help needed

seren4chen · 24th February 2002, 22:11

hi all,

i am a newbie, and i need some help here. i want to feed the detected beat from avs to an external program as a trigger signal. how should i do that ? does somebody know this ? or does somebody know how to get winamp's variable spectrumData without having to write a vis plug-in ? by the way, i'm using delphi.

thanks before.

UnConeD · 24th February 2002, 23:09

You have to write a visualisation plug-in to grab spectrumData. No way around that. You'll need to write your own beat-detection code in that case.

If you want to use AVS's beat detection, you could write an APE, but you'd need to modify all your presets to include it.

I believe there is a Delphi Vis plugin SDK, but APE's only have a C++ SDK.

T-CUT · 25th February 2002, 08:53

I wrote a plugin toghether with a friend, you call a function and this function should send the spec tó your programm(need the pointer, of the spec array)
i never tried it out. but if you want it send me a mail

dirkdeftly · 26th February 2002, 03:28

You can grab spectrum data in AVS, but I don't think you can send it out without making a new plugin

Magic.X · 26th February 2002, 10:22

Hey Seren4chen!

I'm also one of the Delphi Users (we're rare but we're ther)

As i experienced it, it's realy hard to write some good vis plugs starting up without any knowledge. Maybe you should try to use your Soundcard's MixRecord function. Record the sound and get the signal into your prog directly. But maybe that's even more difficult, i never tried such things out...
By the Way, doyou have any Drag&Drop experiences? I've almost completed a hotkey tool (click here for info) but i'm still struggling with adding drag&drop.

Hope you'll succeed

24th February 2002, 22:11	#1
seren4chen Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2	help needed hi all, i am a newbie, and i need some help here. i want to feed the detected beat from avs to an external program as a trigger signal. how should i do that ? does somebody know this ? or does somebody know how to get winamp's variable spectrumData without having to write a vis plug-in ? by the way, i'm using delphi. thanks before.

26th February 2002, 03:28	#4
dirkdeftly Forum King Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Cydonia, Mars Posts: 2,651	You can grab spectrum data in AVS, but I don't think you can send it out without making a new plugin "guilt is the cause of more disauders than history's most obscene marorders" --E. E. Cummings

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24th February 2002, 23:09	#2
UnConeD Whacked Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,104	You have to write a visualisation plug-in to grab spectrumData. No way around that. You'll need to write your own beat-detection code in that case. If you want to use AVS's beat detection, you could write an APE, but you'd need to modify all your presets to include it. I believe there is a Delphi Vis plugin SDK, but APE's only have a C++ SDK.

25th February 2002, 08:53	#3
T-CUT Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 40	I wrote a plugin toghether with a friend, you call a function and this function should send the spec tó your programm(need the pointer, of the spec array) i never tried it out. but if you want it send me a mail

26th February 2002, 10:22	#5
Magic.X Major Dude Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Leipzig / Germany Posts: 859	Hey Seren4chen! I'm also one of the Delphi Users (we're rare but we're ther) As i experienced it, it's realy hard to write some good vis plugs starting up without any knowledge. Maybe you should try to use your Soundcard's MixRecord function. Record the sound and get the signal into your prog directly. But maybe that's even more difficult, i never tried such things out... By the Way, doyou have any Drag&Drop experiences? I've almost completed a hotkey tool (click here for info) but i'm still struggling with adding drag&drop. Hope you'll succeed