LCD plugin supporting more than 70 display types (now with full graphics support!!!) (1 Viewer)

[Peter Pan]

Those of you who have a display with more than 2 lines and have altered their ExternalDisplay.xml file to get lines >2 to work: I am interested in your ExternalDisplay.xml file...

Can you please send it to me? This will help me to provide decent default values for other users out of the box. Not all MP users are familiar with XML and their bottom lines stay blank at this moment...

You can send your file to the following email adress: joe_dalton[at]skynet.be

:!: Your help can make this plugin better :!:
Joe

Hi Joe,

do you get some ExternalDisplay.xml files with 4 Lines?

 

[CHli]

I'm in the process of creating one for me with 3 lines (the rest is a bitmap overlay)

 

[coolman77]

There are news....for me?!?

Hi joe, do you remember of me?!?
I have asked you for a CristalFontz 631 USB (20x2) and I have linked the datasheet for make possible to use in mediaportal.....I always use the mediaportal system, but.....my lcd is always turned off....
If you you just a little time for me....
Good work!!!!!
NB: I understend that the time is always poor...don't worry!!!
CIAOOOO

 

[JoeDalton]

New feature

Did anyone notice the new graphics functionality I added last week?

It is now possible to use a property value as filename for the Image tag.
Maybe you're thinking now: "Why would I want that?".

Have a look at the following example and you'll see...

    <Image X="98" Y="80">
      <Property Value="#TV.Guide.thumb" />
    </Image>

Got it? This shows the thumbnail for the current selected TV channel on the display when browsing through the TV Guide.

As a reference I post a special section - dedicated to the TV GUide - I created in my own externaldisplay.xml file:

  <Message Status="Action">
    <Window>600</Window>
    <Line Alignment="Left">
      <Parse Value="#TV.Guide.Day #TV.Guide.Time" />
    </Line>
    <Line Alignment="Left">
      <Property Value="#TV.Guide.Title" />
    </Line>
    <Line Alignment="Left">
      <Property Value="#TV.Guide.Description" />
    </Line>
    <Line Alignment="Left">
      <Property Value="#TV.Guide.TimeFromNow" />
    </Line>
    <Image X="98" Y="80">
      <Property Value="#TV.Guide.thumb" />
    </Image>
  </Message>

As you can see, it shows the information about the current selected TV program on 4 lines. Instead of displaying the channel name, I choose to show the channel logo.

If you want to use it too, copy the code and add it somewhere in the top of your externaldisplay file (between </Message> and <Message , or you'll corrupt the file )

Joe

 

[CHli]

Yup I noticed it and I saw that you added the performance patch

Thanks for this, I'll have to test

 

[CHli]

BTW I have some code to select the font from a combo box instead of typing the font manualy. Interested ?

 

[tkortell]

Good work JoeDalton and CHli

I will try the new features.

Regards / Tomas

 

[gommer]

Hi Joe,

Did you notice my earlier quest for help. I would be very greatfull if you could spare some time to see if it's possible at all.

Things i like to keep:
I'd like to be able to navigate 'blind' to MyMusic
Give 'now playing info' for DVD, Movie, Music and TV.

Things i like to change:
I do not want the display changing from the 'now playing info' as soon as i touch any button on the remote. For example, when changing TV channels, it displays 'TV/fullscreen instead of the channel name for a few seconds. Or when playing music, while changing volume it displays 'Music/playing Now' instead of the currunt song.

 

[dm15644]

Hi CHli,

any news on this one? The problem is still present with the latest SVN MediaPortal-svn--11-26-2006--01-02-Rev11915.exe ....

Cheers

jayrock

Hi jayrock,

I saw your problem and I have to compare with my log when I'm home. Sorry but I think Joe has some problem with his computer atm.

 

[JoeDalton]

gommer
What you want to do is not possible. The reason is that the moment you press a key, the status changes from "PlayingMusic" (for example) to "Action".

What you can do is add a message with status "Action" for each window in the My Music plugin that has the same content as the message with status "PlayingMusic".

Then, as long as you stay inside the "My Music" menus, the display will keep showing the music info...

To get the window ids of the My Music windows, you'll have to dive into the MP code. Specifically the Core\guilib\GUIWindow.cs file...

Joe