Screen Saver

**forza** · 2004-01-11, 03:47

hi all,

i've just submitted a patch to sourceforge which gives an idle activity screen saver. pretty basic stuff to be honest, i just drop the gamma map down to 7% - when a button/trigger/etc. is pressed on the pad i restore the gamma map back to it's original state. end user can configure the timeout length (in seconds) in the xboxmediacentre.xml file. obviously leave things well alone when fullscreen video is playing or when the visualisation is active.

hope this is of interest, now i've got an idea on how it all hangs together i'll start looking into something a bit more complicated

Frodo · 2004-01-11, 12:19

thanx a lot forza,
i integrated it in cvs
frodo

Hullebulle · 2004-01-11, 18:43

forza: maybe you wanna look into adding and advanced screensaver too. maybe the matrix screensaver from mxm? :d
--> http://sourceforge.net/tracker....=817632

**forza** · 2004-01-12, 00:29

sure - i'll take a look. are they hosting their source anywhere in particular? 'usual places' seems a bit poorly at the moment so can't check there.

Hullebulle · 2004-01-12, 15:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by (forza @ jan. 11 2004,23:29)

sure - i'll take a look. are they hosting their source anywhere in particular? 'usual places' seems a bit poorly at the moment so can't check there.

yeah its not easy to find source although it is opensource (gpl). i uploaded it here.

**forza** · 2004-01-13, 21:57

cool - many thanks for that. i'll have a play and see what i can come up with ...

MrMario64 · 2004-01-28, 16:24

seems you did it, but it's not full screen on pal. (matrix saver)
could you take a look at it?

thanx for the great work, looks awesome.

**forza** · 2004-01-28, 17:55

is it full width, but not full height?

Hullebulle · 2004-01-28, 19:41

yep the high is the problem. there is a 40pixel at the bottom in pal. if its hard to adjust it to resolutions maybe you can just make it uberbig. i think it wouldn't matter if the glyphs start and end offscreen.

**forza** · 2004-01-28, 20:29

thanks for that; i'll check it out tonight.

2004-01-11, 03:47	#1
forza Team-XBMC Developer Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 294	hi all, i've just submitted a patch to sourceforge which gives an idle activity screen saver. pretty basic stuff to be honest, i just drop the gamma map down to 7% - when a button/trigger/etc. is pressed on the pad i restore the gamma map back to it's original state. end user can configure the timeout length (in seconds) in the xboxmediacentre.xml file. obviously leave things well alone when fullscreen video is playing or when the visualisation is active. hope this is of interest, now i've got an idea on how it all hangs together i'll start looking into something a bit more complicated __________________ Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.

2004-01-11, 12:19	#2
Frodo Team MediaPortal Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 509	thanx a lot forza, i integrated it in cvs frodo __________________ XBMC Project Founder (Retired), now head programmer of MediaPortal

2004-01-11, 18:43	#3
Hullebulle Fan Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,972	forza: maybe you wanna look into adding and advanced screensaver too. maybe the matrix screensaver from mxm? :d --> http://sourceforge.net/tracker....=817632 __________________ read the xbmc online-manual, faq and search the forums before posting! do not e-mail the xbmc-team asking for support! read/follow the forum rules! note! team-xbmc never have and never will host or distribute ms-xdk binaries/executables!

2004-01-12, 00:29	#4
forza Team-XBMC Developer Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 294	sure - i'll take a look. are they hosting their source anywhere in particular? 'usual places' seems a bit poorly at the moment so can't check there. __________________ Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.

2004-01-13, 21:57	#6
forza Team-XBMC Developer Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 294	cool - many thanks for that. i'll have a play and see what i can come up with ... __________________ Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.

2004-01-28, 16:24	#7
MrMario64 Team MediaPortal Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 192	seems you did it, but it's not full screen on pal. (matrix saver) could you take a look at it? thanx for the great work, looks awesome.

2004-01-28, 17:55	#8
forza Team-XBMC Developer Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 294	is it full width, but not full height? __________________ Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.

2004-01-28, 19:41	#9
Hullebulle Fan Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,972	yep the high is the problem. there is a 40pixel at the bottom in pal. if its hard to adjust it to resolutions maybe you can just make it uberbig. i think it wouldn't matter if the glyphs start and end offscreen. __________________ read the xbmc online-manual, faq and search the forums before posting! do not e-mail the xbmc-team asking for support! read/follow the forum rules! note! team-xbmc never have and never will host or distribute ms-xdk binaries/executables!

2004-01-28, 20:29	#10
forza Team-XBMC Developer Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 294	thanks for that; i'll check it out tonight. __________________ Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.

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