It is possible to use MediaPortal as input for the LCD with the right plugin and configuration. You can find information about this in the MediaPortal Forum.
I didn't even try however. There are two reasons for this:
1. The integrated IR function won't work anymore. I need this function to control my HTPC with an IR remote-control (might be obsolete in the future when I use something else).
2. Even more important (for me) is that the graphic Equalizer won't work anymore. The purpose of using an LCD for MediaPortal is to display information like Track Number and / or title and such things. I don't need to see what Movie I am watching on an LCD display when the movie is currently shown on a big TV screen. So I prefer to see a graphic equalizer on the LCD instead.
It might be possible to combine these features sometime in the future using LCD Smartie for example but up to now this application doesn't support displaying of a graphical equalizer at all.
So my LCD shows things like temperature or system stats in idle mode and acts as a graphic equalizer when there is sound output.
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