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Yes as long as LCDproc supports the LCD then it should work. LCDproc will also handle the different sizes so if xbmc sends 4 lines to LCDproc and you only have a 2 line display it will know to only display the first 2 lines.
Unfortunately the LCDproc driver I have for my USB LCD (2 line) does not support contrast/brightness yet so I couldn't add in support for either setting. I'll see if I can pick another one up from eBay and get that implemented.
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I've got a silverstone lc16m case (imon 2 line vfd) gave this a whirl last night with current svn. Is it supposed to display anything other than the time? Mythtv displays menus and video info such as channel and recording status but xbmc only displays the current time.
I'm not asking for support or reporting a bug. I was just wondering if anything other than the time should be being displayed?
cheers for the patch!
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ok i think i just answered my own question by looking at a couple of files in the svn. It is now my understanding there is a system setting in xbmc to turn on support.
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Is it just me, or is the VFD/LCD not working anymore with the latest build?!? It just displays a blinking "cursor" and no information...
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Oh my, forgot to rename lcd.xml! Sorry, forget my last post...
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Sure thing:
xbmc/linux/XLCDproc.cpp
The errors could very well be in the code as it's just a basic implementation of a LCDProc client.