Random Visuals!

I've wished for this since the very first release of the MK1. :)

Would it be possible to have more configuration ability for controlling the visuals in emplode?

The Perfect World would have a pulldown for visual selection, where you can "hide" visuals from being able to be selected on the empeg either by menu system and/or remote control (which still is bad for selecting visuals as if you skip it by one, you have to cycle through 50 other visuals to get back to it - which is very distracting). And also, in the same configuration dialog, be able to set up a randomizer, where you can choose the timeout (min and max second values, where it will change the visual anytime between X and Y seconds).

The Really Perfect World? blit the two together as they are changing randomly so that it looks kind of like a "fade". Now THAT would be cool. Not sure if it would look good on a 2 bit display, but hey, worth throwing out there.

The "Empeg Coders Are Bored And Have Nothing Better To Do" Perfect World. Just like equalizers, be able to set up profiles of which visuals can be randomized with which playlists. That way only the cool electronica songs would be associated with Visuals such as FunnelWeb, and my "Humor" MP3s would be associated with something like the clock. :)

Comments?

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I like the idea of multiple visuals, however, for something easier and maybe not quite as cool, I think randomly switching visuals when a new song is loaded would be cool. In an earlier thread Toby mentioned he was working on "favorite visuals" functionality where you pick a subset of the visuals that you like. I figure this could be augmented with the ability to have visuals switch when it starts a new track. Not as cool as either your "really perfect world" or "empeg coders are really bored" scenarios, but less work, too.

-Tony
MkII #554

You can edit the favourite visual list in config.ini. I'm currently trying to find time to download the list of available visuals from the player in order to allow selection in emplode. The player code's there, but it requires UI -- as usual.


-- roger

Oh cool. Is the favorite visual syntax in config.ini documented? Is this an example of RTFM or RTFRN?

And what do you think the chances are that the "random (favorite) visual load on track switch" idea will happen in the future?

-Tony
MkII #554

Is the favorite visual syntax in config.ini documented? Is this an example of RTFM or RTFRN?

The second thing.

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Tony Fabris

Elite. Is the idea of the timed random-switch feasable to make the wish-list after the bug-list is exhausted (as if the bug list is *EVER* truly exhausted in any software project) :)

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Yep.


-- roger

Great I just figured out how to edit the config.ini file to make a set of my favorite visuals.
Searching through the forum however I only found this thread with someone's wish to "randomize" these visuals.
I think this would be an extremely cool feature to have.