ScreenSaver Panel

[tkgafs]

Is it possible to output more using the screensaver panel

the existing code is as follows

<CompositeImages>
<CompositeImage name="ScreenSaverPanel" size="18,36">
<DrawImage filename="Logo.png" loc="0,0" size="100,100" fixedAspectRatio="true"/>
<DrawText text="@songName" loc="0,80" size="100,20" textStyle="GeneralTextStyleItalic" align="Center" valign="Center"/>
</CompositeImage>
</CompositeImages>

how are these size values used ?

I dont understand how the composite image is 18x36 yet the logo is 100x100 and the songname is 100x20

The songName is usually far too small so I tried increasing it to 200x200 but it did not display at all then !!

is it possible to have separate fields for SongTitle and Artist so you could split them onto two different lines ??

Are there any other fields that could be displayed here

Tkgafs

[ACTCMS]

The CompositeImage defines a rectangle which is 18% of the width and 36% of the height of the screen.. within that rectangle, the logo is 100%x100%, but since it has fixedAspectRatio="true", it won't fill the entire CompositeImage vertically (see the actual dimentions of the logo.png file).

The @songname is 100% of the width and 20% of the height and starts 80% down the CompositeImage.

@songname is all you have available with the standard SS.

You might want to have a look at the MLPanel beta which will allow you to display lots more info.

Alex

[tkgafs]

The CompositeImage defines a rectangle which is 18% of the width and 36% of the height of the screen.. within that rectangle, the logo is 100%x100%, but since it has fixedAspectRatio="true", it won't fill the entire CompositeImage vertically (see the actual dimentions of the logo.png file).

The @songname is 100% of the width and 20% of the height and starts 80% down the CompositeImage.

@songname is all you have available with the standard SS.

You might want to have a look at the MLPanel beta which will allow you to display lots more info.

Alex

Alex,

thanks for the info that makes a lot more sense, I have tried your panel but the cpu load required by it is just too much as the PC running gbpvr is also the family system, the gbpvr output is sent to a MVP

Tkgafs

[ACTCMS]

Alex,

thanks for the info that makes a lot more sense, I have tried your panel but the cpu load required by it is just too much as the PC running gbpvr is also the family system, the gbpvr output is sent to a MVP

Tkgafs

I use MVPs too - any chance you could give me some idea of what sort of cpu load you are seeing - I see pvrx2.exe running at 0%, blipping up to 4-5% when the screensaver moves (celeron 2.66 serving a wired MVP)

Alex

[tkgafs]

I use MVPs too - any chance you could give me some idea of what sort of cpu load you are seeing - I see pvrx2.exe running at 0%, blipping up to 4-5% when the screensaver moves (celeron 2.66 serving a wired MVP)

Alex

I havent tried it for a while but it was constant at about 14% jumping to 22% when screen moved

this was on XP sp2 on an amd 3000 x64 running 32 bit windows

Tkgafs

[ACTCMS]

OK - you might want to try downloading the beta - I put in an economode (which is the default mode) where it only refreshes the screen once every ScreenSaverRefreshFrequency interval instead of every second.

Alex

[tkgafs]

Alex,

ok will do tonight and let you know,

I really liked the panel, but the load was too much when I last tried it, so hopefully this will make a big difference

Tkgafs

[ACTCMS]

It does make a huge difference - mvallevand highlighted the cpu and network load in the alpha version - I suggest you have a look at readme.txt in plugins\MLPanel - there are a couple of other changes...

Alex

[tkgafs]

Alex,

works fine exactly what I was looking for

Tkgafs

[ACTCMS]

Alex,

works fine exactly what I was looking for

Tkgafs

Great stuff, and thanks for the feedback...

Alex