iMONDisplayPlugin Release

[pBS]

yeah! working i'm getting Ch13: KTRK in Currentfile and KTRK in ChanneName..you da man, i tried find ch info and couldn't find it either..

typically i like to have it say 'TV ch13:KTRK' in upper line to replace CurrentActivity when in livetv..
don't want it to have to alter data too much in smartie cuz it is limited to how much can be altered on one line..

i was hoping we could get a couple of entries like a basic line1 and line2 key for non-tweakers that displays:
for upper line, just 'Video', 'Music', 'TV ch#:chName', or idle msg when not playing anything.. [note ch#/name in top line,replacing LiveTV, so not output to currentfilename,we want show titleubtitle playing on that channel currently on bottom]
oh and could we add user text to time idle line? [n/m it works already just added text to time format! now mine looks like "12:00 -=nPvr=- "]
bottom line, current file/livetvshow "titleubtitle" as seen in db for videos/livetv/dvd, mp3 info for music, and separate keys for next rec an current rec so smartie could append those when they exist...
separated entries are great for tweakers, but need a plug n go setup for most...
only other thing i can think of is maybe a nice custom char for recording icon..[doable by just having custom msg strings]

oh, the reg reading problem was with registryreader.dll plugin from main site, it was balking on empty reg entries for me..Myreg.dll doesn't.
[myreg is from forums]
both can test for existance of reg entry as well, but like i said, using too much of that logic can lead to extremely long and unreadable smartie lines..

almost there tho...now just need titleubititle lookups... [tricky i'm sure, old ver was easy comparatively]
but you can chop off everything past the _ in file names to get title at least for now..
thanx so much for all your hard work...

btw, here's my line for now, almost everything working properly, i just had to use regexp on 2nd line to chop off dates from filenames..

Code:

Text01="$dll(myreg,1,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\npvrlcd\ProcessedData,CurrentActivity)"
Text02="$dll(regexp.dll,1,[^_]*,$dll(myreg,1,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\npvrlcd\ProcessedData,CurrentFile)) "

oh and for dvd's it shows video_ts, but it needs parent dir of that, so 2 dirs up would give the named folder..eg: \the hangover\video_ts\ we need the second dir up..[the hangover] but for actual discs there's a diff mechanism..

[mila06]

Hi Nick

I have one of those new imon vfd, and i am running your plugin in Imon-mode. Everything is fine with nPvr!

I have a thought(!): Soundgraph have not made the change of the vfd-standby-text a part of the api. I would like to have the time and title of the next recording in the vfd, when the mediacenter is in standby.
They are storing the lines in both imon.ini(close upper and close lower) and in reg under [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SOUNDGRAPH\iMON]. However it seemes to be using the Imon.ini information only. I can just edit "Close upper" and "Close Lower" but unfortunately i have to restart the imon software(i think it only reads the settings at startup), so that i not the way to go.

[pBS]

actions section to switch to screen 2 based on empty reg entry: [and back to 1 when there is something there]

Code:

[Actions]
Action01Variable=$dll(Myreg,1,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\npvrlcd\ProcessedData,CurrentActivity)
Action01Condition=2
Action01ConditionValue=
Action01Action=GotoScreen(2)
Action02Variable=$dll(Myreg,1,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\npvrlcd\ProcessedData,CurrentActivity)
Action02Condition=5
Action02ConditionValue=
Action02Action=GotoScreen(1)

cut n paste into your actions section in config.ini, and make anythign you want on screen 2..i'm using: [make both screens sticky]

Code:

Text01="$Time(hh:nn)"
Text02="$dll(Myreg,1,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\npvrlcd\ProcessedData,NextRecInfo)"

Enjoy

[pBS]

for sleep msg, i just detect sleep an hotkey over to a diff screen in smartie and kill smartie, freezing display till resume, when i restart smartie..

p.s. the "R" is working for display, but should only be used on currently recording files, not next,etc..and be on both sides w/no spaces...RshowR


OOOO, i found out you can put whole smartie dll cmds in reg, and they work! so when we have custom strings, you could put an animation as your custom string, and utilize a dll inside it.. like i put in NextRecording key: $dll(Myreg,1,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\npvrlcd\ProcessedData,CurrentDateTime) and smartie showed datetime!
we could use that for placing say an animation instead of a string, or custom chars, even international stuff..
i'll work on a small timeline bar graph since all the needed data is there..should be simple
cooooool...

[pBS]

oh, btw, have fun while you're away! well done...
and ain't Sub quick on those replies? i swear he must be teaching his young'uns to answer the forums or clones or something...hehe
sweet...

[kindt nick]

Hi Nick

I have one of those new imon vfd, and i am running your plugin in Imon-mode. Everything is fine with nPvr!

I have a thought(!): Soundgraph have not made the change of the vfd-standby-text a part of the api. I would like to have the time and title of the next recording in the vfd, when the mediacenter is in standby.
They are storing the lines in both imon.ini(close upper and close lower) and in reg under [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SOUNDGRAPH\iMON]. However it seemes to be using the Imon.ini information only. I can just edit "Close upper" and "Close Lower" but unfortunately i have to restart the imon software(i think it only reads the settings at startup), so that i not the way to go.

It is not something I can test myself, though, next week I'm going to update the VFD section based on the changes I've made to the Registrymode.
I will keep your suggestion in mind. But this would imply to rewrite the whole plugin so it would run in a seperate thread.

Still, I don't have VFD hardware so you will have to support me on this.
Also, I'm not familiar with the recorind system.
Does nPVR get the HTPC out of standy mode when a recording is programmed?

Also, this would imply to write to the registry & restart the iMON Manager just before going to standby mode.
Correct?

grtz,
Nick.

[pBS]

i'll see if i can't whip up something to set suspend msg for users w/smartie....
[i've been using this method for a while now, works great,but still have to test in win7]
only works with smartie tho..[but works with any hardware that has persistent display msg in suspend mode that smartie supports]

and yes Nick, npvr wakes computer to record on schedule..then back to sleep after...[no monitor on tho, kindof half-awake]

[pBS]

good results so far using away mode...i'm just setting away mode then goto screen3 on smartie then kill it with screen3 up, then cancel away mode and let it suspend...
on resume it restarts smartie and all is back to normal..
will need someone else with smartie setup to test..seems my imon won't stay on while sleeping, tho my nMedia vfd does...
[i thought it used to, but tested on 2 machine with win7 and same..]

[pBS]

p.s. tclearing registry data also clears next recording info...we need that not to be cleared...or clear current activity when npvr closes when setting to clear is off.....
[so we know when npvr has closed from registry]

[pBS]

hey Nick, still out there? did we wear you out?
was wonderin if we could get that next info to stay?
everything else working great so far..