2006-01-19, 04:30 AM
Like many HTPC enthusiats out there I have invested in an expensive case with a VFD front panel. There seems to be some short commings in the ability of GBPVR to drive such a display types.
I can find two plugins that partially work in this role. I have tried both and found the one developed by Gomer appears the most complete. This plugin however has some problem which can cause lockups when playing back recordings and the thread has now gone very cold. The other plugin by janviet uses jalcd which does not appear to be a stable program and causes problems with due to it's cpu load.
It would be nice to see something that works with lcdsmatie as this is open source and seems capable of driving a variety of VFD/LCD harware types.
I can find two plugins that partially work in this role. I have tried both and found the one developed by Gomer appears the most complete. This plugin however has some problem which can cause lockups when playing back recordings and the thread has now gone very cold. The other plugin by janviet uses jalcd which does not appear to be a stable program and causes problems with due to it's cpu load.
It would be nice to see something that works with lcdsmatie as this is open source and seems capable of driving a variety of VFD/LCD harware types.