Screen Saver

**forza** · 2004-01-28 22:13

fixed.

floink · 2004-01-28 22:23

great job forza! i really like it.

don't know if i'm right here but i believe that when the matrix scr is running i can still see the background shine through. in the black areas i can see traces of the album art and the round retro icon on the start screen of the retro skin. is there some kind of gamma or alpha channel (don't really know what i'm talking about here but still) that isn't really set to 100% black or something?

/floink

**forza** · 2004-01-28 23:26

umm - it does use alpha channels to fade the characters out (and the screen that was showing when it activated) - can't say i've seen this behaviour myself, but then maybe i'm not looking hard enough Smile

i'll check it out ...

Hullebulle · 2004-01-29 01:07

oh another thing i noticed: dim and black screen does the same for me. both end in a black screen the second they start.

and another thing. the screensaver won't start for some ppl (same for me, but now it works and i don't know why). any idea why it won't work for some ppl.

floink · 2004-01-29 10:55

though it's small, i can see the difference here.

@forza: maybe the difference between 7%dim and black is to small? or even better; an adjustable value?

@hullebulle: maybe obvious but; have you tried adjusting your tvs brightness/contrast to see if that is why you don't see the difference?

/floink

**forza** · 2004-01-29 13:03

the screensaver might not start if it can't find the font files - make sure you've got the matrix8.xpr file in your fonts folder for the skin you are using. also make sure the fonts.xml file has a reference to the matrix font - see the cvs copy of fonts.xml for the exact text.

i'll have a play with the percentages tonight and look to see if having a parameter works nicely.

Hullebulle · 2004-01-29 15:47

(floink @ jan. 29 2004,09:55 Wrote:@hullebulle: maybe obvious but; have you tried adjusting your tvs brightness/contrast to see if that is why you don't see the difference?

to be honest i didn't check if my tv brightness is just set to low. will check it out. but i guess you are right and 7% alpha is to low to be recognized by me (and my tv settings).

Frodo · 2004-01-29 20:33

fixed the screensaver startup problem
frodo

**forza** · 2004-01-29 23:32

added a user defined fade level for the screen saver and also fixed the matrix trails so that blank characters do not appear.

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floink Senior Member Posts: 384 Joined: Oct 2003 Reputation: 0 Location: Sweden	2004-01-29 10:55 Post: #15 though it's small, i can see the difference here. @forza: maybe the difference between 7%dim and black is to small? or even better; an adjustable value? @hullebulle: maybe obvious but; have you tried adjusting your tvs brightness/contrast to see if that is why you don't see the difference? /floink
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Frodo Team MediaPortal Posts: 509 Joined: Sep 2003	2004-01-29 20:33 Post: #18 fixed the screensaver startup problem frodo
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