Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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 patch is loading okay. I've submitted a issue for it: https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver/issues/51 My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active' (http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio) 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] how to set the squeezebox as a audio playback device
If you want to stream music from your PC to Squeezebox, just install Logitech Media Server on that PC. 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96131 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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 current version, then install the beta version. 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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 patch. Al that is needed is an extra menu item, and an extra check on 'this line' (https://github.com/danielvijge/ReduceBrightness/blob/7.8/src/squeezeplay_fab4/share/applets/SqueezeboxFab4/SqueezeboxFab4Applet.lua#L471). The actual decrease is calculated two lines below, on '473' (https://github.com/danielvijge/ReduceBrightness/blob/7.8/src/squeezeplay_fab4/share/applets/SqueezeboxFab4/SqueezeboxFab4Applet.lua#L473). This wouldn't be too difficult to make, and probably I have some time to build a new version somewhere next week. I'll release that on the beta channel. Although I'm not quite sure if it is actually useful, because the decrease is minimal. For the timer functions mentioned by m4rk, that is more difficult, because it would require more code. Not sure yet if I'll do that, depends on my time, my interests, and if others are interested in such a feature. 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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 what the standard sliders on the Radio should look like. -- 505 My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active' (http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio) 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
slartibartfast;698620 Wrote: Hope this is OK. That certainly helped. Try installing the patch again, and see if it works now. -- 505 My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active' (http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio) 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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 needed. -- 505 My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active' (http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio) 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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, 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 test it on that device. Nothing changed in the code for 7.7.2, so the patch for the Touch is still working. I put together a version for the Radio, which I thought could work. Not sure, since I cannot test it. Could very well be that there is some error in the code for the radio. As for a fix: - I could either restore the old version, which does only better brightness control for the manual setting. Someone once reported that to work on the Radio - Or I need some help debugging the code on the Radio. I would be best if someone with some developers skills could assist. I'm sure the code is 99% complete, so it does not involve a lot of coding, only debugging making small changes until it works. -- 505 My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active' (http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio) 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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 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. -- 505 My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active' (http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio) 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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 flickered. Great to hear you like it. It reminds me to do some testing after a factory reset. With the new version, I only tested it by overwriting the older version. Some settings might be missing when first starting the patch. That's the only reason I can think of why this might happen. -- 505 My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active' (http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio) 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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 missing something? The automatic mode has an option to always thread the playing mode as active. If you enable that, and your playing, the active brightness settings are used, even if a screen saver is active. This could be useful if you are using a custom screen saver to display the information about the currently playing song. -- 505 My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active' (http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio) 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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 saver. There's a 'thread' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93906) about this problem, and the 'bug report' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17916) already has a patch to fix this. It might not be a problem for you, but others might prefer it differently. I'm waiting on the developers to respond, if this is a true bug, and will be fixed in an official release. Otherwise, I might publish it as a separate patch, or as part of this patch. -- 505 My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active' (http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio) 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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 brightness settings. These should still apply. 2. When a screen saver is on (e.g. the SBT is off), the patch can work as the default. Set the minimum and the maximum brightness setting, and it will stay between those values. 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 screensaver min to 0%. Now, when not playing, it can take any brightness available. -- 505 My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active' (http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio) 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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 being said, I'll try working on it. As soon as I have something, I'll publish it to the beta repository and send you a PM, so you can test it. -- 505 My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active' (http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio) 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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 patch installer plugin. After which you can install my 'Reduce Brightness Patch' See signature for a link with a bit more information. -- 505 My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active' (http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio) 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Automatic brightness control
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 brightness level - When playing: automatic brightness control, but never below the minimum Correct? I'll have to see if that is possible. -- 505 My patch: 'Reduce brightness when screen saver is active' (http://server.vijge.net/squeezebox/) for Touch (and maybe Radio) 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93829 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Podcasts - how and why not?
You can certainly play podcasts directly from the Touch. You need the Podcasts app for that. Go to www.mysqueezebox.com, log in, and add the app, under All Apps - Podcast services. You can add/modify/remove the podcast feeds through that web site. However, you can add the app itself to the main menu of the Touch, and from there you can select the podcast episode you want to play. -- 505 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89237 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Anyone else's Touch updated to 7.5.4?
See 'Upcoming Squeezebox software updates' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/announcement.php?f=12) announcement in the beta forum. -- 505 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86733 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Display light when in sleeping mode
When you set the brightness control to automatic, the Touch calculates the light intensity of its surroundings, and matches its brightness settings. So, if it's quite light in your room, then the brightness will be high. The minimum brightness is only set when it's dark (depending on how low your minimum setting is). That was frustrating for me too. I wanted full brightness when playing, but minimum brightness when stopped or off. I wrote a 'patch' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86538) for that, if you're willing to try. You'll need to install the patch installer plugin, and add my repository file to the additional plugins. -- 505 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86667 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Further Dim Display on 'When Off' Screensaver
Just go a Squeezebox Touch, and wanting this too. I've now achieved this by hacking the code a bit, but it's not the most elegant solution. Trying to write an applet to do this, once I find out how to properly code an applet. I you need this now, connect via SSH to your Touch, and modify the file /usr/share/jive/applets/SqueezeboxFab4/SqueezeboxFab4Applet.lua Line 139, replace getBrightness() with settings.minimalBrightness Line 229, replace self:getBrightness() with settings.brightness Restart. Now, after 10 seconds of not using the Touch, it will dim to the minimal brightness setting. When using the remote, or touch, it will set the brightness to the manual brightness setting. It only works when the brightness detection setting it set to manual. I hope a I can release a proper plug-in for this, with easy installation. -- 505 505's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85836 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
