LCD plugin supporting more than 70 display types (now with full graphics support!!!) (3 Viewers)

[BoelShit]

knutinh and Joe...

Is it possible to have a volume progress meter like in percentage or progress bar just like knutinh is talking about with duration?

 

[urev]

Hi!
are the other SED controllers compatible to the supported ones? I'm interested especially in the SED 1565 and SED 1531.

Thank you!
urev

 

[JoeDalton]

@knutinh and Joe...

Is it possible to have a volume progress meter like in percentage or progress bar just like knutinh is talking about with duration?

You mean seeing a volume progress meter on the VFD/LCD while changing your volume? I don't think this is possible yet. I'll have to look into this to see whether this is possible. At the moment I see 2 problems:
:arrow: knowing when the user is changing the volume
:arrow: getting to the new volume setting.

Joe

 

[JoeDalton]

Hi!
are the other SED controllers compatible to the supported ones? I'm interested especially in the SED 1565 and SED 1531.

I really couldn't tell... First, I don't own all the displays my plugin supports and certainly not the ones you mention... Second, I don't know all existing displays by heart, so I can't tell you whether these two are compatible with the ones I do support.

I suggest you look in the LCD Hall of Fame and see whether someone was kind enough to report his test results with these displays.

You can always try for yourself, and see if they work or not. Please put your results in the LCD Hall of Fame (you can edit it yourself)

Joe

 

[BoelShit]

@knutinh and Joe...

Is it possible to have a volume progress meter like in percentage or progress bar just like knutinh is talking about with duration?

You mean seeing a volume progress meter on the VFD/LCD while changing your volume? I don't think this is possible yet. I'll have to look into this to see whether this is possible. At the moment I see 2 problems:
:arrow: knowing when the user is changing the volume
:arrow: getting to the new volume setting.

Joe

There is such a thing implemented on the TV OSD. It shows a bar on screen if you change volume, even with correct volume settings.... Maybe its possible to use (part of) that. Otherwise I'll request it as a feature to the developers, cause I also would like to have a permanent Volume OSD in every screen I am. (which can be turned off ofcourse )

 

[knutinh]

Another cool feature would be logical switching of individual LEDs. I am thinking of adding a single, red LED that goes on when any recording is enabled (like the read virtual LED in the OSD). Or pre-printed section highlights just as seen on vcrs (would demand some hardware hacking)Easiest controlled by the printer port or something else?

regards
Knut

 

[munzli]

error in for setup

hi, well i searched around and couldn't find anybody with the same problem.

if i want to setup the external display plugin in the MP setup i always get this error:

************** Exception Text **************
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load DLL 'C:\Program Files\MediaPortal\plugins\process\LCDDrivers\ba66.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
   at ba6633620fd901624172a5ee024aae5fc200.DLL_GetInfo (DLLInfo& _info)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)
   at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
   at System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags bindingFlags, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] providedArgs, ParameterModifier[] modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[] namedParams)
   at ProcessPlugins.ExternalDisplay.LCDHypeWrapper.GetDllInfo()
   at ProcessPlugins.ExternalDisplay.LCDHypeWrapper..ctor(String dllFile)
   at ProcessPlugins.ExternalDisplay.Settings.LoadDrivers()
   at ProcessPlugins.ExternalDisplay.SetupForm..ctor ()
   at ProcessPlugins.ExternalDisplay.ExternalDisplay.ShowPlugin()
   at MediaPortal.Configuration.Sections.Plugins.setupButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc (Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

.......

my MP is installed at C:\Program Files\MediaPortal and the file C:\Program Files\MediaPortal\plugins\process\LCDDrivers\ba66.dll is exactly at that spot. i notice it's the first module trying to be loaded.

do i need to somehow register these? it's a clean install of RC2 and it won't work.

can anybody help me?

( and on the other hand, it's an exeption that could be catched )

 

[JoeDalton]

This is a bug in RC2 that I already fixed.

You can try a number of things to solve this:
- If your display is connected through the parallel port, you need to install the DriverLYNX Port I/O Driver (Google will help you to find it). If not, delete all DLLs in the LCDDrivers folder that you don't need for your display.
- if that doesn't help you can get and install a recent CVS build.
- or you can get the MP sources from CVS and build it yourself.

Joe

 

[munzli]

ok cool thanks... can you tell me which dll is used for the imon vfd (in a LC11m case)?

 

[JoeDalton]

For your iMon display, you don't need any of those drivers. That is a driver I wrote myself, and is incorporated in the ExternalDisplay plugin.

Joe