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VoxNastics (User Guides and Mods) => Tips and Tricks => Topic started by: stepppedup on April 17, 2011, 02:57:51 PM

Title: HTPC Aquarium (screensaver)
Post by: stepppedup on April 17, 2011, 02:57:51 PM

If you have a dedicated HTPC, nothing like saying, "Launch aquarium" and have an aquarium (screensaver) show up on your TV in high-def.

XML attached.  You'll want to download your own screensaver - Dream Aquarium version 1.234 was particularly good.

If you want to use the normal screensavers, just search your heard drive for *.scr, and you'll find them.

Title: Re: HTPC Aquarium (screensaver)
Post by: jitterjames on April 17, 2011, 04:40:52 PM

cool.

just a quick note to say, if you are going to run programs that are in the 32bit "program files" directory.  You can make the command more compatible with both 32 and 64 bit systems.

Instead of writing

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Dream Aquarium\Dream_Aquarium.scr
which would only work on 64bit systems. you can use

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{Path.PFx86}\Dream Aquarium\Dream_Aquarium.scr
and vox will automatically will it in with the correct path to 32 bit program files.

Obviously if someone installs the program to a non-default path there is nothing you can do about that.  :P

Title: Re: HTPC Aquarium (screensaver)
Post by: Casmo on May 14, 2014, 01:06:42 PM

Hi,

 What are you using to exit out of the screensaver and return to , for example, xbmc?

Title: Re: HTPC Aquarium (screensaver)
Post by: jitterjames on May 14, 2014, 01:08:30 PM

any mouse or keyboard action will usually stop a screen saver.

You could probably use inputkeys to simulate escape.

Title: Re: HTPC Aquarium (screensaver)
Post by: Casmo on May 14, 2014, 01:19:38 PM

Ok so a combination of an escape input key and maximize xbmc should do the trick..

Title: Re: HTPC Aquarium (screensaver)
Post by: jitterjames on May 14, 2014, 01:22:48 PM

Sure, I guess.  If XBMC needs it...