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    Is movie cover/info possible on LCD Duo2?

    Hi, All.

    I have been playing around with some settings on lcd4linux around the design on my duo2.

    I have it how I want it for normal tv viewing, screen 1 as full mk picon and screen 2 as programme info, clock, tuner, small picon and background image

    For media/hdd and movies, all I get is a black background with some white text that just says 'name of movie.m4v' in the middle.

    I was playing around with how I can make this better on lcd4linux settings through openwebif, I have improved it a little; however

    I am wondering if it's possible to display a movie backdrop or poster of the current movie playing, and then on lcd2 or screen 2, the name of the movie, progress bar, info etc..

    I have designed what I want it to look like :


    8mile.png

    So I want the movie cover to display basically.

    I know how to do the rest anyway, but just so it shows above what I have in mind.

    I did notice on the lcd4linux settings that there is 'show cover' option, I did enable this but it didn't do nothing other than show a red screen.

    There is also other settings like API keys etc but I have no idea how this works or how it is set up

    I have quite a few movies and tv shows on my external drive that I am using on my duo 2 and just seeing if it's a possibility to have the look of the above picture when playing back those movies, or similar to the picture so it shows the movie cover at least.

    I have read other posts about this being possible but I haven't found anything around how I go about making this possible.

    Any help is appreciated,, many thanks in advance
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    Anybody know if this is possible? or something similar?
    - Vu+ Duo 2 1 x DVB-S/S2 Twin Tuner, 1 x DVB-C/T/2 Twin Hybrid Tuner, 1TB Internal HDD; Vu+ Official Qwerty remote, w/ OpenVix 4.2 & Slyk1HD V5.1 Skin by kiddac
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    FULL Picon Sets for LCD Screens and GUI - SNP includes 28.2e Satellite, Virmin Cable, 13, 23 & 19 Sat & IPTV {click here}


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    The DUO2 has a VFD (governed by a skin via 'frontpanel display') and an LCD (that is governed by L4L). To prevent misunderstandings I changed the title of the thread from "Is movie cover/info possible on VFD LCD Duo2?" to "Is movie cover/info possible on LCD Duo2?".

    When you go to the web-IF --> L4L --> Media you see the 'show cover' thick box. Did you try that?

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    Hi,
    DUO2 uses LCD4Linux for the LCD and there is an option to download and display cover which must be enabled. The success might depend on the filename. Try for a test a simple file like terminator.mkv which must not contain Terminator it is only for the cover test.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trial View Post
    Hi,
    DUO2 uses LCD4Linux for the LCD and there is an option to download and display cover which must be enabled. The success might depend on the filename. Try for a test a simple file like terminator.mkv which must not contain Terminator it is only for the cover test.

    ciao
    hi, thanks for your reply; i already tried this; my first 5 movies at the top of the list in the hdd were 13 going on 30, 101 dalmatians, 102 dalmatians, 300 and avatar

    i made the 5 different png files and named them exactly the same as the movie file e.g 13 going on 30 is named 13 going on 30.m4v on hdd, i named the png to 13 going on 30.m4v.png and placed in the movie folder

    i then placed the other 4 png files naming them exactly the same as the movie file

    next i went into lcd4linux and chose 'show cover' and put in the search path location the exact location of the movies & covers.

    it worked first of all for 13 going on 30, but then i chose 101 dalmatians but this also displayed the cover for 13 going on 30; tried the other 3 also, and was the same result

    it seems to be the search path location is just picking up the very first png file for no matter what movie i play :/
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    - Technomate 97cm Mesh Satellite Dish with Octo 8 way LNB
    - Android 5.0.1 Lollipop Smart TV Box w/ Kodi v16.1 Jarvis custom flashed for EXMP fully loaded


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