xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

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xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby wesblack on Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:19 am

In the next week or two we are going to be working on getting the multiple displays working again, display (0,1) etc. in V3 among other new ideas and features we have for multiple displays. So this will be the area for ongoing testing and feedback.

Stay Tuned.....! :D




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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby billberet on Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:46 pm

You hear that Bill.

your prayers have been answered, lol
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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby cmhardwick on Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:36 pm

WOOHOO! :)
Looking forward to it!
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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby Bill Lott on Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:18 pm

Great news Wes!!!!!! My wish list is complete. Now I'm not sure what to ask for....

Thanks!
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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby cmhardwick on Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:39 pm

Hmmm, other ideas for multiple displays? Now you're just teasing us ;)
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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby wesblack on Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:34 pm

Update V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

We have the display 0, 1 and some new options and tools working. Steven is just finishing up some minor issues. I think a release will be ready by next week for testing. :D





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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby wesblack on Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:16 am

Here is a few details on xLobby display 0, 1.

1. The ability to decide which xLobby media players will render on display 1, etc.

2. The new rendering system will allow you to playback content on display 1 while display 0 can navigate to any menu
and not interfere with content playback on display 1 unless the user wants to.

3. Reverse the rolls of display 0 and display 1.

4. The ability to run multiple instances of xLobby on a single machine with 3 displays and launch them independently to different displays, one xLobby on display 0 and the other xLobby on display 1.This type of setup allows xLobby to use a dual graphics card and the additional single VGA graphic card to display video as follows, ((Extended) setup the dual graphic card can output component video to a large plasma, lcd, projector, etc and the VGA output to drive a VGA touchscreen using Calrads S3 card each resolution can be resized pixel by pixel independently, so 720P on component and 1024 x 768 to the touchscreen. This allows xLobby 1.exe to provide movie playback on the component output and simultaneous menu control to VGA output for touchscreen 1. The single VGA graphic card will display xLobby 2.exe and this touchscreen can show and control xLobby 2.exe independently like its running on its on hardware.

The other possible setup is using xLobby 2.exe and the dual graphic card, (Mirrored) component and VGA outputs, with the single VGA graphic card output for control using xLobby2.exe as a fat client in mimic mode.

On xLobby V2 we sucessfully ran 5 xLobby.exes on a single machine with 5 VGA outputs to 5 touchscreens all in differnt menus controlling multiple audio zones, screens etc all on a single xLobby machine.

Exact features and details will be posted with the release.


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Control on display 0, Playback on display 1
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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby Jay on Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:25 pm

Nice!
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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby cmhardwick on Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:17 pm

me like, me like :D
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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby billberet on Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:13 pm

Hey Wes.
currently i do this at the hardware level.
when i configure my xlobby multiple monitor support, does #2 still work in my case

2. The new rendering system will allow you to playback content on display 1 while display 0 can navigate to any menu
and not interfere with content playback on display 1 unless the user wants to.



currently, when i back out of media player, the video stops playing on the tv.
i am using the CCC in theater mode. (catylist control center)
so what you are saying is now if i back out of media player, the movie will still play on the tv while
i click thru menus inside XL, and the movie will only stop when i go back into media player and hit the 'stop' button.
is this correct?


thanks again
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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby wesblack on Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:20 am

Playback will continue on the movie rendering screen so you can go to any xLobby menu you want. Options will include reversing the display 0 and display 1.

For example:

A. Display 0 = control and display 1 = movie

B. Display 0 = movie and display 1 = control

Again there will be some new options and features that we will continue to develope and add as we move forward.






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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby wesblack on Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:26 am

Update....!

We did more testing today and display 0 and 1 is back in V3 and better then before. We should have a release by Friday. :D





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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby Bill Lott on Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:19 am

and my wife thought nothing could get me away from the TV watching The Masters this weekend....

Great news.
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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby samsonlov on Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:51 am

Fantastic!!! :D I can't wait to see the documentation.
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Re: xLobby V3 Display 0,1 Etc.

Postby billberet on Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:13 pm

it's a good start but i still have many issues with this new version
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