Keep in mind that the issues you're seeing with wiggy backgrounds, doubled text and other whatnot are the behavior of Tivo's own text2osd utility, and not the caller-ID itself. When watching recordings or live TV it (usually) works fine.
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Keep in mind that the issues you're seeing with wiggy backgrounds, doubled text and other whatnot are the behavior of Tivo's own text2osd utility, and not the caller-ID itself. When watching recordings or live TV it (usually) works fine.
Any one know the background color choices for out2osd? I can change the foreground color but the background stays black no matter what I enter. I would like to have it clear if possible.
Also, anyway to center the text horizontally? I got it vertically at the bottom but I can seem to get it to move to the center of the screen.
Here are my settings, can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong or if a clear background is possible?
##
## Default values
##
declare -i DELAY=10
BGCOLOR=clear
FGCOLOR=white
XSCALE=3
YSCALE=3
LINE=8
COLUMN=6
TEXT=""
Here are some of the values I've pulled from the out2osd source "config.c":
Seems you can use hexdecimal values for transparency level+RGB.Code:// for code to extract this from a running TiVo, see
// <URL:http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showpost.php?p=168943&postcount=36>
struct colors colortab[] = {
/* TiVo series 1 and Series 2 colors */
0xff002100, "transparent1", // 0
0xff707070, "grey", // 1
0xff8a8a8a, "white1", // 2
0xff9f9f9f, "white2", // 3
0xffb9b9b9, "white3", // 4
0x55111111, "transparent2", // 5
0xff8e90ad, "blue", // 6
0xff4f6f5a, "green", // 7
0xff25342f, "olive", // 8
0xffe1dda3, "orange", // 9
0xff6d8f97, "turquoise", // 10
0xff59372f, "red3", // 11
0xffadae7c, "yellow", // 12
0xff111111, "black1", // 13
0xaa8a8a8a, "transparent3", // 14
0xff000000, "black2", // 15
Or try the included presets: transparent2 or transparent3
No go, I went through the entire list and the only two that work are black and white. Maybe out2osd is only capable of black or white background???
Out2osd uses libosd to do the display, so the problem is probably with libosd. However, it might be interesting to regenerate the colors using the code from the URL given in the table Narf54321 posted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soapm
I tried this and still had a black background. Is this how I would use the code?Quote:
Originally Posted by jlc
##
## Default values
##
declare -i DELAY=10
BGCOLOR=0x55111111
FGCOLOR=white
XSCALE=3
YSCALE=3
LINE=8
COLUMN=6
TEXT=""
In fact, these don't seem to work at all. I can change the background to white with
BGCOLOR=white
but nothing happens when I try any of these numbers being it
BGCOLOR=white2
0xff8a8a8a, "white1", // 2
0xff9f9f9f, "white2", // 3
0xffb9b9b9, "white3", // 4
Could it be some of the changes made to make CCID work on Series 2 DT. It didn't work out of the box so I had to folllow the above instructions as if I had a series 3 Tivo.
You seem to be confusing colors defined by different programs. In your case text2osd is used, for the display, so you need to use colors it recognizes. Open a terminal window and execute "text2osd -?" to get the usage and color hints. Usage seems to indicate the only colors you can use are: red, green, blue, white. black.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soapm
You use tivoncid in place of tivocid and uni2osd. It uses the same text2osd program for the display, but configuration is done in ncidscript.conf.
You are correct, those are the only colors that work. I went with Blue.Quote:
Originally Posted by jlc
Thanks!
Ah, yes that would make a difference. text2osd is Tivo's built-in display utility, and they don't offer many options.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soapm
IIRC out2osd stopped working when Tivo released the v8 system software. A shame really, because I remember the semi-transparent fonts/backgrounds which were really nice.
What would the other file be? I know I am using text2osd but what would be the alternative? I would like to test it to see if it will work on mine. I have a S2 and not a S3.
Nevermind, I see it is out2osd which you said in your post. I tried putting the original in my /tvbin/ directory and changing the output line in the out2osd to it instead of text2osd and it doesn't work. Maybe it will be fixed with the new OS release.
NCID version 0.69 has been released.
It includes a new SIP gateway, sip2ncid, to replace ncidsip so Perl is no longer required. VoIP support for the TiVo is available when the package is installed. Check out the Release Notes for other improvements and fixes. This is the first release of sip2ncid in the wild, so there may be some problems.
You should look at the Setup-sip2ncid file on the ncid page, not the home page, to see how to configure sip2ncid and ncidd. The FAQ should also help. The hardest part is that you may have to configure your network and check a couple of SIP Invite ports.
On my home LAN, SIP packets were on port 5061, but are now on port 10000. This is for Vonage using a Linksys RT31P2 router. The computer running sip2ncid had to be in the DMZ zone, in order to receive the SIP packets. Port forwarding did not work.
You need to be very careful if you put a TiVo in a router DMZ zone. Make sure your telnet and ftp is password protected, better yet use ssh.
If anyone uses SIP on the TiVo, please provide feedback giving the VoIP company name, the SIP port, the phone hardware, and the network setup.
I should soon release a package of NCID that uses a package manager to install and update it. It will also contain ssh and other Linux utilities. Adding, removing, and updating packages should be very easy.
For information, see the post http://dealdatabase.com/forum/showpo...6&postcount=62
The main purpose of the release was to fix problems with the SIP gateways and some VoIP systems. It is known to work with 4 different Vontage SIP systems and with Asterisk. It has not worked for Asterisk using a POTS line.
New features were added for VoIP systems: Output calls are logged, if the system provides the information; and a client output module can be called for a hangup after answer, previously it could only be called for a hangup before answer.
See the Release Notes for specific changes.
If anyone is using sip2ncid on the TiVo, please post the particulars of of your system. Here is feedback for 3:
Code:Linksys WRTP54G: used Vonage Talk, SIP packets on port 5060, may need
firmware update if below 1.00., for more information
see http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Linksys+WRT54G
Linksys RT31P2: put computer IP address in the DMZ
Linksys RVS4000: L2 Switch, mirror port 1 to port 2, assumes gateway
is port 1 and computer is port 2