plugin for mediaportal

[Sentinel]

http://www.team-mediaportal.com/

Mediaportal have external display plugin, but this plugin is very simple :( No bignum, no spektrum analyser, no winamp display. Please make a working version from mediaportal lcd smartie plugin.

bye

[SWIIM]

I am also looking for a plugin

[EvylRat]

Is this the one?

http://www.team-mediaportal.com/files/startdown/113/

[EvylRat]

That plugin does not work.

[EvylRat]

Anyone else have an idea on this? Only thing I can think of is have LCD Smartie show a blank page when media portal runs, and use mediaportal's own built in screen. BUT I'd preferan LCD Smartie method.

[Robbie Rotten]

I'd love something to allow LCDsmartie and MediaPortal to acknowledge each other.

The existing plugin doesn't work for 5.4 and 1.00 respectively.

I did try to highjack the WinAmp side by pointing it at the MediaPortal exe, but that didn't work and the two applications fought for the screen to create a mess of a display.

Can anyone make LCDSmartie and the MiniDisplay plugins co-exist

[usling]

i get lots of errors when using that plugin with LCDSmartie 5.4.1 and Mediaportal 1.0.2

lcd says: [Dll: No bridge func]

when i use these commands

$dll(LCDMediaPortal.dll,6,CurrentFile,)
$dll(LCDMediaPortal.dll,4,,cycle)


edit: i found another plugin that works, check post below

[usling]

Working plugin for Mediaportal with LCDSmartie!

you find it here:
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/compone ... fo/id,159/

I have vista 32bit, mediaportal 1.0.2, and lcdsmartie 5.4.1, and it works. I have some issues with special swedish characters like ???, but thats a minor issue i will solve.


It is a bit hard to set up, but i will guide you. There is a manual for the plugin, but i find it very confusing.

Simple step-by-step setup guide:

1. download it, and extract the contents of \C.All.zip\AddOns\Smartie 5.3\plugins\ to your lcdsmartie plugin directory.
Also, copy the contents of \C.All.zip\MediaPortal into your \programs\MediaPortal folder.

2. Make sure you disable the MiniDisplay plugin for mediaportal in your Mediaportal configuration-program (enable advanced options if you can't find the plugin), or it may try to use your display. Then enable the C.All plugin. Hit Config button to set it up.

3. C.All settings
Hardware tab: select the size of your display
Client tab: check iMon,....,Smartie checkbox only.
Data tab: make sure "send screens" is enabled.
Screen tab: here you can change the info to show on your display. I don't fully understand this yet, but it is here you make the changes

4. Set up lcdsmartie:
These lines are good for starting. I use the first two only for my 2x16 display.

screen:
$dll(MPSmartie.dll,1,Line1,0)
$dll(MPSmartie.dll,1,Line2,0)
$dll(MPSmartie.dll,1,Line3,0)
$dll(MPSmartie.dll,1,Line4,0)

Set the screen to sticky, but not enabled.

actions:
if $dll(AppState,1,MediaPortal,) = 1 then GotoScreen (18) (or whatever screen you use)
if $dll(AppState,1,MediaPortal,) = 0 then NextScreen

get AppState plugin here: http://forums.lcdsmartie.org/viewtopic. ... t=appstate or use another alternative if you want. These actions make lcdsmartie use this screen only, until you quit mediaportal. If you want to continue to cycle between screens you use EnableScreen (18) and DisableScreen (18) instead of Gotoscreen and Nextscreen.

This make lcdsmartie display exactly what C.All gets from Mediaportal. If you want to change what's shown, edit the screens in C.All screen tab.




If you have any problems, read manual, ask here, or ask in the official thread for the plugin:
http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/plugi ... ht=smartie
Page 4 in that thread has more info about smartie