[mythtv-users] MythLCD questions
Dan Wilga
dwilga at MtHolyoke.edu
Thu Jan 27 09:15:59 EST 2005
At 4:18 PM -0500 1/26/05, Phil Bridges wrote:
>I'm considering getting a LCD or VFD for my MythBox, but I have a
>few questions first:
>
>1. Does MythLCD support graphical LCDs/VFDs? I saw a few posts
>back in February (http://tinyurl.com/6qe2l) where somebody was
>working on this, but I can't find a real follow-up.
It uses LCDProc, which supports graphical displays. However, in the
current version of Myth, you only get text output. (Well, I guess,
technically, progress bars are graphical.)
>2. What sort of information can I expect on the display in Live
>TV? in Recorded TV? in MythMusic? in MythVideo?
For live and recorded TV, it displays the current TV channel name,
and program and episode name (scrolling). For Music, it shows the
song/artist and has a progress bar showing the time left in the song.
I haven't used it with Video, but I'm sure it must be pretty similar.
When not actively showing any video, it puts a clock in the VFD. It
can also indicate where you are in Myth's menu structure. (I only
have a 2-line display, so there might be more info on larger
displays.)
Overall, I really like the feature, and it works almost perfectly. (I
have to submit a patch one of these days, because my display likes to
show an extra L-shaped progress-bar remnant when I watch live TV.)
>3. I checked my install (FC2 - atrpms), but mythlcd isn't there.
>Where can it be downloaded?
You have to download the CVS version and build it yourself, with the
LCD option enabled.
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