Use curses library to blank the screen when videos aren't playing.

DVDEmu.cpp

@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <curses.h>
 #include "DVDEmu.h"
 #include "Serial.h"
 #include "Video.h"
 #include "Victor_XV-D701.h"
 #include "Toshiba_SD-B100.h"
 
-#define VERBOSE_DEBUG         1
+#define VERBOSE_DEBUG         0
 
 int getDirectoryCount( const char * const directory )
 {
@@ -188,6 +189,21 @@ int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
         return 1;
     }
 
+    if( !VERBOSE_DEBUG )
+    {
+        /* Init curses */
+        initscr();
+
+        /* Remove everything on the screen */
+        erase();
+
+        /* Turn off cursor */
+        curs_set( 0 );
+
+        /* Display this */
+        refresh();
+    }
+
     /* Ensure we start fresh */
     PurgeComm( serial );
     

Makefile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 all: dvdemu
 
 dvdemu: DVDEmu.cpp DVDEmu.h Serial.cpp Serial.h Video.cpp Video.h Toshiba_SD-B100.cpp Toshiba_SD-B100.h Victor_XV-D701.cpp Victor_XV-D701.h
-	g++ -Wall -Werror -D_BSD_SOURCE -pthread -o dvdemu DVDEmu.cpp Serial.cpp Video.cpp Toshiba_SD-B100.cpp Victor_XV-D701.cpp -ggdb
+	g++ -Wall -Werror -D_BSD_SOURCE -pthread -lcurses -o dvdemu DVDEmu.cpp Serial.cpp Video.cpp Toshiba_SD-B100.cpp Victor_XV-D701.cpp -ggdb
 
 .DUMMY: clean
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