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eclispe / rydeplayer

Ryde Player provides a on screen interface and video player for Longmynd compatible tuners.
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Enhancement: Support I2C OLED Display on Minitiouner #40

Open G8YTZ opened 4 years ago

G8YTZ commented 4 years ago

It would be nice to have the I2C OLED display supported as per the Minitiouner Windows Software, or perhaps a larger I2C display.

davecrump commented 4 years ago

The I2C OLED display is driven by the Windows MiniTioune software, and is not appropriate for this simple set-top-box. An OSD should be available in later Ryde versions with similar functionality.

eclispe commented 4 years ago

I'm not sure there is much value in this once the OSD is working, see #10, #11 and #12

G8YTZ commented 4 years ago

Dave, my thought is for a confirmation display for RSSI and MER for the front panel for the repeater receiver, but it would also be useful for a home receiver.

The other alternative would be a split screen option with the OSD on one screen, so a small monitor could be incorporated into the front panel.

I would have thought an I2C would be fairly easy in software, be great if it could display for each tuner output too.

Justin.

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 The I2C OLED display is driven by the Windows MiniTioune software, and is not appropriate for this simple set-top-box. An OSD should be available in later Ryde versions with similar functionality.

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eclispe commented 4 years ago

The Pi does have a I2C in the GPIO however we have other plans for that at the moment. I'm not fundamentally opposed to the idea so I'm not closing this for now but there are some other things that need doing before we can really assess the value/practicalities.

davecrump commented 4 years ago

Given that most repeater receivers spend their time unattended, I think that the solution proposed at https://github.com/eclispe/rydeplayer/issues/12 should be good enough. Note that the Windows MiniTiouner solution uses the USB channel to send the I2C data. We can leave this issue open, but there are many higher priority features to add first.