Solution: Media info on 2nd screen

This is good stuff, this should in theory work on all platforms, no?

Although not tested by me, I also think that this script should work on any platform.
It only uses documented features of the HTTP API, and the scripting behaviour of Firefox as webclient should be the same on all platforms, as well...

Hi,
still love your tool. Unfortunately I don't know how to let Firefox start-up in full screen mode (like pressing F11 button). Can one of you maybe give me a hint how to start it up always in 800x600 full screen mode without borders?
Thanks

There are a few Firefox Add-ons out there, that can accomplish fullscreen on startup.

Take a look at https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/1568, for example.

I have a Zalman HD160XT plus (with 7"LCD). And this works very nice. I open up this in Firefox in fullscreen.
Only problem is, how do I start firefox AFTER xbmc is started? I am using Linux.

Also it can use a bit of styling, but it works very good for now! thanks!

Ubuntux, I think a shellscript like the following should do the trick to start Firefox somewhat delayed.


Regarding style:
I'm totally with you, the style is by far not perfect, but I'm not really a style-artist. If you have suggestions about the style - feel free to make some Photoshop drafts, if I like them I will try re-code the script to match your suggestion.

@Admins:
Since it's now confirmed to work on Linux, too - could you please move this thread out of the Windows specific section?

Is this still being worked on? I have some photoshop skills and can contribute to make it look prettier.

I'm not really working on this ATM, since I have reached a state which more or less matches my personal demands.

Though, there have been a few small tweaks over the last months (especially after the release of Dharma), so I will post the current version in a few days (not at home ATM) - would be great if someone else is willing to contribute.

And if there are some interesting suggestions to make it better / prettier / faster, there is a good chance that I will restart working on the code as well, since I really like the idea of having a perfect, tidy, little info-app on the built-in 2nd screen of my mediacenter (one of the very few things XBMC is missing) :-)

This looks great, did you remove the file? Says requested file is deleted...

Triam, have you considered turning this into an addon? Not really sure how much more work would be involved, but then XBMC could host it in the repository.