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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1260666" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>Looking at my bumper list of built-in skin variables, I see that we already have <strong>#volume.percent</strong> and <strong>#volume.mute</strong>. They are set in:</p><p></p><p>...\MediaPortal-1-master\mediaportal\Core\Player\VolumeHandler.cs</p><p></p><p>I have never used them, so I don't know whether they actually work.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I normally have the MP volume set to 100%, as I control the volume via a separate audio amplifier (using a universal programmable remote control), but yesterday I enabled the MP volume OSD and experimented a bit. Using the Ortek/Hama remote, I find that:</p><p></p><p>(1) When the volume bar appears on screen, it remains for 5 seconds and is then removed automatically.</p><p></p><p>(2) The volume bar appears when pressing the VOL_UP or VOL_DOWN buttons.</p><p></p><p>(3) The volume bar <em>also</em> appears when starting live TV, or when changing channel, or when starting play of recorded TV or video.</p><p></p><p>(4) The volume bar does not appear when other buttons are pressed (at least, none that I discovered).</p><p></p><p>(5) The one error that I did notice is this: if the volume level is (say) 50%, when changing the TV channel the volume bar appears set to 100%, even though the volume is still at 50%. However, subsequent changes of the volume level do show the level at 50%.</p><p></p><p>From your system specs, I notice that you are using a FLIRC. I would suspect that your erratic volume behaviour is caused by a misconfiguration of the FLIRC. Remember that MP's remote handling changed somewhere between 1.13-1.17, and you may need to revise the FLIRC config correspondingly. I have never used a FLIRC, so cannot offer any advice.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The skin engine (and MP in general) is horrendously complicated, and MP is desparately short of developers with the necessary skills. Your proposed changes <em>might</em> be implemented sometime in the future, but I would recommend that you proceed on the basis of looking for a workaround (i.e. that you work within the limitations and quirks of what is currently implemented). Example: the workaround for your current erratic volume behaviour is to chuck the FLIRC and Sky remote in the bin and purchase a true MCE RC6 remote control and IR receiver.</p><p></p><p><strong>Patient to Doctor</strong> Please help me. When I bash my head against a brick wall, <em>it hurts!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Doctor to Patient</strong> Well, don't do that.</p><p></p><p>(Is it the silly season yet?)</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1260666, member: 141969"] Looking at my bumper list of built-in skin variables, I see that we already have [b]#volume.percent[/b] and [b]#volume.mute[/b]. They are set in: ...\MediaPortal-1-master\mediaportal\Core\Player\VolumeHandler.cs I have never used them, so I don't know whether they actually work. I normally have the MP volume set to 100%, as I control the volume via a separate audio amplifier (using a universal programmable remote control), but yesterday I enabled the MP volume OSD and experimented a bit. Using the Ortek/Hama remote, I find that: (1) When the volume bar appears on screen, it remains for 5 seconds and is then removed automatically. (2) The volume bar appears when pressing the VOL_UP or VOL_DOWN buttons. (3) The volume bar [i]also[/i] appears when starting live TV, or when changing channel, or when starting play of recorded TV or video. (4) The volume bar does not appear when other buttons are pressed (at least, none that I discovered). (5) The one error that I did notice is this: if the volume level is (say) 50%, when changing the TV channel the volume bar appears set to 100%, even though the volume is still at 50%. However, subsequent changes of the volume level do show the level at 50%. From your system specs, I notice that you are using a FLIRC. I would suspect that your erratic volume behaviour is caused by a misconfiguration of the FLIRC. Remember that MP's remote handling changed somewhere between 1.13-1.17, and you may need to revise the FLIRC config correspondingly. I have never used a FLIRC, so cannot offer any advice. The skin engine (and MP in general) is horrendously complicated, and MP is desparately short of developers with the necessary skills. Your proposed changes [i]might[/i] be implemented sometime in the future, but I would recommend that you proceed on the basis of looking for a workaround (i.e. that you work within the limitations and quirks of what is currently implemented). Example: the workaround for your current erratic volume behaviour is to chuck the FLIRC and Sky remote in the bin and purchase a true MCE RC6 remote control and IR receiver. [b]Patient to Doctor[/b] Please help me. When I bash my head against a brick wall, [i]it hurts![/i] [b]Doctor to Patient[/b] Well, don't do that. (Is it the silly season yet?) -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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