Has anyone managed to make a useful a and good looking card for the frond end?
The default one is pretty useless, it has a power on-off and the name, but no source or volume control with visible numbers or anything smart.
I believe controlling the av receiver separately is not worth the trouble so just made a simple input select for different uses.
Movie
Xbox
Radio
e.t.c
Each input select calls out a script which checks for time of the day and depending on that sets a different volume level, audyssey settings e.t.c. Script also includes controls the projector so if input select is set to Movie it switches on automatically.
So basically it looks like this on the front end. Second input select is for the radio station
If the receiver comes on than another card is also displayed with some extra controlls. Like kodi media_player, receiver volume and different listening settings.