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To enable the version 2 of the Orbiter User Interface (UIv2), you have to do the following:
To enable the version 2 of the Orbiter User Interface (UIv2), you have to do the following:


* Login to the LinuxMCE-admin website on your Core
* [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]-->Orbiters.
* Go to the "Orbiters" page
* For the Orbiter where you want to use UIv2, select "V2 Normal Horizontal (16:9) in the "UI" drop-down box.
* For the Orbiter where you want to use UIv2, do this:
* Tick "Use alpha blended UI"
** In the "UI" drop-down box, select "V2 Normal Horizontal (16:9)"
* Tick "User OpenGL effects"
** Tick "Use alpha blended UI"
* Click "Update"
** Tick "User OpenGL effects"
* Go to [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]-->Media Directors.
** Click "Update"
* For the Media Director that runs the Orbiter you selected, change "Hardware acceleration" to opengl
* Go to the "Media Directors" page, find the Media Director that runs the Orbiter you selected above and do this:
* Change "Deinterlace Quality" to "None"
** Change "Hardware acceleration" to opengl
* Click "Update"
** Change "Deinterlace Quality" to "None"
* [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]-->Media Directors--> change the resolution to a 16:9 resolution (like 720p),
** Go to the bottom of the page and click "Update"
* Find the Media Director again and change the resolution to a 16:9 resolution (like 720p)


After you change the resolution, the X server and Orbiter will re-start and the Orbiter will get regenerated. After this is done, you will have the Orbiter running with the new user interface.
The X server and Orbiter will re-start and the Orbiter User Interface will be [[Orbiter Generator|regenerated]].


Note about de-interlacing. It is said above that you should set it to "None" at first, but if your CPU can handle it, you can increase the settings.
Note about de-interlacing. It is recommended above that you should set it to "None", but if your CPU can handle it you can increase the settings.

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To enable the version 2 of the Orbiter User Interface (UIv2), you have to do the following:

  • LinuxMCE Admin Website-->Orbiters.
  • For the Orbiter where you want to use UIv2, select "V2 Normal Horizontal (16:9) in the "UI" drop-down box.
  • Tick "Use alpha blended UI"
  • Tick "User OpenGL effects"
  • Click "Update"
  • Go to LinuxMCE Admin Website-->Media Directors.
  • For the Media Director that runs the Orbiter you selected, change "Hardware acceleration" to opengl
  • Change "Deinterlace Quality" to "None"
  • Click "Update"
  • LinuxMCE Admin Website-->Media Directors--> change the resolution to a 16:9 resolution (like 720p),

The X server and Orbiter will re-start and the Orbiter User Interface will be regenerated.

Note about de-interlacing. It is recommended above that you should set it to "None", but if your CPU can handle it you can increase the settings.