Loads a png image file and display it as a Dispmanx layer. Installing raspidmx raspidmx is a library created by AndrewFromMelbourne that leaverages some of the capabilities of the Dispmanx API. Its a great starting point for anyone wishing to learn the Dispmanx API which is very poorly documented. See the library homepage at https://github.com/AndrewFromMelbourne/raspidmx Copy the entire folder onto the pi, […]
Category: DispmanX API
.DispmanX API General
There is an API for the Raspberry Pi called DispmanX that allows you to add layers that are displayed over other layers. It seems the API isn't documented but as far as we know everything on the Raspberry Pi display is a DispmanX layer. So this means you can use it to do things like overlay images on […]