ScreenControl is a MediaPortal plugin to switch between different screen modes and resolutions using 3rd party applications (e.g. ATI CatalystTM Control Center), to adjust the brightness of connected displays and/or to jump a screen after a defined time period.
version 0.7.0
Highlights:
* ability to switch between different screen modes and resolutions using 3rd party applications (e.g. ATI Catalyst Control Center)
* jump to defined windows inside MediaPortal on selectable conditions after self defined time periods
* speech recognition to open windows
* adjust the brightness of connected monitors or displays to defined levels and/or turn it off completely
* restores the original brightness, if a user interaction (e.g. mouse, keyboard or remote control) was detected
* protection against the "screen burn-in" effect
* development functionalities to refresh MediaPortal caches and to create screenshots
Important Information:
* the screen brightness functionality depends on your video card and/or driver capabilities (actually only ATI Radeon, NVIDIA and Intel GMA video cards tested)
Installation:
* download and start the installer file "ScreenControl.mpe1"
or
* download and extract the attached file "ScreenControl.zip" and copy all required files to your MediaPortal directory manually
Language Support:
* english, german, french (thx to azzuro), italian (thx to azzuro)