LCD Display Tontec 3.5 with Rasplex.

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Hi!

I bought this Tontec 3.5 screen.

There is some manipulation to enabled it as primary screen. The HDMI screen is primary so I have to switch it.

The problem is that the tutorial given in the box is for Raspbian and there are some changes.

I have to change config.txt. The file wasn’t in the same folder but I find it.

So, i have to change /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-fbturbo.conf and for now I didn’t find it.

In this file, I have to change the primary screen.

How can i find this file ? I try a FIND command but it doesn’t exist.

Anybody find a solution for Rasplex and a LCD display ?

Is that possible to install a Plex client on Raspbian ? Maybe it will be more easy for me ?

Thanks a lot.

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Rasplex has no X environment, that why you can’t find it, it doesn’t need it.

There are some old posts relating to touchscreen so, no one has got one working as far as I can remember, Rasplex doesn’t support touch, but the screen should work, suggest searching this section for ‘touchscreen’.

There is no Plex client the runs under Raspbian.

Regards

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Ok. Thank you for your answer.

The touchscreen function is not a priority. I have search for many solution to have the LCD display working with Rasplex but I don’t find it yet. The screen works on Raspbian but there isn’t Plex client on it.

If anybody have a solution for this : Plex client on Raspberry + LCD screen working, I take it !

Thanks.

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Is this tutoral can be a base to do that ?

github.com/RasPlex/RasPlex/wiki/GPIO-LCD

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No, that is for the small, text only displays, usually one or two lines.

That particular article is now a few years old and is probably not relevant anymore.

Regards

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OK, thank you.

So, for now there is no solution to use Rasplex or anything similar Plex client with a LCD screen on Raspberry Pi.

I have to be patient. :slight_smile:

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Just thinking about this would seem that an LCD screen with an HDMI port should work. Something like this ?

The only worry I would have is whether Rasplex would auto detect the display resolution. I don’t know if there is a way to force Rasplex to use the displays native resolution. Ned probably knows :slight_smile:

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I’m utilizing the 7" official pi touchscreen, running Plex Media Player v1.1.1 (the new 1.1.2 broke the touch feature, so I reverted). It works flawlessly! I tried for days to get rasplex to work with my touchscreen and eventually gave up, and I’m happy I made the switch.

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So it doesn’t work in PMP either.

Regards