It is to produce the animation with all the dimming levels and flipping etc.
[screensaver] alternatives to the default screensaver
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I realise that, I wondered how it broke down.
Ezra Pound
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Each digit has 5 pictures so that it can fade from bright to dim, also there are 3 sets of flip pictures used when a digit changes, that makes 0-9, 3 flips and a colon X 5
Ezra Pound
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Great work, I am still 'tinkering' with the Nixie Tube set but if you want them for the package that's fine, also thinking of a 7 segment LED set and a VFD set
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Here is th VFD version - this time it is supposed to be Blue on Blue
Black Hole
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How about the screensaver package randomising which clock you get?
Black Hole
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Pause playback for a couple of minutes, or select a LCN that is not being transmitted (not even a place-holder). The easy way to achieve the latter is to unplug the aerial.
My plan was to have a master screensaver package which is able to select other screensavers and then for other people to create their own screensaver packages as addons. I think af123 may have disappeared again or perhaps he doesn't like the idea.
I do not do any of these things, so that would explain why I have not seen the screen saver. I thought that it might come on whilst listening to internet radio via the TV Portal, due to the static image on the screen, but seemingly not.
I like it, just out of the country at the moment. I'll publish the framework package now though.. I think af123 may have disappeared again or perhaps he doesn't like the idea.
Ezra Pound
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Another coulple of clock fonts for the list
Ezra Pound
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Yes, I will package them all. The Blue neon is really an error, on the P.C. screen both blue and orange are neon coloured, but the Humax displays them differently because the blue version does not have transparency turned on in the PNG file. I can regenerate a set of Blue PNGs with transparency turned on
Ezra Pound
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Sorry for the delay I have only just loaded xyz321's sreensaver package and loaded into it neon-blue, neon, VFD, 3X5 and 7Seg (all pictured above). The package works very well and I have just added another screen saver called cursor, I don't really have any reason to remove the screensaver completely but thought that a very minimal alternative might be useful, so 'cursor' places two red 'stars' where the colons would be on the normal clock, so there is something on the screen to tell you you are in screensaver mode
Unfortunatley I had to turn off local LED dimming on my TV because otherwise they don't get illuminated, but it shouldn't be a problem with the majority of LED backlit TV's. The packages are complete now so I will get them off to af123 soon
Black Hole
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Do you get a double prompt if you just press "Return"? It looks like you are on DOS line ends instead of Linux - what Telnet client are you using?
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antipodean
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Now for a set of Roman Numerals ... 