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foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #225 –
Hi all!
Latest release of Logitech Gaming Software (8.01.120) finally have support for ver. 0.5.5 of the plugin. Enjoy!

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #226 –
This plugin is great!  I'm using it with a g13.

One thing, however, would make it perfect for us lowly g13 users:  Play/Pause, Previous, Next on the LCD buttons.

The G13 doesn't have normal media keys, since it's just a small keypad with the monochrome LCD panel.  The panel has the four LCD control buttons which would be perfect to control playback without having to move back to the full keyboard.  If Play/Pause, Previous, and Next

Thanks for writing this, I much prefer foobar over the other windows mp3 players. 

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #227 –
Quote from: HaakonXCI link=msg=0 date=
Thank you very much...

No problem! Glad you like it

Quote from: AsBest73911 link=msg=0 date=
Latest release of Logitech Gaming Software (8.01.120) finally have support for ver. 0.5.5 of the plugin.

Bout time too  Good stuff! Pity it still doesn't have the support for emulated displays like the old software

Quote from: Rook link=msg=0 date=
This plugin is great!

Thanks!

Quote from: Rook link=msg=0 date=
One thing, however, would make it perfect for us lowly g13 users:  Play/Pause, Previous, Next on the LCD buttons.

This has been mentioned to me before - problem is how to implement it, however I have some ideas!

I'm hoping the next version will have something like that for G13 owners! (Depends on how difficult it turns out to be.)

When the next version will be released is another question entirely - it is under-way though!

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #228 –
Quote from: ectotropic on
Quote from: Rook link=msg=0 date=
One thing, however, would make it perfect for us lowly g13 users:  Play/Pause, Previous, Next on the LCD buttons.

This has been mentioned to me before - problem is how to implement it, however I have some ideas!

I'm hoping the next version will have something like that for G13 owners! (Depends on how difficult it turns out to be.)

When the next version will be released is another question entirely - it is under-way though!

I could see two ways to go:  The most elegant would be directly through the plugin, if foobar can do that. (I have no idea what foobar's inernals look like).  You could also have it use media keys, which should already exist.  I don't know how windows deals with this, in Linux it's pretty straightforward (play/pause is key XF86AudioPlay, for instance).  I remember reading something about media keys being a problem, though, so even some arbitrary key combo that could be put into the global key settings in foobar would work just fine.

I wish I could help out, but I don't have a windows development environment at all. 
 

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #229 –
Quote from: Rook link=msg=0 date=
I could see two ways to go:  The most elegant would be directly through the plugin, if foobar can do that. (I have no idea what foobar's inernals look like).  You could also have it use media keys, which should already exist.  I don't know how windows deals with this, in Linux it's pretty straightforward (play/pause is key XF86AudioPlay, for instance).  I remember reading something about media keys being a problem, though, so even some arbitrary key combo that could be put into the global key settings in foobar would work just fine.

Actually the playing/pausing/stopping is pretty easy to do (I should be able to do it through foobar itself, though if need be Windows has similar mechanisms to those you mention for Linux) - the biggest problem is finding the best way to use the 4 G13 keys for both playback and switching visualisations. There are plenty of options, but I don't like most of them. Typically the ideas I like best are the hardest to implement. 

Quote from: Rook link=msg=0 date=
I wish I could help out, but I don't have a windows development environment at all. 

S'ok - I got it covered 

Wait - are you doing something mad like running foobar via Wine?!  (Only ask cause I really didn't think the logitech hardware or component would work in Wine, though I was curious!)

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #230 –
Quote from: ectotropic on
Actually the playing/pausing/stopping is pretty easy to do (I should be able to do it through foobar itself, though if need be Windows has similar mechanisms to those you mention for Linux) - the biggest problem is finding the best way to use the 4 G13 keys for both playback and switching visualisations. There are plenty of options, but I don't like most of them. Typically the ideas I like best are the hardest to implement. 
Niftiest way would be an option in your Vis mode configs to change a particular vis mode to one of the buttons.  You'd lose the ability to change that mode, but gain the control.  Another would be to stack all the vis mode changes into one button, then use the other three for play/pause, back, and forward.  I would imagine most people have a favorite visualizer, so you won't be losing much.

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Wait - are you doing something mad like running foobar via Wine?!  (Only ask cause I really didn't think the logitech hardware or component would work in Wine, though I was curious!)
Nothing quite so crazy.  Though my particular setup is kinda nifty: I have a Linux workstation that I do most of my work on with a windows machine next to it for games/movies and goto-meetings.  I use one keyboard, two trackballs, and a G13 to control them.  One trackball plugged into each, the keyboard into the linux box and the G13 into the windows machine.  When I have to actually type in windows, I use a nifty program called 'Synergy' that will send keyboard/mouse data from one machine to another over a network.  (which I highly recommend to anyone with multiple computers at one desk, it's open source and cross-platform)  This setup lets me multi-task without much clutter.

Music control on the G13 has let me move my music to the better speakers plugged into the windows box.  But if I'm playing a game and listening to music, I need to switch to a different M-setting to control foobar right now, which is somewhat inconvenient.

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #231 –
Quote from: Rook link=msg=0 date=
Niftiest way would be an option in your Vis mode configs to change a particular vis mode to one of the buttons.  You'd lose the ability to change that mode, but gain the control.  Another would be to stack all the vis mode changes into one button, then use the other three for play/pause, back, and forward.  I would imagine most people have a favorite visualizer, so you won't be losing much.

The first of your suggestions is quite close to what I was thinking - though me being me I have a much more complicated (and cooler!) scheme in mind. Complicated for me that is, not for users!

Quote from: Rook link=msg=0 date=
Nothing quite so crazy.  Though my particular setup is kinda nifty: I have a Linux workstation that I do most of my work on with a windows machine next to it for games/movies and goto-meetings.  I use one keyboard, two trackballs, and a G13 to control them.  One trackball plugged into each, the keyboard into the linux box and the G13 into the windows machine.  When I have to actually type in windows, I use a nifty program called 'Synergy' that will send keyboard/mouse data from one machine to another over a network.  (which I highly recommend to anyone with multiple computers at one desk, it's open source and cross-platform)  This setup lets me multi-task without much clutter.

Music control on the G13 has let me move my music to the better speakers plugged into the windows box.  But if I'm playing a game and listening to music, I need to switch to a different M-setting to control foobar right now, which is somewhat inconvenient.

Woah! Cool!

Whenever I've had multiple machines in the past I've always had multiple keyboards or a KVM switch - neither of which is particularly great (a good KVM is frickin expensive) - your setup seems infinitely more usable!

Dagnamit - now I'm wondering about getting a Linux box again! See what you've gone and done?

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #232 –
Quote from: ectotropic on
Whenever I've had multiple machines in the past I've always had multiple keyboards or a KVM switch - neither of which is particularly great (a good KVM is frickin expensive) - your setup seems infinitely more usable!
I've never seen a kvm switch that was really useful enough for every day use.  Not bad for a rack of servers, but if you're switching between computers on your desk, there's always far too much delay.  With Synergy, you just move your mouse off the edge of one screen and onto the other.

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Dagnamit - now I'm wondering about getting a Linux box again! See what you've gone and done?
Muahaha!  The penguin has you!  Resistance is futile!

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #233 –
I don't if this have been covered before. I tried to google my problem, but no results showed up.
Anyway, I can't get the media buttons to work on my G15 keyboard. I'm using the latest Logitech Gaming Software driver.
Any known solutions? 

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #235 –
Quote from: db1989 on
None at all?
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=90584
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=11705
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4994
Please continue discussion in the first thread if desired; this one is about the keyboards’ LCD displays, not their multimedia keys.


Wow. Guessed i used the wrong keywords. Anyways, thanks and sorry for posting in the wrong sub-forum.

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #236 –
Hey guys, thanks a lot for all these plugins for Logitech GamePanel. I wish I knew how to code

I'n new here as well so hi everybody!

Unfortunately I'm here because of this:

Z-10


My friends Z-10 visualizations work fine and he is using the same app/plugin version.

Can anyone help?

I haven't changed any settings, he hasn't either.

Please note that my LCD is fine, it's only the Spectrum Analyzer (incl. stereo s.a.) that doesn't seem to work properly. Everything else works fine.

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #237 –
Quote from: zYx link=msg=0 date=
Can anyone help?

I hope so

I think that problem is to do with a graphics driver bug - if so, disabling hardware acceleration in the options should sort it. (Not that it really matters, but I'm guessing your using an ATi graphics card.) For the Z10 the hardware acceleration doesn't add any functionality so you'll lose nothing by disabling it.

Hope that helps.

Edit: you might also want to try updating graphics drivers if you can.

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #238 –
Excellent! It was that simple 

Thank you very much for solving this.

I didn't realize this plugin relies on the gpu drivers. My friend has nvigia gpu and I have ati and your solution worked perfectly fine for me.

Thank you

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #239 –
ectotropic
Hello
Open early for G19 Actualizazion?
The text is not clearly seen on the cover of the album
The new vercion logitech (lgs801) gives errors with Foobar2000 on customizing the keyboard to control volume, play, etc etc
The new vercion logitech (lgs801) is full of errors.
The official last vercion( logitech 306) works perfectly without any operating system errors

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #240 –
Quote from: novax1 link=msg=0 date=
The text is not clearly seen on the cover of the album

You mentioned this issue already! Unless you are meaning something different from your previous post?

Quote from: novax1 link=msg=0 date=
The new vercion logitech (lgs801) gives errors with Foobar2000 on customizing the keyboard to control volume, play, etc etc

Those are not related to this component - only the LCD screen and the button that control the screen (LCD arrow buttons on the G19) are anything to do with foo_logitech_lcd. Any errors related to other G19 keys are not something I can help with.

Quote from: novax1 link=msg=0 date=
The new vercion logitech (lgs801) is full of errors.

That's unfortunate - I've not had any issues with it at all. You might want to try a clean install of the drivers.

Quote from: novax1 link=msg=0 date=
The official last vercion( logitech 306) works perfectly without any operating system errors

Many people find that version to be better - if it works for you then there is no harm using it. foo_logitech_lcd will support that driver version as long as possible.

Hope that helps!

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #242 –
I'm using this with my g510 and I have to say great job it does everything I want and more keep up the good work

thanx for taking the time to make this

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #243 –
Quote from: novax1 link=msg=0 date=
I try to set %playback time%, to show the G19, but does not show anything, can you help

Sorry for not answering this sooner - somehow I missed your post    (Though it may have something to do with my PC recently thinking it was December 3022  )

Sadly I'm not sure why %playback_time% wouldn't work - only thing I can think of is that I believe some %% tags are only available in particular areas in foobar and this might be one. A quick test on my setup and it shows a '?', which either means that the tag is unavailable/unrecognised or the value is unknown. Unfortunately there is not much I can do about that - the %% tags are processed by foobar, not foo_logitech_lcd 

If you really need it you might want to ask the foobar devs for it to be supported in all locations.

Quote from: satan4u link=msg=0 date=
thanx for taking the time to make this

No problem!

I'm just sorry it's been so long since an update  I am still here though and an update will be forthcoming sometime! Honest!

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #244 –
First off I want to say thanks extotropic for the plugin, I have used it for 2 years with my g15 and it has been fantastic and worked perfectly.

I have been having issues with a fresh install of windows on my computer. I installed the latest logitech driver software (8.12.030) and your plugin, however now the media buttons (forward, back, stop, pause/play) don't work in foobar, but they do work for windows media player. The volume buttons work fine. Also the text seems to be in a different font from before, as before I installed the font looked just like that in the picture in the OP of the thread. The font is fine, I'll get used to that in a day or two, however does your plugin control the media buttons, or something else?

I've tried reverting to 0.5.2 and the tweaks mentioned in the OP to no success, any other suggestions, or do I need to also rollback the Logitech software?

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #246 –
Just got my Z10s, and they're great! Sadly, I can't get the plug-in to work, no matter what I do  I'm running Win 7 64bit with the newest Foobar available atm and latest drivers from Logitech.

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #247 –
Quote from: Naksnaks link=msg=0 date=
Sadly, I can't get the plug-in to work, no matter what I do



Off the top of my head the only issue I can think of is drivers - I realise you are running the latest Z10 drivers, but those are quite old and the LCD panel drivers have been updated since then. Sadly the way Logitech deal with the LCD and driver versions is somewhat annoying and causes older hardware to sometimes be no longer compatible simply because of a driver issue (even though the underlying hardware is identical). Unfortunately there is no easy way to support multiple driver versions in the same component while retaining full support for all the LCD functions.

However because the LCD screen in the Z10s is identical to that in the keyboards you might find the keyboard drivers provide the answer (Logitech have suggested this as a fix for similar issues with other LCD enabled products). So, try installing the drivers for the G15 keyboard and see if that makes any difference. Note that even though it is extremely unlikely, there is a small chance that installing these drivers may do "bad things" to your hardware - installing them is entirely at your own risk. (Just making sure you are aware of this!)

Otherwise (or even before that) some questions/things to check:
  • Check the foobar console ("View" menu->Console) and see if the component reports anything there.
  • Do other applications work with the LCD? (i.e. non-logitech applications)
  • Does the component show up in the logitech software? (I have not used the Z10s but there should be somewhere in the software where components that have registered with the software are displayed.)
Hope that helps.

Let me know how you get on/what you find out.

foo_logitech_lcd

Reply #248 –
Installing the G15 drivers and software did the trick, THANK YOU!

I'll try the other features later and report about them, right now I'm happy I got Foobar working with the Z10s.

But again, many many thanks!