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Smartie
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Codecs
XVID – DIVX Open source
DIVX Pro 5.2 – Complete Recode of DIVX codec (M$ free)
NVIDIA DVD Decoder v1.00.67 – Really nice codecs, support DD5.1 and DTS output on SDIF (both SageTV and Zoomplayer)
Zoomplayer Pro w/FFdshow
Pretty much a duplicate of this article at HTPCNews using the Nvidia codecs instead of Sonic.
FFDshow FAQ http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=246752
FFDshow Source http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53761
Below you can see I an running at 1792×1194 because this was a ratio that properly filled the screen.
VFD Drivers and LCD Smartie
How-to guide at HTPCNews.com using Girder, DVDSpy, and LCD Plug-in
Links from Ahanix on how to get up and running http://www.ahanix.com/support/vfd.html
Install port95nt.exe and 5.3 alpha
Latest Version from http://lcdsmartie.sourceforge.net/
Install MBM and display CPU stats.
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE – Girder using Parallel LCD (see next page)
Sage TV 2.1
Some how-to with FFDShow http://forums.freytechnologies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7118&highlight=ffdshow
Invaluable user’s group with integration info here http://www.sage-community.org/ (I installed most the items here)
Start at this page for VFD integration help http://www.sage-community.org/index.cgi/wiki/GetStatusPlugin
Install the SageTV GetStatus plugin using these instructions
Optionally install Sagemon using these instructions (I did not since i dont care for .Net)
Install the LCD Smartie plug-in for SageTV from here http://www.nolberger.se/Sage/LCDSmartie/Default.htm
Use those same instructions to display Channel and Show informations on VFD.
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