Hi!
I am in the process of putting together a Media PC System, which is based on the HFX Media PC case that includes an iMON VFD display. I am considering Albumplayer as the main software for managing my audio files.
For everyone new to VFDs, here are two pictures of the case and the display, currently displaying track 1 of 1 (1/1) and the filename "Sting - Inside", as well as the current track position (0:00:29 in the first pic).
The VFD display currently only displays information from the integrated media player as well as Winamp (tried it with Albumplayer, did not display any information).
My question is:
Would it be possible to support the VFD from within Albumplayer?
The website of the VFD manufacturer (
http://www.soundgraph.com) offers an API written in Visual C++ 6.0 that can be downloaded on that site (direct link
iMON_VFD_API.zip).
Via this API, it should be possible to display any information on the VFD.
Here's the description of the API from the soundgraph website:
The 'iMON_VFD_API.zip' file inlcudes 5 files ('Demo_Program.zip', 'iMON_VFD_Demo.exe', 'SG_VFD.dll', 'SG_VFD.h', and 'SG_VFD.lib'). The 'Demo_Program.zip' file is a sample source of the 'iMON_VFD_Demo.exe' program, 'iMON_VFD_Demo.exe' is an executable file, the 'SG_VFD.dll', 'SG_VFD.h' and 'SG_VFD.lib'files should be copied to your project folder.
I would be happy to help testing the VFD integration during development.
Thanks in advance for your feedback,
with kind regards,
Marc Hinzpeter