noob with a couple of questions

riffraff · Post by **riffraff** » April 8th, 2007, 2:12 pm

Hi guys, i just made my first LCD screen and got it working with this app but got a couple of questions (sorry if these are in wrong place)

my screen is a 1x16 parrellel HD44780 type

i'm hoping to replace with a 4x20 soon but wanted to get it running as nice as possible before deciding on new display type

question 1. under vers 5.3.2 it works fine when "use alternitive addressing" is ticked but under 5.4 i get half a screen i have tried the parramiters a couple of times to no luck what should it be set to? eg $378[,1,a1]

question 2. the WMP11 plug in (under 5.3.2) i got the creative pack and media player shows it but $dll(wmpblog,2,0,0) give output of "0" at all times $dll(wmpblog,1,0,0) gives a blank space what am i doing wrong? does that need 5.4?

question 3. i like the $Bar($CPUUsage%,100,10) bar can a version of that show the volume level? if so easy to ajust or new plugin needed?

sorry if some of these are basics but any help on any of the 3 would be great

Zavi · Post by **Zavi** » April 8th, 2007, 4:56 pm

3: $bar(current_value,maximum,lenght_of_bar)
you need plugin for volume: http://forums.lcdsmartie.org/viewtopic. ... 46&start=0

$Bar($dll(volume,4,0,0),100,16)

riffraff · Post by **riffraff** » April 8th, 2007, 7:01 pm

thanks for that it will be helpful on the 4x20 one but a bit of a missunderstanding (or badly explaned)for the moment

i was meaning abit like the volumes output like a graphic eq but left to right rather than up down (Think KITT from knightrider's voice uint above the gear stick but horz not vert)

Post by **mattcro** » April 8th, 2007, 9:02 pm

Ah, you mean a peak level meter type display? Or a horizontal spectrum display? I haven't come across anything like that for Winamp (only the standard vertical spectrum display), so I don't know if there is any way to do it...

riffraff · Post by **riffraff** » April 8th, 2007, 9:58 pm

well thanks anyway just thought it would be nice for when i get the 4 line one made, was hoping to look like this

Garbage Cherrylips
Left [][][][][][][]
Right [][][][]
Volume 80%

left and right changing as sound increase and decrease
any pointers would be nice

the wmp11 bloging plugin needed a reboot to kick in for blogging to start then wmp coding added BEFORE wmp11 opened now working 100%

anyone any advice on the 1st point? ("use alternitive addressing" code for 5.4)