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#5939 - 03/09/1999 07:35 Repository of Visuals
schofiel
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
It would be great if the visuals were modular, and downloadable to the empeg.

If there was a skeleton "SDK" for the modules, then people could write their own visuals at will. There would have to be information in the SDK regarding the available resources that a visuals module could call on (e.g. background real-time analyser process that shares info via shared memory or such like, how to draw primitives, etc.).

If a web site repository was established for the upload/download of visuals modules, then this would encourage the growth of free exchange of visuals, much like skins have taken off in a big way with WinAmp.

Finally, if emplode could create "visuals playlists" and could download a set of modules to empeg, you would be able to play around selecting only the visuals that interested you, and change them as often as you like.

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#5940 - 03/09/1999 09:17 Re: Repository of Visuals [Re: schofiel]
Kram
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Registered: 23/06/1999
Posts: 42
Loc: Cambridge, England
Using that approach a 3rd party application could be downloaded as a visual, turned on by choosing that visual, turned off by selecting another visual, etc..

The same "grab a part of the screen" or "overlay my stuff over the player (or vice versa)" API could then suit visuals and applications alike, 'cos in fact applications would just be visuals with a bit more than a fancy display.

You'd still need a means of grabbing button events. How about, the active visual/application is passed all button and IR events to either handle and cancel or to ignore and leave for the player, not a million miles away from the event model that Windows uses. The application could then choose one event to toggle whether or not it processes other events, so switching between buttons and IR controlling the application or the visual/application.

Cheers,

Mark.


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#5941 - 06/09/1999 18:13 Re: Repository of Visuals [Re: schofiel]
NasalGoat
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Registered: 23/08/1999
Posts: 129
Loc: Toronto, ON, Canada
Also along those lines, being able to assign visuals based on playlist would be nice. And having the visuals cycle at whatever rate you decide would be a nice option.



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