> Where could I moer information about mythlcd and what it shows ? > Does it show clock when you watch TV or dvd ? Or can you configure it > easily > ? > > On 1/2/06, Robin Gilks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> > Hello List, >> > >> > Is there a way to use mythlcd with the stable 0.18.1 code ? >> > >> > I don't want to run the CVS version if possible >> > >> >> Any reason you particularly want the seperate task driving the LCD? >> 0.18.1 >> will already talk to an LCD device through LCDproc - its just that the >> SVN >> code has factored out a lot of the LCD stuff to make it easier to >> support >> and to add new features (like better operation with MythMusic). >> >> Tick the check box on the last 'appearance' setup screen to enable the >> LCD >> stuff and select the items you want displaying... >>
The easiest way to see what it does is to try it - fortunately you don't need an LCD for testing!! Install lcdproc and set up the ncurses driver. Set the size to what you would expect to use on a real LCD (mine is 2 lines of 20 for example) and run up LCDd on a seperate virtual screen before you start up mythfrontend. In Mythfrontend, go into setup/appearance and select the things you want to be displayed. I think you have to restart the frontend to it to work... You'll see displayed (including all the scrolling etc) everything you can expect to see on a real LCD. Very handy for debugging this method is, as I found when the display I bought wouldn't run directly off the 3.3volt printer port on an Epia SP13000 (even with pullup resistors) such that I had to put in voltage shifting buffers. When I was at last convinced that the software DID work I debugged the hardware and sorted it!! -- Robin Gilks zl3rob/g8ecj Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gilks.org _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
