From c6ed4da7a0e8d9bf5664ba2c4282e3c6cb6d7932 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Klaus Schmidinger Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 09:36:09 +0200 Subject: Added cDevice::NewOsd() to allow a derived cDevice class to implement its own OSD capabilities --- PLUGINS.html | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'PLUGINS.html') diff --git a/PLUGINS.html b/PLUGINS.html index e1f73f55..12a25b24 100644 --- a/PLUGINS.html +++ b/PLUGINS.html @@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ VDR program and present itself to the user. The inside interface provides the plugin code access to VDR's internal data structures and allows it to hook itself into specific areas to perform special actions.

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Part I - The Outside Interface

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Players

Play it again, Sam!

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 enjoy additional players, since they will be able to control them with actions
 that they already know. If you absolutely want to do things differently, just go
 ahead - it's your show...
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Receivers

Tapping into the stream...

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The On Screen Display

Express yourself

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Devices

Expanding the possibilities

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 virtual bool HasDecoder(void) const;
 virtual bool SetPlayMode(ePlayMode PlayMode);
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 virtual void SetVolumeDevice(int Volume);

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+On Screen Display +

+If your device provides On Screen Display (OSD) capabilities (which every device +that is supposed to be used as a primary device should do), it can implement +the function + +



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Initializing new devices

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