MLPanel Beta

[psycik]

yep - that's the one I was thinking of.

[ACTCMS]

Thanks for that - makes sense.

[mvallevand]

Right now when and audio playlist comes in from GBPVR it will be in the form of the shortname for {RecordingDir}\MVP{MAC}.pls

I plan on parsing this and requesting {RecordingDir}\NMT{MAC}.jpg I will be requesting the longname for the MAC address but I think that that will be ok. This will allow multiple PCH's to run.

My snippet shows how to get this mac address too.

Martin

[ACTCMS]

Right now when and audio playlist comes in from GBPVR it will be in the form of the shortname for {RecordingDir}\MVP{MAC}.pls

I plan on parsing this and requesting {RecordingDir}\NMT{MAC}.jpg I will be requesting the longname for the MAC address but I think that that will be ok. This will allow multiple PCH's to run.

My snippet shows how to get this mac address too.

Martin

So if I name my images

C:\temp\MAC-000DFE008BF8.jpg

where "C:\temp" is my "Recordings Directory" (not my "LiveTV Buffer Directory") I should be on the right track?

Alex

[psycik]

What about what the image is?? Since mvallevand was asking this of me, do we need to identify the application creating the image or is that not important?

[ACTCMS]

What about what the image is?? Since mvallevand was asking this of me, do we need to identify the application creating the image or is that not important?

I wouldn't have thought so, since there can only be one image displayed on the PCH at any given time, and we're all using the same filename (per client) it would just pick up the last one writtten - I'm not sure how Martin detects when the image file changes though.

[mvallevand]

Looks' good. I'd prefer something other than MAC- unless you just want to use .GetClientIdentifier() with the space. Yhe syntax should be sub's call since it will be available to all audio apps.

Right now I will only load an image when the playlist starts and when a song changes so the audio app has to respond to the keystrokes I explain here
http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=2...ostcount=7. There is provision in the Hauppauge protocol to notify the client of this type of change but gbpvr doesn't use it (with the Hauppauge software this is how some OSD is updates are done). It might be something for the future. I might be able to update the image when the screen saver update fires but it might be too jumpy especially with the default.

MLPanel becomes dependent on ML or ML2/3 passing the information so sub and psycik have to be involved. Sub will also have to allow passing jpg through the web server. I am using Simese now to test it.

Martin

[ACTCMS]

Looks' good. I'd prefer something other than MAC- unless you just want to use .GetClientIdentifier() with the space. in

Not sure what you mean - I'd thought that "MAC-000DFE008BF8.jpg" would be unique.

Right now I will only load an image when the playlist starts and when a song changes so the audio app has to respond to the keystrokes I explain here
http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=292695&postcount=7. There is provision in the Hauppauge protocol to notify the client of this type of change but gbpvr doesn't use it (with the Hauppauge software this is how some OSD is updates are done). It might be something for the future. I might be able to update the image wandardhen the screen saver update fires but it might be too jumpy especially with the default.

Remember that MLPanel refreshes it's self at least once every screen saver refresh interval.

MLPanel becomes dependent on ML or ML2/3 passing the information so sub and psycik have to be involved. Sub will also have to allow passing jpg through the web server. I am using Simese now to test it.

Martin

The current dev version of MLpanel has a Photo Slide Show feature which can run as a screen saver whether you are playing music or not, so I a lot of the time I re-render based on the screen saver refresh interval - so is it possible to refresh the PCH in this way - how is the standard screen saver handled on the PCH?

Alex

[mvallevand]

Not sure what you mean - I'd thought that "MAC-000DFE008BF8.jpg" would be unique.

I guess it just seems redundant and too different. The current NMT playlist uses MVP000DFE008BF8.pls and transcoded files would be MVP000DFE008BF8.mp3 Logically it would be MVP000DFE008BF8.jpg

Remember that MLPanel refreshes it's self at least once every screen saver refresh interval.

Yes I know, and I test what happens with this.

The current dev version of MLpanel has a Photo Slide Show feature which can run as a screen saver whether you are playing music or not, so I a lot of the time I re-render based on the screen saver refresh interval - so is it possible to refresh the PCH in this way - how is the standard screen saver handled on the PCH?

While the PCH is playing audio the screen saver is a silly yellow floodlight that moves aorund the screen. psycik and sub will also have to decide if they want to update the screen in playlist mode.

I think the Photo slide show has promise and it certainly could work. The other issue is preserving space on the screen to show the ID3 tag data. Also the next version the PCH firmware displays album art stored in ID3 V2 so the GBPVR output would have to be better.

Martin

[ACTCMS]

The naming convention

MVP000DFE008BF8.jpg

should not be a problem. Do you still want a .png as well?

Both Jaggy and I are very happy with the photo slide show on the MVP - Jaggy has designed a series of MLPanel views which display photos or album art (if music is playing) combined with various levels of ID3 tag detail. Album art can be embedded or folder.

Alex