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@@ -1,26 +1,6 @@ VDR Plugin 'graphlcd' Revision History ------------------------------------- -2011-02-13: version 0.1.9 -- fixed vdr 1.6.0 combatibility and several typos -- added SVDRP support (TomJoad): http://projects.vdr-developer.org/issues/488 -- added SPAN support (Mreimer): http://projects.vdr-developer.org/issues/523 -- new: logonames.alias is now named channels.alias, which is maintained by wbreu - - -2010-11-21: version 0.1.8 -- added --exclude .git in make dist -- code minimizing (http://www.vdrportal.de/board/thread.php?postid=955543#post955543) -- wrong recordinglength with vdr-1.7.x (http://projects.vdr-developer.org/issues/443) -- fixed NULL-pointer-exception when using UTF-8 and Freetype fonts (http://projects.vdr-developer.org/issues/457) - patches by Steve135 - http://www.vdrportal.de/board/thread.php?postid=955543#post955543 - - -2010-11-02: version 0.1.7 -- added wbreus logo pack (http://wbreu.htpc-forum.de/vdrplugins/vdrgraphlcdplugin/index.php) -- added utf8 conversion for correct display (http://projects.vdr-developer.org/issues/436) - - 2010-03-01: Version 0.1.6 - added UTF8 support (vdr-graphlcd-0.1.5-utf8_i18n.diff) - added include path graphlcd-base/ in Makefile @@ -28,7 +8,6 @@ VDR Plugin 'graphlcd' Revision History - changed FRAMESPERSEC to DEFAULTFRAMESPERSECOND (vdr-1.7.x) - modified Makefile for vdr-1.7.13 - 2007-02-25: Version 0.1.5 - added some missing includes - do LCD initialisation in display thread instead of during plugin initialisation to fix some issues with direct port accesses (thanks to TomJoad from vdr-portal.de) @@ -59,3 +38,425 @@ VDR Plugin 'graphlcd' Revision History set (thanks to Andreas Brachold). - Added support for VDR version 1.3.38 and up (thanks to Andreas Brachold). - Added logos for cable and terrestrial channels and modified some of the old + (thanks to Stefan Hußfeldt). + + +2005-09-17: Version 0.1.2 +- split off drivers to GraphLCD base package (libglcddrivers) +- split off graphics and font handling to GraphLCD base package + (libglcdgraphics) +- split off tools to GraphLCD base package +- adopted the plugin's code to use the new driver and graphics API +- removed low level driver settings from the plugin's setup page. They + are now located in the driver lirbrary's configuration file. +- display class: grouped current state values into some structures +- using a mutex for exclusive access on current state values +- moved current vdr state structures to new class cGraphLCDState based + on old cGraphLCDStatus class. +- completely rewritten logo list implementation +- further code revising +- added channel IDs for logonames.alias.1.3 for the DVB-T channels in Berlin + and probably other areas in Germany (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- now compiles with gcc 2.95 and 3.x +- added missing #includes +- made the plugin more thread-safe by making the global state variable + a member of the display class and correcting the initialization order. +- added possibility to switch on backlight at user activity and switch it off + at user inactivity (thanks to Andreas Brachold). Can be enabled or disabled + in setup menu. +- added additional space between progress bar and logo on small LCDs (thanks + to Andreas Brachold). +- added loopmode display in mp3 replay mode (thanks to Wolfgang Fritz). +- replaced usleep with cCondWait::SleepMs() for vdr version 1.3.14 or greater +- adapted to changes in vdr 1.3.18 +- now using verdana fonts converted by genfont as default for large displays. +- moved plugin initialisation to cPluginGraphLCD::Initialize and added a wait + for the start of the display thread to cPluginGraphLCD::Start to don't miss + first channel switch (thanks to wofritz from vdrportal.de) +- added rumanian translations (thanks to Lucian Muresan) +- Added support for Freetype2 fonts based on the patch by Lucian Muresan. +-- the fonts used by the plugin are no longer specified through symbolic + links to the font files but in a config file named fonts.conf that is + located in the graphlcd config directory (where logonames.alias is) +-- the entries in the fonts.conf file are defined in a URL like way, a prefix + gives the type of the font and a absolute or relative path gives the + font file, plus the size in case of freetype2 +-- I provided several sample fonts.conf files as a replacement for the old + symbolic links +- Fixed length of timebar in case event lasts longer. +- Added a patch for VDR 1.3.29 and up that adds a new method Tick() to the + cStatus class. This method is called from vdr's main task every second. The + patch should apply to older versions too, maybe small changes are needed. +- Now querying the replay state in the cStatus::Tick() method if available. +- Now loading config file in cPluginGraphLCD::Initialize and not in + ProcessArgs. So it is possible to view the help page without specifying + config file and display. +- Rearranged includes to prevent an compiler error regardings the swap + function. +- Added a check for EIT scanner activity in cGraphLCDState::ChannelSwitch + function to prevent showing channel logos during replay. +- Added a check for file extension in replay type identification (thanks to + Andreas Brachold). +- Added channel logos for Radio Eins (thanks to Andreas Brachold). + + + +2004-09-26: Version 0.1.1 +- fixed vdr 1.2 service id compile error +- fixed t6963 driver: added range check in Set8Pixels, now all sizes should + work +- new driver: gu256x64-3900, should support other sizes too (thanks to + Ralf Müller) +- Added, replaced and removed some channel logos (thanks to Marco Birkholz) +- Now using a channels unique channel ID (without Source, VDR-1.3) or service + ID (VDR 1.2) instead of channel names to identify the channel logo. +-- During this I have renamed almost all channel logos so it is needed to + replace your old /<vdr config directory>/plugins/graphlcd/ completely. +-- There are now two logonames.alias files, one for vdr 1.2 and the other one + for vdr 1.3, you maybe have to recreate the link, p. e. + "ln -sf logonames.alias.1.3 logonames.alias" if you have a vdr 1.3 version. +- added finnish translations (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg) +- fixed sed1520 driver: removed a unnecessary ReverseBits (thanks to Andreas + 'randy' Weinberger) +- modified gu140x32f driver +-- added possibility to choose type of wiring in setup menu (thanks to + Andreas Brachold) +- modified sed1330_2 driver +-- added support for several different types of wiring the lcd to the parallel + port, this is selectable in setup menu +-- added support for 6800 and 8080 mode for all wirings, selectable in setup + menu +- removed sed1130 driver and replaced it with sed1330_2 +- updated serdisplib support (thanks to Wolfgang Astleitner) +-- look in README.serdisplib for details +- fixed 100 percent CPU usage during volume changes if volume display is + disabled (thanks to Christoph Haubrich, Andreas Brachold) +- fixed cGraphLCDDisplay::WrapText (thanks to Lars Altenhain) +- fixed "special" ownership of logonames.alias files (thanks to Django from + vdrportal.de) + + + +2004-05-22: Version 0.1.0 +- modified hd61830 driver: +-- fixed bug in partly update +-- modified write method +- replaced sed1330 driver with roland praml's original patch +- modified sed1330 driver: +-- renamed control line names to reflect the controller's + specification a bit more +-- modified WriteCmd and WriteData +- modified sed1330_2 driver (thanks to Heinz Gressenberger and Roland Praml) +-- renamed control line names to reflect the controller's + specification a bit more +-- modified WriteCmd and WriteData +-- added possibility to change oscillator frequency through setup menu +-- added experimental support for 8080 operation mode (undef MODE6800 in + sed1330_2.c to test it) +-- commented out sleep calls, probably not needed any longer (please test this) +- added framebuffer device driver (thanks to Stephan Skrodzki) +-- README tells you how to use it +- added serdisplib driver (thanks to Wolfgang Astleitner) +-- README.serdisplib tells you how to use it +- fixed a bug in serdisplib driver that caused some flickering + (thanks to Wolfgang Astleitner) +- new GU256x64-372 driver (thanks to Andreas 'randy' Weinberger) +- fixed an error in T6963 driver's partial refresh when using auto mode +- new image driver that writes an image sequence in pbm format to /tmp +- made round rectangle type 4 looking rounder (thanks to Andreas + 'randy' Weinberger) +- text item display (programme information) now also contains title + and subtitle +- added up/down scrolling to text item display +-- fixed a bug with long texts in text items (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- fixed cGraphLCDSetup::CopyFrom: copy of ShowMenu was wrong +- fixed cGraphLCDSetup::CopyFrom: missing ModifiyReplayString +- simplified the display of the replay string +-- more than two lines are possible if they fit on screen +- modified uSleep and nSleep when using wait method 0: now tests if + value is greater than 0 before sleeping at least one microsecond +- added scroller widget, a single scrolling text line +-- extended Text, Char and CharProp of cGraphLCDLib to support this +-- using it for program information (present title and subtitle) +-- scroll speed (time interval and pixel increment) configurable in + setup menu +- fixed DisplayProgramm for small LCD's, no overlapping program + information texts with logo or symbols (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- fixed german translation of month march (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- added new, replaced some and deleted some old channel logos + (thanks to Hannes Stein for collecting, sorting and renaming the logos + from Holly, Hulk, Lola, C. Born, himself and providing a new + logonames.alias) +- added a lot of splash screens for 140x32, 128x64 and 240x128 LCD's + (thanks to Hannes Stein) +- included DisplayReplay Patch from Andreas Brachold +-- scrolling ReplayMessage +-- display of a replay-dependent logo (selectable in setup menu, replay + type identification has to be enabled for this) +-- improved display of time bar and indexes according to display size +-- just showing minutes and seconds for replays shorter than one hour +-- simplified DisplayProgramm +- further code revising and cleaning: +-- using STL string instead of char array strings for font and graphlib + functions +- some compilation fixes (thanks to Tobias Grimm) +- the Makefiles now have a proper install target (thanks to Tobias Grimm) +- fixed some memory leaks in logolist.c and some of the drivers + (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- showpic: now does a clean exit after "kill" (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- showpic: new command line parameter -t (timing) to select low level wait + method (thanks to Christian Gmeiner) +- fixed possible overlapping of replay string and progress bar with logo + (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- support for animated logos (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +-- extended plugin, convpic and showpic to support this +-- convpic now can read and write animations in tuxbox-aniplay-format +-- included some new animated replay logos +- now using usleep() instead of low level sleep functions from drivers/fct.h + in display.c (this reduces cpu load when gettimeofday wait method is used) +- new setup parameter "Identify replay type" that makes replay logos possible + without forced modifying of the replay's text +- revised README a little bit + + + +2004-03-06: Version 0.0.9 +- reworked driver interface: + - all drivers in one library + - static and dynamic linking of drivers possible (look for STATIC_DRIVERS + in Makefile) + - moved low level parallel port code to the new class cParallelPort + - cleaned up driver's code + - adopted plugin and showpic to this new interface +- gu140x32f updates (thanks to Andreas Brachold) + - brightness control through setup works now + - timing setup works now +- fixed cGraphLCDSetup::CopyFrom (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- removed memory leak in GraphLCDSetup (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- now using driver ID instead of driver name for driver creation + (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- setup menu: only show entries that are relevant for current driver + (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- added replay string modification, selectable in setup menu + (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- showpic: now clearing LCD buffer before displaying image, fixes error + when displaying image sequences (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- showpic: no double GraphLCDSetup any longer, wait settings now used + (thanks to Andreas Brachold for reporting this one) +- fixed segfault when font is not correctly loaded (Thanks to Andreas + Brachold) +- code revising and cleaning (not completed): + - extracted setup menu code from graphlcd.c to menu.c/menu.h + - extracted status monitor code from graphlcd.c to status.c/.h + - extracted logo code from graphlib.c/.h to logo.c/.h and + logolist.c/.h and using list and vector containers from STL for + storing the data + - showpic and plugin now share the same logo source code + - general: using new/delete instead of malloc/free (not completely yet) + - using STL's vector and string for storing menu entries + - general: using STL string instead of char array strings + - sleep functions from fct.c/.h and other are now part of driver library + (no double files) + - string functions from fct.c/.h are now in strfct.c/.h +- added new wait method using gettimeofday for kernel 2.6 users (thanks to + Henning 'fawkes') +- new default wait method: nanosleep_rr (same as in 0.0.7) +- updated ks0108 and sed1520 driver (thanks to Andreas Weinberger) + - drawing errors fixed + - code cleanups, adopted to new coding style + - ks0108: support for displays greater than 128x64 +- removed double ReverseBits from ks0108, sed1330 and sed1520 drivers +- new alternative sed1330 driver, supports more sizes, choose with "sed1330_2" + (modified original driver, thanks by to Heinz Gressenberger) + - please test it, maybe we can join these two +- improved volume display (thanks to Andreas Weinberger) + - now disappears correctly after approx. one second + - if muted, a symbol will be shown in symbol area and volume bar + - slightly modified display, bar has variable height now +- added RoundRectangle Method to graphic library + - both colors are possible now + - adopted display code to use this new function +- new logos for medium displays (thanks to Hannsens) +- fixed displaying wrong channel, logo, programme when a recording on primary + device starts (thanks to burki for reporting this one) + + + +2004-02-25: Version 0.0.8 +- added support for parport device +- added support for VDR version 1.3 (tested with 1.3.4) +- added display of free devices, selectable in setup menu + (thanks to Thomas Keil) +- inverted and round color buttons +- driver reset after certain setup changes +- choose the size of logos in setup (no, auto, medium, large) +- new 'compressed' mode for symbols (show only enabled symbols) +- Volume controls +- use of iopl() instead ioperm() (allows ports > 0x3ff) +- delayed update of the display in menu +- removed useless 'Good-Bye picture'. + You have to call showpic in shutdown script instead. +- display name of recording without subdirectories +- new SED1520 driver (thanks to Andreas 'randy' Weinberger). +- alias list for program names (logonames.alias) +- new SED1330 driver (thanks to Roland Praml). +- increased performance by using Set8Pixels() instead of SetPixel() + in Char() and CharProp() +- increased speed in menus (you might apply an included patch against + vdr to improve the speed even more...) +- added a cache for logos to reduce harddisk operations. +- a value of 0 for Refresh disables the complete refresh of the LCD +- added a setup option to disable the output to the LCD completely +- fixed bug displaying long SVDRP Messages (that couldn't be splitted + to more lines of text, because they didn't have any spaces) +- fixed bug with Rec icon. If multiple recordings were active and + one recordings has stopped, the Rec icon has been cleared although + the others recordings were still active. (thanks to Steffen Schoewitz + for reporting and fixing it) +- select alternative wiring for T6963 (WIRING_WINDOWS) + with setup parameter (plugin) and commandline parameter (showpic) +- improved timing of T6963 driver (thanks to Good) +- further improved timing of T6963 driver +- T6963 status check selectable in setup menu +- added auto mode support for T6963, selectable in setup menu +- added font select 8x8 support for T6963, selectable in setup menu + (thanks to Andreas 'randy' Weinberger) +- changed way of T6963 control line setting (thanks to Andreas 'randy' + Weinberger) +- changed clipping method (thanks to Andreas Brachold) +- new Noritake GU140x32f driver (thanks to Andreas Brachold). +- new classification of LCD sizes: + tiny: 0..48 + small: 49..61 + medium: 62..127 + large: 128.. +- more logos (contributed by Carsten Born and Andreas Brachold) + +- plugin development and hosting is taken over by Andreas Regel + + + +2003-06-30: Version 0.0.7 +- the file format of the logos and the pictures have been replaced + with a new format: *.GLCD +- 'Good-Bye picture' +- added some tools: + convpic: a tool to convert *.BMP + *.TIFF images to *.GLCD format. + (TIFF: uncompressed, RGB-encoded, 2-color + BMP : uncompressed, RGB-encoded, 2-color, WindowsBMP format) + showpic: a tool to show an image on the LCD. + The image must be in *.GLCD format. (use convpic to convert) + crtfont: a tool to create fonts. + (see appropriate README files for more info) +- included 'sources' for logos and fonts +- fixed problem, if logo was bigger than LCD size. +- macros in one line +- added external triggered symbols +- setup parameters are explained in the README +- the usage of different fonts are explained in the README +- now Set8Pixels() is used in Char() and CharProp() + (increases performance) +- replaced strncpy with own fct strncopy. + + + +2003-06-05: Version 0.0.6 +- fixed segfault on exit of mp3 plugin. +- added a timebar to show the progress + of the current program. +- added color buttons +- possibility to disable Date/Time bar in menus +- don't switch back to replay screen when the menu is + active and the next mp3 is going to be played. +- update values of setup entries + (for this, a patch for vdr-1.2.0 is required. + Patch vdr with vdr-1.2.0-setup_menu_patch.diff in patches subdirectory. + Attention: this patch has NOT been tested with other plugins!) +- fixed cursor position when a setup item has been changed. +- better calculation of Tabs +- use symlinks for fonts. This allows to replace the fonts easily: + small displays ( vertical size < 64 ): + f_s_l.fnt : large font + f_s_n.fnt : normal font + f_s_s.fnt : small font + f_s_sym.fnt: symbols + medium displays ( vertical size 64..127 ): + f_m_l.fnt : large font + f_m_n.fnt : normal font + f_m_s.fnt : small font + f_m_sym.fnt: symbols + large displays ( vertical size >= 128 ): + f_l_l.fnt : large font + f_l_n.fnt : normal font + f_l_s.fnt : small font + f_l_sym.fnt: symbols +- alternative font for 128x64 (ln -s f8n_alt.fnt f_m_n.fnt) + + + +2003-05-23: Version 0.0.5 +- fixed display if second card does epg scan + (thanks to Andreas 'randy' Weinberger) +- fixed position of the symbols on small lcds + (thanks to Andreas 'randy' Weinberger) +- possibility to en-/disable display of menus per setup +- fixed problem in the T6963 driver when the LCDs horizontal size + was not a multiple of 6 + (thanks to Andreas 'powARman' Regel) +- alternative wiring for T6963 (used by some Windows programs) + If You have this wiring, You must compile with: + eg: GRAPHLCD_DRIVER=T6963 GRAPHLCD_WIRING=WINDOWS make plugins + (thanks to Andreas 'powARman' Regel) +- allow to enter the port in hex (eg: vdr -P"graphlcd -p 0x278" ) + (thanks to Sascha Volkenandt) +- creates graphlcd.man in .../PLUGINS/man directory +- small changes for vdr-1.1.32 +- show different Recording Symbols to show which card is recording + currently. +- added output of Messages +- added output of Summaries + + + +2003-05-08: Version 0.0.4 +- display of menus (requires vdr >= 1.1.30) +- 'round' edges + + + +2003-04-25: Version 0.0.3 +- new KS0108 driver (thanks to Andreas 'randy' Weinberger). + You have to specify the driver during compile: + eg: make plugins GRAPHLCD_DRIVER=KS0108 +- uses different fonts & logos for smaller displays +- changed layout for 128x64 displays +- changed format of font files (=> new crtfont-0.1.2) +- removed swab(). SwabByte() uses table instead of calculating + + + +2003-04-16: Version 0.0.2 +- new T6963 driver (thanks to Andreas 'powARman' Regel). + You have to specify the driver during compile: + eg: GRAPHLCD_DRIVER=T6963 make plugins +- support for smaller displays. +- now it's customizable in the setup menu, what parts should + be displayed. The currently available parts are: + - Date/Time bar + - Channel bar + - Logo + - Symbols + - Program information +- fonts with special characters like french accents. +- port + size of LCD are customizable. + (allocate LCD buffer dynamically) +- 2 lines for long titles (in Recording mode) +- Clear OSDProgramme, if no EPG data is available. +- refresh display, when title has changed. +- do not abort, if logo file could not be read successfully. + + + +2003-01-08: Version 0.0.1 + +- Initial revision. |