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Old 05-12-2012, 02:17 PM   #46
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Am I understanding this correctly...
this requires no hacks or mods to the eReader... and no cords?

Simply
install and run Python and wxPython on a Wifi-operating computer... allow Python through any firewall... and enter the url on the eReader's browser?

Seems so easy and simple - no obscure hacking or wisdom needed!

The result is that the eReader will mirror the computer display? (includes the mouse movement?)

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Hi,

No modification to the Kindle. The python script runs on the PC and saves the screen image into a file and serves it as a webpage. Simply go to the PC URL and it shows the image (of the screen).

There are no mouse or keyboard - the ebook screen only show a picture of the PC screen.

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I have a new dither routine that does not use dither tables. You can see it in the gmplay program used in the "geekmaster kindle video" thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=177455

Click the "Magic Revealed" button to see the source code.

You might want to try that to see if it runs faster (or slower ).
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Old 05-29-2012, 11:03 AM   #49
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Hmm... no matter what I do I can't get a refresh faster than every 6 seconds.
I compressed the jpg in the original code to 0
I've tried all your codes @jmseight
Nothing will get below (or above) 6 seconds... am I being thick?

Oh and does anyone know how to get it to pick up the mouse pointer in the screen capture... doesn't seem to do that at all...
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Old 06-09-2012, 10:56 AM   #50
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Hmm... no matter what I do I can't get a refresh faster than every 6 seconds.
It may be a problem with reverse name lookup inside BaseHTTPRequestHandler.send_response() method. It was in my case, at least. Try adding the following code to serv class:
Code:
  def address_string(self):
    host, port = self.client_address[:2]
    #return socket.getfqdn(host)
    return host
I've found this solution here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2...r-on-localhost
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Old 06-15-2012, 09:30 AM   #51
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Fantastic - down to about 1 second updates now. I have eye strain from looking at my monitor, but suddenly, I can use my kindle to work ) how cool is that!

Thank you all

Last thing I need is a way to capture the mouse pointer at the same time...
any ideas anyone?
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Fantastic - down to about 1 second updates now. I have eye strain from looking at my monitor, but suddenly, I can use my kindle to work ) how cool is that!

Thank you all

Last thing I need is a way to capture the mouse pointer at the same time...
any ideas anyone?
The mouse pointer is usually handled inside the video device driver, and not in the framebuffer. I have seen code to make the system calls needed at codeproject.com, as I recall. Try looking there (hopefully their site search engine works better than trying to search mobileread.

Some device drivers MAY put the mouse cursor in the framebuffer. Also, some video modes may do it too. Try changing your video accelleration settings (to the lowest settings). That might do it, but it will make other stuff run slower...
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Last thing I need is a way to capture the mouse pointer at the same time...
any ideas anyone?
I think the tool for that in frame buffer devices is gpm:
http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/

If not already on the Kindle, pull it out of a Debian armel package and give it a try.
That HowTo is indexed.

Note: Not sure it will work, it may have to ported or extended for the Kindle hardware.
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I think the tool for that in frame buffer devices is gpm:
http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/

If not already on the Kindle, pull it out of a Debian armel package and give it a try.
That HowTo is indexed.

Note: Not sure it will work, it may have to ported or extended for the Kindle hardware.
He was talking about the mouse pointer on the host PC (probably a windows box, hence the codeproject reference). By framebuffer, I meant "video RAM" (real or virtual).
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He was talking about the mouse pointer on the host PC (probably a windows box, hence the codeproject reference). By framebuffer, I meant "video RAM" (real or virtual).
Same solution, different arch. Run it inside of the VM if the VM isn't doing the mouse capture already.
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Old 06-16-2012, 01:51 PM   #56
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Eek, I wouldn't know how to run it in the VM.
Nah, turning off the hardware accel didn't do much, but thanks for the suggestion.
And yep, it's a windows box (xp).
I'm brand new to python so still finding my way. One thing I thought was perhaps I could just draw a new pointer on top of the image after it's been captured.
Haven't had much luck so far - can't even get the bloody thing to tell me where the mouse actually is...

Code:
mouse=wx.MouseEvent()
mouse_pos=mouse.GetLogicalPosition(context)
print "Mouse ="+str(mouse_pos.x)+","+str(mouse_pos.y)
I get that "context" is probably the wrong thing to pass to the MouseEvent class but what should it be?

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Eek, I wouldn't know how to run it in the VM.
Nah, turning off the hardware accel didn't do much, but thanks for the suggestion.
And yep, it's a windows box (xp).
I'm brand new to python so still finding my way. One thing I thought was perhaps I could just draw a new pointer on top of the image after it's been captured.
Haven't had much luck so far - can't even get the bloody thing to tell me where the mouse actually is...

Code:
mouse=wx.MouseEvent()
mouse_pos=mouse.GetLogicalPosition(context)
print "Mouse ="+str(mouse_pos.x)+","+str(mouse_pos.y)
I get that "context" is probably the wrong thing to pass to the MouseEvent class but what should it be?
Okay, I searched codeproject.com for you. Here is the first link I found (Capturing the Desktop Screen with the Mouse Cursor Image): http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/...e-Mouse-Cursor

Although that project uses C#, you should be able to adapt it to C by using the same Win32api calls that it makes. Or find a different project.

To download source from codeproject, you may need a free login account. Code Project downloads typically use a COPL license (which is much like MIT or BSD, allowing commercial use).

EDIT: Okay, this shows a variety of ways to capture the screen in C (some with mouse pointer):
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/...ing-the-screen
This one is LGPL, so for commercial use you would have to wrap it in a DLL.

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Old 06-18-2012, 01:44 PM   #58
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Here is quick and dirty fragment of code that adds mouse cursor:
Code:
      ...
      memory.Blit(0, 0, w, h, context, l, t)
# start of inserted code
      pos=wx.GetMousePosition()
      (cw,ch)=memory.GetTextExtent('x')
      memory.DrawText('x',pos.x-cw/2, pos.y-ch/2)
# end of inserted code
      memory.SelectObject(wx.NullBitmap)
      ...
It draws 'x' letter instead of actual cursor image.
However, because of the delay (around 1 second) it's inconvenient to use it for pointing and clicking items if you only look at the reader screen. I'm thinking about adding a mouse cursor in the HTML page and quicker updates of its position, independent of screen image updates (new positions could be retrieved with AJAX requests).
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Old 06-18-2012, 08:24 PM   #59
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Thanks for the thought Geekmaster, but I'm equally new to C, so I'll stick to python for now.

Fantastic W126 - didn't realise getting the mouse pos was that easy!

I like the idea of speeding up the mouse refresh rate, that makes a lot of sense. Originally, I was planning to pan the screen around with the mouse. I know this will be incompatible with your idea, but for those wanting a bigger desktop, here's the code to insert...

Code:
      memory.SelectObject(bitmap)

#    beginning of inserted code

      offsetx=0
      offsety=0

      pos=wx.GetMousePosition()
     
      if pos.x>w/2:
        offsetx+=pos.x-w/2

      if pos.x>screenw-w/2:
        offsetx=screenw-w

      if pos.y>h/2:
        offsety+=pos.y-h/2

      if pos.y>screenh-h/2:
        offsety=screenh-h

      
      memory.Blit(0, 0, w, h, context, offsetx, offsety)
      
      (cw,ch)=memory.GetTextExtent('>X<')
      memory.DrawText('>X<',(pos.x-cw/2)-offsetx, (pos.y-ch/2)-offsety)
      
#    end of inserted code

      memory.SelectObject(wx.NullBitmap)
You'll also need to add the following above it...

Code:
w,h=(706,600)

# beginning of inserted code

# your actual monitor resolution
screenw,screenh=(1280,720)

# end of inserted code

#width and height of capture region
Admittedly, it's more than a little clunky like that but if you need a bigger screen, or even to get those few pixels to the right that can't be shown on an 800x600 screen.

Nice!
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Could somebody please edit the code to make it show the image in color?
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