Smoother cuts between presets ?

PeterM · 25th September 2002, 21:03

Hi
All
Is there anyway to make smoother cuts between presets.I have only tried the disable hard cuts feature but still get see harsh changes for some presets.

The only way I see is to delete some of the presets that appear to not mix/blend too well.

I have to admit I lurk here rather than post but while i'm logged in may I add my eperiences with Milkdrop in Winamp3

I tried Winamp3 owing to the media library feature but no Milkdrop was a turn off.

Recently here I downloaded Vis Plugin Manager and for me the ALL important instructions.

Milkdrop runs much smoother in Winamp3,when using the F2/F3 functions under Winamp 2.?? I get a string of time and artist info between tracks across screen..NOT in Winamp3

A similar effect happens with the animated text usually if I hit multiple skips..NOT so in Winamp3.

Lastly Milkdrop pauses briefly on track changes again Winamp3 does not have this problem.

Most of the presets run between 45 to 63 FPS although a few ""approx 10 "" drop to silly low causing the animated text to almost freeze.

I have to run in desktop mode with no desktop icons and auto hide taskbar,something my graphics card is happier at.

FWIW... system is 1.7Ghz P4 Gigabyte GA-81DX 512 med SDram ATI Rage Pro Graphics ...Win Xp...ect..

Hey go easy on my dribble but i thought i share a not so nightmare with Winamp 3 SO FAR!!

Best Regards
Peter

Esotic · 28th March 2003, 18:01

I would assume that the effect your referring to could be caused by

1) Accessing the hard drive to load the preset to memory - Solution: use a ramdrive program to put the whole winamp directory structure in your physical ram, this eliminated "pauses" when load the next preset

2) When MilkDrop is blending two presets it's have to do twice the work. The only thing you can do about this is to not use heavy duty presets (as you mentioned), or upgrade your system (CPU and/or Video Card).

I'm running DDR333, Athlon 2100, and a Radeon 8500 LE with 128MB memory. Milkdrop is set to 800x600, 512x512, and 24x18. Normally everything runs at 60fps, but occasionally it will drop. There's only so much you can do about that.

Esotic

Morninglight · 21st April 2003, 03:17

Quote:

Originally posted by Esotic

I'm running DDR333, Athlon 2100, and a Radeon 8500 LE with 128MB memory. Milkdrop is set to 800x600, 512x512, and 24x18. Normally everything runs at 60fps, but occasionally it will drop. There's only so much you can do about that.

Sorry to say but that's slow for those specs, my compaq laptop hits 50-60fps @800x600x32bit.

P3-m 866
512MB SDRAM
ATi Mobility m6 16MB DDR

Esotic · 21st April 2003, 14:51

Just so you know, I have vertical sync turned on and my refresh rate is set to 60 to be compatible with my LCD Projection Panel. When I turn off vertical sync it normally runs at around 100fps.

25th September 2002, 21:03	#1
PeterM Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 43	Smoother cuts between presets ? Hi All Is there anyway to make smoother cuts between presets.I have only tried the disable hard cuts feature but still get see harsh changes for some presets. The only way I see is to delete some of the presets that appear to not mix/blend too well. I have to admit I lurk here rather than post but while i'm logged in may I add my eperiences with Milkdrop in Winamp3 I tried Winamp3 owing to the media library feature but no Milkdrop was a turn off. Recently here I downloaded Vis Plugin Manager and for me the ALL important instructions. Milkdrop runs much smoother in Winamp3,when using the F2/F3 functions under Winamp 2.?? I get a string of time and artist info between tracks across screen..NOT in Winamp3 A similar effect happens with the animated text usually if I hit multiple skips..NOT so in Winamp3. Lastly Milkdrop pauses briefly on track changes again Winamp3 does not have this problem. Most of the presets run between 45 to 63 FPS although a few ""approx 10 "" drop to silly low causing the animated text to almost freeze. I have to run in desktop mode with no desktop icons and auto hide taskbar,something my graphics card is happier at. FWIW... system is 1.7Ghz P4 Gigabyte GA-81DX 512 med SDram ATI Rage Pro Graphics ...Win Xp...ect.. Hey go easy on my dribble but i thought i share a not so nightmare with Winamp 3 SO FAR!! Best Regards Peter

28th March 2003, 18:01	#2
Esotic Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 106	Blending Up Is Hard To Do I would assume that the effect your referring to could be caused by 1) Accessing the hard drive to load the preset to memory - Solution: use a ramdrive program to put the whole winamp directory structure in your physical ram, this eliminated "pauses" when load the next preset 2) When MilkDrop is blending two presets it's have to do twice the work. The only thing you can do about this is to not use heavy duty presets (as you mentioned), or upgrade your system (CPU and/or Video Card). I'm running DDR333, Athlon 2100, and a Radeon 8500 LE with 128MB memory. Milkdrop is set to 800x600, 512x512, and 24x18. Normally everything runs at 60fps, but occasionally it will drop. There's only so much you can do about that. Esotic

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21st April 2003, 14:51	#4
Esotic Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 106	Just so you know, I have vertical sync turned on and my refresh rate is set to 60 to be compatible with my LCD Projection Panel. When I turn off vertical sync it normally runs at around 100fps.