Mark Lanctot Wrote: > A brief update. > > The screen brightness was really getting to me. I changed it to small > font, which helped. But then I realized that in order to dim the > brightess even further I simply had to have less pixels on. > > Well, who needs the date for an alarm clock? I also wanted to add some > sort of alarm indicator, but when you use the SlimServer as opposed to > the SqueeezeNetwork alarm you have this. > > I'm trying to learn perl but it's been very frustrating so far. I > wanted to write a plugin from scratch but it's so confusing I just > decided to modify the DateTime plugin to do this. > > All I've done is remove the date and move the time to the top line. > The second line is blank. There's no text for the small font size, the > regular font size is very small but the large font size is quite > readable from a few feet while not being too bright. > > It's a trivial change and I'm sort of embarassed by it, but if it helps > anyone else, you're more than welcome to try it. It should be as stable > as the DateTime plugin, the changes made to it were really trivial. It > currently only works with EN and FR as those are the only two languages > I know. > > Eventually I'll add some real functionality to it but that'll entail > actually learning perl. ;-) > > Also I'll entertain suggestions for a proper name!
The reason the SB3's display is dimmer and whiter (less green) than the SB2's is because of a purple-tinted filter in front of the display. Have you considered applying 3M automotive glass tinting laminate to your SB2? They come in many darknesses and colors. I'm sure you could find one that is just right for your needs. A carefully applied laminate would look perfect. Also, the AutoDisplay plugin is easily modified to set the brightness to 1 rather than 0. See this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21484&highlight=%22line+271%22 The latest versions of AutoDisplay have fixed the "single-shot" behavior, now it will dim whenever you are in the dim time of day even if your server was off or your SB was busy playing music during the transition time. I think it polls every minute to check if it is within the dim time of day rather than making the adjustments only at the beginning and end of the period. I sleep with a SB3 on my nightstand and find that brightness level 1 is perfect --not bright enough to be irritating, but bright enough for me to read the time in the middle of the night if I want to. -- rudholm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rudholm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2980 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20518 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
