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Winamp OpenSource LCD Plugin for various LCD & VFD modules
November 02: new release 0.6.4 alpha, see What's
new
This Winamp 2.x plugin displays the current song
name and
many additional status information on a LCD/VFD display connected on
either the serial or parallel port.
Various LCD & VFD modules are
supported and one can even use it without a hardware display
- a LCD simulation is included.
A menu provides access to
playlists, song titles, albums, artists, directory browsing and much
more!
Matrix Orbital serial 4x40 LCD
The plugin also
supports various input methods to control the menu and Winamp itself:
keyboard,
WinLIRC,
serial character based and parallel keypads.
There's also a spectrum analyzer and a VU meter.
The latest
additions are:
- Sleep timer
- input options for shutdown, standby, hibernate & reboot
- ID3v2 tag support
- PJRC 8x24 driver
- Disk browser function
- Enhanced input support
- an onscreen menu function to control Winamp and for selecting MP3
files and playlists.
- a spectrum analyzer.
- multiple output sets.
At the moment some functionalities are still in alpha state and
shouldn't be used to control airplanes ;-)
The plugin
evolved a very long time ago from the mp3 part of my entertainment pc,
see my project page for more information.
The project died in the meantime, i.e. I sold the PC and my car mp3
player project got replaced by an Empeg.
But the plugin is very alive in my workstation at work.
Supported LCDs
-
Matrix Orbital serial character LCD or VFD
-
Crystalfontz 632/634 v1.3 serial LCD
-
HD44780 (one or two controller), parallel interface
-
Noritake VFD 800, parallel interface
-
PJRC serial 8x24, see http://www.pjrc.com and PJRC Store
-
Scott Edwards serial LCD (untested)
-
Optrex SED153x (untested), parallel interface
-
Milford Instruments bpk+ serial LCD (untested)
-
HD66702, 66710, 66712 (experimental), parallel interface
Untested means that I haven't tested the driver myself, it might work very well but I can't guarantee it...
Experimental means I wrote the driver but couldn't test it.
Requirements
-
Winamp >= 2.4
Winamp 3 is not supported!
-
A LCD display, unless you can live with the onscreen simulation :-)
-
A Windows machine with Win 9x, NT 4, 2k or XP.
-
All parallel port interfaces with Windows NT 4, 2k or XP require the port I/O driver from Scientific Software Tools, Inc: driverlinx.com
Optional
- AlbumList
plugin for full menu functionality
- WinLIRC
to control the plugin and Winamp using almost any standard
infrared remote control
What does it cost?
Nix, nada, niet, gratis
- it's Open Source - yes it's completely for free with the complete
source code!
You can download it, use it, and redistribute it under the terms of
the GNU Public
Licence. Both binaries and source code are available.
Eventhough it's free
software any donations are very welcomed. You can donate money to the
project through my PayPal
account - there is no minimal amount for your donation. Contact me if you'd like
to contribute hardware so I can tell you if I'm interested and give you
my snail mail address.
Legal Notes
Copyright (c) 1999 - 2003 by Markus Zehnder
This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. Use it at your own risk!The author accepts no liability for any damage/loss of business that this product may cause.
Any brand names mentioned on these pages are the property and copyright of their respective owners. No infringement of any kind is intended!
This plugin is free software and released and protected under the GNU Public License (local copy).
Please read it for the terms and conditions of copying, distribution and modification.
