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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
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To enable the version 2 of the Orbiter User Interface (UIv2), do the following:
* Go to the "Orbiters" page
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* For the Orbiter where you want to use UIv2, do this:
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** In the "UI" drop-down box, select "V2 Normal Horizontal (16:9)"
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** Tick "Use alpha blended UI"
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** Tick "User OpenGL effects"
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** Click "Update"
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* Go to the "Media Directors" page, find the Media Director that runs the Orbiter you selected above and do this:
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** Change "Hardware acceleration" to opengl
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** Change "Deinterlace Quality" to "None"
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** Go to the bottom of the page and click "Update"
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* Find the Media Director again and change the resolution to a 16:9 resolution (like 720p)
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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.
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* [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]-->Orbiters.
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* For the Orbiter where you want to use UIv2, select "V2 Normal Horizontal (16:9) in the "UI" drop-down box.
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* Tick "Use alpha blended UI"
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* Tick "User OpenGL effects"
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* Click "Update"
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* Go to [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]-->Media Directors.
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* For the Media Director that runs the Orbiter you selected, change "Hardware acceleration" to opengl
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* Change "Deinterlace Quality" to "None"
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* Click "Update"
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* [[LinuxMCE Admin Website]]-->Media Directors--> change the resolution to a 16:9 resolution (like 720p),
  
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.
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The X server and Orbiter will re-start and the Orbiter User Interface will be [[Orbiter Generator|regenerated]].
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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.

Latest revision as of 23:32, 19 October 2012


To enable the version 2 of the Orbiter User Interface (UIv2), 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.