CdRsKuLL

When you first install it it asks you.. so I remember reading.. This all sounds very good, but way over my head. Trying to think what can I do to help.. There's alway the file sharing hub thats running.. ;-) Also I liked the way in frodo you could select 2 different skins a day and a night, not just a gamma adjust.. anyway I will keep watching to see if I can lend a hand in anyway.

CdR

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millec

The first time you run it asks you where the skin is, but where does it store this value? I want to change it now that I have selected a permanent directory but can't figure out for the life of me where it is kept.

noodles

I think HU deserves a new forum/section.

CdRsKuLL

I also agree with a prev post about a system status page.. with temps of motherboard fan speeds, space on harddrives.. everything you see really when you do a /stat on irc if you know what I mean. This would be a greate idea. Also one of the main pains with mediacar when doing skins was there are 4 to do for each menu. If its possible to cut these down to just off and on, this would save loads of time for skinners.. ok you would lose your hover action, but if you are using a touchscreen this wouldnt really matter.

more mods

I like yhe four states, true the hover doent really do anything for touch, but not evryone uses touch screen. I vote leave it like it is!

NoPistonPC

Hey guys. Sorry, I've been away from the forums for a while, but I will address everyone's comments soon.

In the meantime, I've had some time this week (for the first time in almost a month) to work on headunit. Here is the latest Windows version (Linux version will be ready later today or tomorrow):

headunit-0.2.exe

Comments/bug reports appreciated. Note: I've only worked on the audio portion in this release. Next, I will do Video.

Few things still missing from audio:
1. Reading ID3 tags. (first on my TODO list)
2. Visualizations
3. Equalizer

I will do all of these before moving on to the Video.

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NoPistonPC

There is a new configuration dialog (thanks to knobby for getting started on this) that lets you change settings at any time. You can get to it from the main program by clicking on the "Appearance" button. Here you can re-sync the database, change your paths, change which file extensions are stored in the database, and choose which skin you want to use. Skins go in their own folder under the skins directory.

millec, the volume and other state information (current song, etc...) are now saved and restored properly. Also, all of your configuration problems should be addressed by this new config dialog.

cdrskull, that's a good suggestion, and it will be VERY easy to change the skinning code so that if the ON or DOWN files are missing, it will use the OFF file.

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NoPistonPC

Great! Thanks for the link. Now, I just need to buy an XMPCR.


The current size is hardwired to 800x480, but I will add the width and height as an option in the Configuration dialog so you can use any sized skin. Thanks for reminding me.

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NoPistonPC

Does anyone have info on how to get access to this information on windows and/or linux?

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Hexerei

Won't df -h work for the hard drive space information? I'm not sure how to get fan information as I havn't bothered with that in linux yet. Maybe use some stuff from the uptime command?

millec

I was able to use a mediacar skin 800x600 that was designed to "stretch". It worked perfectly.

millec

Thanks. I am running gentoo linux though. :-) I can be patient though.

Thanks,
--Craig

millec

Some of it is under /proc, the rest is available via the lm_sensors package. http://freshmeat.net/projects/lm_sensors/

--Craig

NoPistonPC

I run gentoo too, as well, also.

Anyway, the linux version is ready. You can grab the latest sources from CVS. Make sure you do a "cvs update -d" since the skins directory structure has changed. In fact, you may just want to delete everything and get the whole tree again...

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NoPistonPC

I implemented the change into headunit so that if either the on or down files are missing, it uses the off file. But, I just realized that I didn't even need to do that. If you don't want to make 4 different image files, just make the off and the empty ones and specify the off image for down and on in your skin file. For example, in Audio_Player.skin, change the third line from:

audio_player_empty.jpg,audio_player_off.jpg,audio_ player_on.jpg,audio_player_dow
n.jpg

to:

audio_player_empty.jpg,audio_player_off.jpg,audio_ player_off.jpg,audio_player_off.jpg

This should work with the original MediaCar program too.

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