ply3908 wrote:
I did a factory reset on my radio. I want to install the brightness
control patch again but not able to find it under Patch Installer
anymore.
I have LMS 7.9 Linux and the radio has 7.7.3-r16676 firmware.
It appears to be a bug in 7.9. On 7.8.1, the repo containing the
I did a factory reset on my radio. I want to install the brightness
control patch again but not able to find it under Patch Installer
anymore.
I have LMS 7.9 Linux and the radio has 7.7.3-r16676 firmware.
ply3908's
A new version has been uploaded to the beta repository. This has the
extra option to disable the gradually decrease in brightness to safe the
screen. You can test this version by adding the beta repository
(http://server.vijge.net/static/squeezebox/repo-beta.xml). You first
need to uninstall the
As the author of the brightness patch, Madler asked on my weblog if it
was possible to disable the brightness decrease when viewing photos. As
noted here, that decrease is there to save the screen a bit. It only
occurs when the brightness is set above 50%.
It's not that difficult to add to my
ralphpnj wrote:
I've tried just about every software fix, patch, etc. available to solve
the issue of the overly bright versus almost unlit (and therefore
unusable) Touch screen and none of them work as well as the simple
solution shown below. Please keep in mind that this Touch sits on a
The SBT is an OK image viewer except that brightness is dimmed once a
slideshow is started which is silly. No amount of fiddling i.e. Auto
brightness minimum brightness changes this as the ambient light sensor
over-rides settings.
Is there a way around this?
toby10 wrote:
You can turn off the auto brightness, set to manual, then adjust
brightness to desired level. Now it should always stay the same
brightness.
Not completely true, there is a slight dimming of the display which
always happens a few seconds after you stop touching the screen,
JohnSwenson wrote:
Not completely true, there is a slight dimming of the display which
always happens a few seconds after you stop touching the screen, this
will always happen, no matter what else is going on. My understanding
was that this was added to increase the life of the screen. There
505;698734 Wrote:
That's cool. Do the sliders look okay? The code for the radio is a bit
different from the touch. The sliders should have some nice buttons
with icons on both sides that you can press to move the slider up/down.
No idea what the standard sliders on the Radio should look
slartibartfast;698663 Wrote:
That seems to have fixed it. Excellent work.
That's cool. Do the sliders look okay? The code for the radio is a bit
different from the touch. The sliders should have some nice buttons
with icons on both sides that you can press to move the slider up/down.
No idea
505;698425 Wrote:
I would be good to know the error message, this might give me an idea
what I should fix. To get it, log in using SSH and type less
/var/log/messages. If you don't know SSH/Linux command shell, no
worries, I'm sure some other forum member could get the error message.
I
505;698425 Wrote:
I would be good to know the error message, this might give me an idea
what I should fix. To get it, log in using SSH and type less
/var/log/messages. If you don't know SSH/Linux command shell, no
worries, I'm sure some other forum member could get the error message.
Hope
slartibartfast;698620 Wrote:
Hope this is OK.
That certainly helped. Try installing the patch again, and see if it
works now.
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505
My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active'
(http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio)
505;698628 Wrote:
That certainly helped. Try installing the patch again, and see if it
works now.
Edit: it's a bit hit-or-miss if this will work. It's all the do with
the standard code for the brightness sliders. I through these were the
same for the Touch and the Radio, but there are
mherger;698167 Wrote:
I've just installed the latest version of the patch on my two Radios
after updating to the new firmware and I can't adjust any of the
automatic brightness settings. The screen just bumps. Is this a
known
problem or have I done something wrong?
If you've patched
slartibartfast;698274 Wrote:
Tried a factory reset and reinstalled the patch, still the same.
I've looked at the new version of LMS yet. Possibly the new version
changed something, so that the patch cannot be applied properly. I'll
update my system to 7.7.2 tonight, and fix the patch if
slartibartfast;698140 Wrote:
I've just installed the latest version of the patch on my two Radios
after updating to the new firmware and I can't adjust any of the
automatic brightness settings. The screen just bumps. Is this a known
problem or have I done something wrong?
Just to be clear,
505;698402 Wrote:
Just to be clear, you've added my beta repository XML and installed the
patch from there?
Based on the discussion in this thread, I released the new version of
the patch, which also includes settings for the automatic brightness
control. I only own a Touch, so I can only
slartibartfast;698417 Wrote:
Yes I installed the patch from the beta repository but I did not install
the latest version until after the latest firmware update so I don't
know if it worked with the previous firmware. Maybe another Radio owner
will confirm the problem.
I would be good to
I've just installed the latest version of the patch on my two Radios
after updating to the new firmware and I can't adjust any of the
automatic brightness settings. The screen just bumps. Is this a known
problem or have I done something wrong?
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slartibartfast
I've just installed the latest version of the patch on my two Radios
after updating to the new firmware and I can't adjust any of the
automatic brightness settings. The screen just bumps. Is this a known
problem or have I done something wrong?
If you've patched your firmware before the
I've tried just about every software fix, patch, etc. available to solve
the issue of the overly bright versus almost unlit (and therefore
unusable) Touch screen and none of them work as well as the simple
solution shown below. Please keep in mind that this Touch sits on a
night table right next
LOL...
You could use a different wallpaper on your Touch (for example a dark /
black one). That will make a lot of difference during the night. The
automatic brightness control works great but you need to adjust the
minimum brightness level to the most minimum setting.
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Pascal Hibon
1 x
stereoptic;694438 Wrote:
Very nice app, I installed it tonight. I haven't had a chance to
determine the settings that are best for me yet. I did notice that
after it installed and rebooted, the SBT was flickering until I went
into the settings and modified one. After that, it hasn't
Very nice app, I installed it tonight. I haven't had a chance to
determine the settings that are best for me yet. I did notice that
after it installed and rebooted, the SBT was flickering until I went
into the settings and modified one. After that, it hasn't flickered.
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stereoptic
Pascal Hibon;693548 Wrote:
If the now playing screen would work as a regular screensaver then your
plugin would not work anymore. Most states of the SBT are screensavers
(playing, stopped and off). So there would be no difference between the
SBT in the off state and playing state. Or am I
I have been playing around with the plugin and I'm happy to report that
the plugin does exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again for your
help and efforts!
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Pascal Hibon
1 x SB3, 1 x SB Boom, 1 x SB Radio and 1 x SB Touch - all wireless
ReadyNAS NVX running LMS 7.7.1. w iTunes plugin
Pascal Hibon;693460 Wrote:
I have been playing around with the plugin and I'm happy to report that
the plugin does exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again for your
help and efforts!
Good to hear. The only 'problem' left is the now playing screen saver,
which is not detected as a screen
505;693508 Wrote:
Good to hear. The only 'problem' left is the now playing screen saver,
which is not detected as a screen saver. There's a 'thread'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93906) about this
problem, and the 'bug report'
JJZolx;693092 Wrote:
I wonder if we'll ever see any real enhancements to the Touch's
interface. It's always seemed unfinished to me, and now appears to be
nearly abandoned.
That would be pitty. I dont think this kind of modifictaion is very
difficult to implement. And it makes a lot sense
505;693239 Wrote:
The beta version of the patch is ready for testing. You can test it by
adding an additional repository to the plugin list (web interface
settings plugins way down below). The URL is:
http://server.vijge.net/static/squeezebox/repo-beta.xml
Go into the patch menu,
1. True. Hadn't noticed that before, even with the old patch. The
NowPlaying screen is not really a screen saver. I use a standard
function to detect if a screen saver is running, and with the now
playing screen is always returns false.
Still, in that case, the patch will always take the active
505;693309 Wrote:
What you write below that, I think the current patch can do that
(unless I'm still misreading your post):
For example:
- set active max to 100% and active min to 50%. Now, when playing, the
brightness will never go below 50%.
- set screensaver max to 100% and
Okay, now I understand what you want. This is certainly possible, but I
have to look closely at the design. Two things that I want to focus
on:
- The settings should easy to use, even for the casual user
- It's a patch, so I do not want to rewrite the existing file too much,
only add stuff.
That
Thats sounds very good! Thanks for your efforts so far.
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Pascal Hibon
1 x SB3, 1 x SB Boom, 1 x SB Radio and 1 x SB Touch - all wireless
ReadyNAS NVX running LMS 7.7.1. w iTunes plugin
iPeng on iPod Touch.
SqueezePad iPeng on iPad.
I like the Automatic brightness control too. I think the brightness
should be at full bright when the radio or touch is being navigated via
remote/touch screen/buttons.
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ply3908
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Pascal Hibon;692808 Wrote:
I have filed an enhancement bug for this behavior. So anyone who would
see this enhancement in future release please vote on bug 17908:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17908
I wonder if we'll ever see any real enhancements to the Touch's
interface.
I have filed an enhancement bug for this behavior. So anyone who would
see this enhancement in future release please vote on bug 17908:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17908
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Pascal Hibon
1 x SB3, 1 x SB Boom, 1 x SB Radio and 1 x SB Touch - all wireless
ReadyNAS NVX running
Or you can use the patch I wrote for this exact problem. After the patch
is applied, switch to the manual mode. When playing, the normal
brightness setting is used. When stopped, or switched off, the minimum
brightness setting is used.
To install, first enable 3rd party plugins. Then install the
I already had that patch installed but it wasnt working. Now I know
why: I had the Touch set to automatic brightness control instead of
manual (which is required for your plugin to work).
Your plugin will solve my issue when playing music in the evening but
it creates a new issue: the display
Pascal Hibon;692822 Wrote:
The ideal solution would be to use autoamatic brightness control but
limit the minimun treshold to a certain level (configurable) when
playing. Could you modify your patch to do that?
Just to understand, you want the following:
- When stop: always the minimum
I use the automatic brightness control and have set the minimum
brightness to the minimum setting. The automatic brightness control
seems to work very well for most cases. Especially at night, the
display is very dim which is how I like it.
The only thing that bothers me about the brightness
I hear ya. I usually just manually lower the brightness.
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