgt: 0.25 # default=0.25 (0.0-1.0), percentage of screen height for text background texture
text_opacity: 1.0 # default=1.0 (0.0-1.0), alpha value of text overlay
fit: True # default=False, True => scale image so all visible and leave 'gaps'
# False => crop image so no 'gaps'
kenburns: False # default=False, will set fit->False and blur_edges->False
display_x: 0 # offset from left of screen (can be negative)
display_y: 0 # offset from top of screen (can be negative)
display_w: 1080 # width of display surface (null->None will use max returned by hardware)
display_h: 1920 # height of display surface
display_power: 2 # default=0. choices={0, 1, 2}, 0 will use legacy vcgencmd, 1 will use xset, 2 will use 'wlr-randr' to blank the display
use_glx: False # default=False. Set to True on linux with xserver running. NB use_sdl2 might need to be False for this to work.
use_sdl2: True # default=True. pysdl2 can use display without xserver, it should be installed as a dependency of pi3d
# but might need sudo apt install libsdl2-dev if picframe gives errors about missing sdl2

mat_images: False # default=0.01, True, automatically mat all images. False, don't automatically mat any images. Real value, auto-mat all images with aspect ratio difference > than value
mat_type: null # default=null, A string containing the mat types to choose from when matting images. It can consist of any or
# all of 'float float_polaroid float_color_wrap single_bevel double_bevel double_flat' (null or '' will use all mat types)
outer_mat_color: null # default=null, Color of the outer mat as an RGB list. null will auto-select a reasonable color based on the image.
inner_mat_color: null # default=null, Color of the inner mat as an RGB list. null will auto-select a reasonable color based on the image.
outer_mat_border: 75 # default=75, Minimum outer mat border in pixels
inner_mat_border: 40 # default=40, Minimum inner mat border in pixels (for styles that use it)
outer_mat_use_texture: False # default=True, True uses a texture for the outer mat. False creates a solid-color outer mat.
inner_mat_use_texture: False # default=False, True uses a texture for the inner mat. False creates a solid-color inner mat.
mat_resource_folder: "/home/pi/picframe_data/data/mat" # Folder containing mat image files

show_clock: True # default=False, True shows clock overlay. False does not show clock overlay
clock_justify: "R" # default="R", clock justification L, C, or R
clock_text_sz: 60 # default=120, clock character size
clock_format: "%-I:%M" # default="%-I:%M", strftime format for clock string
clock_opacity: 1.0 # default=1.0 (0.0-1.0), alpha value of clock overlay
clock_top_bottom: "T" # default="T" ("T", "B"), whether to display clock at top or bottom of screen
clock_wdt_offset_pct: 3.0 # default=3.0 (1.0-10.0), used to calclate pixels between clock text and side of screen
clock_hgt_offset_pct: 3.0 # default=3.0 (1.0-10.0), used to calclate pixels between clock text and top/bottom of screen
# If text is found in the ramdisk /dev/shm/clock.txt then it will be displayed under the time

menu_text_sz: 40 # default=40, menu character size
menu_autohide_tm: 10.0 # default=10.0, time in seconds to show menu before auto hiding (0 disables auto hiding)
geo_suppress_list: [] # default=None, substrings to remove from the location text

model:
pic_dir: "/home/pi/Pictures" # default="/home/pi/Pictures", root folder for images
deleted_pictures: "/home/pi/DeletedPictures" # move deleted pictures here
follow_links: False # default=False, By default, picframe will not walk down into symbolic links that resolve to directories. Set follow_links to True to visit directories pointed to by symlinks, on systems that support them.
no_files_img: "/home/pi/picframe_data/data/no_pictures.jpg" # default="PictureFrame2020img.jpg", image to show if none selected
subdirectory: "" # default="", subdir of pic_dir - can be changed by MQTT"
recent_n: 7 # default=7 (days), when shuffling file change date more recent than this number of days play before the rest
reshuffle_num: 1 # default=1, times through before reshuffling
time_delay: 60.0 # default=200.0, time between consecutive slide starts - can be changed by MQTT
fade_time: 2.0 # default=10.0, change time during which slides overlap - can be changed by MQTT"
update_interval: 2.0 # default=2.0, time in seconds to wait between two consecutive scans for new files
shuffle: True # default=True, shuffle on reloading image files - can be changed by MQTT"
sort_cols: 'fname ASC' # default='fname ASC' can be any columns in the table with optional ASC or DESC separated by commas
# fname, last_modified, file_id, orientation, exif_datetime, f_number,
# exposure_time, iso, focal_length, make, model, lens, rating,
# latitude, longitude, width, height, title, caption, tags,
# is_portrait, location
image_attr: [ # image attributes send by MQTT, Keys are taken from exifread library, "PICFRAME GPS" is special to retrieve GPS lon/lat, "PICFRAME LOCATION" is special to retrieve geo reverse (load_geoloc hast to be True)
"PICFRAME GPS",
"PICFRAME LOCATION",
"EXIF FNumber",
"EXIF ExposureTime",
"EXIF ISOSpeedRatings",
"EXIF FocalLength",
"EXIF DateTimeOriginal",
"Image Model",
"Image Make",
"IPTC Caption/Abstract",
"IPTC Object Name",
"IPTC Keywords"]
load_geoloc: False # get location information from open street map NB if you switch this on (recommended)
geo_key: "this_needs_to@be_changed" # then you MUST change the geo_key to something unique to you
# i.e. use your email address
locale: "en_GB.UTF-8" # "locale -a" shows the installed locales which could used
key_list: [
["tourism","amenity","isolated_dwelling"],
["suburb","village"],
["city","county"],
["region","state","province"],
["country"]]
db_file: "/home/pi/picframe_data/data/pictureframe.db3" # database used by PictureFrame
portrait_pairs: False
location_filter: "" # default="" filter clause for image location
tags_filter: "" # default="" filter clause for image tags
log_level: "WARNING" # default=WARNING, could beDEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL
log_file: "" # default="" for debugging set this to the path to a file. NB logging messages will
# appended indefinitely so don't forget this. You will need to tidy it up later

mqtt:
use_mqtt: False # default=False. Set True true, to enable mqtt
server: "your_mqtt_broker" # No defaults for server
port: 8883 # default=8883 for tls, 1883 else (tls must be "" then !!!!!)
login: "name" # your mqtt user
password: "your_password" # password for mqtt user
tls: "/path/to/your/ca.crt" # filename including path to your ca.crt. If not used, must be set to "" !!!!
device_id: "picframe" # default="picframe" unique id of device. change if there is more than one PictureFrame
device_url: "" # if use_http==True, set url to picframe config page. Must be a valid url, or "" otherwise home assistant runs in an error.

http:
use_http: False # default=False. Set True to enable http NB THIS SERVER IS FOR LOCAL NETWORK AND SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO EXTERNAL ACCESS
path: "/home/pi/picframe_data/html" # path to where html files are located
port: 9000 # port used to serve pages by http server < 1024 requires root which is bad idea
auth: false # default=False. Set True if enable basic auth for http
username: admin # username for basic auth
password: null # password for basic auth. If set null generate random password in file basic_auth.txt in parent http directory
use_ssl: False
keyfile: "path/to/key.pem" # private-key
certfile: "path/to/cert.pem" # server certificate

peripherals:
input_type: null # default=null, valid options: {null, "keyboard", "touch", "mouse"}
buttons:
pause: # pause/unpause the show
enable: True # default=True
label: "Pause" # default="Pause"
shortcut: " " # default=" "
display_off: # turn off the display (when off, any input from selected peripheral will turn it back on)
enable: True # default=True
label: "Display off" # default="Display off"
shortcut: "o" # default="o"
location: # shows or hides location information
enable: False # default=False
label: "Location" # default="Location"
shortcut: "l" # default="l"
exit: # exit PictureFrame
enable: False # default=False
label: "Exit" # default="Exit"
shortcut: "e" # default="e"
power_down: # power down the device, uses sudo
enable: False # default=False
label: "Power down" # default="Power down"
shortcut: "p" # default="p"

[paddywwoof]

Hi, do you get a different image each time you start? Can you change the image manually (ie with http)?

I would probably set the log_file: "/home/pi/log.txt" and look in that after the bad behaviour. You might need to set log_level to DEBUG if you don't see anything useful at first. NB remember to turn off logging to file once you're sorted!

[haloeight]

Hi, do you get a different image each time you start? Can you change the image manually (ie with http)?

I would probably set the log_file: "/home/pi/log.txt" and look in that after the bad behaviour. You might need to set log_level to DEBUG if you don't see anything useful at first. NB remember to turn off logging to file once you're sorted!

Thank you for your help. I do get a different picture on restart. I will try what you suggest and report back.