willrob wrote:Have you tried capturing the configs (Control-Shift- plus any key does it on the Mac, not sure about PC side). Then when you start up G-Force again, hitting Control - plus that unique key will start that config again.
Thanks for the great tip! You just made my life a lot easier, better, well... you've given me a reason to live? Maybe not that far, eh?
But, yes, pressing (e.g.) Shift-CTRL-A in Windows Media Player saved the data to a file named "CTRL A.txt" and pressing CTRL-A starts the script. To that end, I've written a script that gives me options I hadn't had prior, and it works great! I don't see a button here that would allow me to attach the script, so I'll include my code at the end of this-here message.
willrob wrote:If you give it the name of a particular song, it will start automatically when that song starts. And you can also start a more elaborate script this way, similar to those used in Darkroom...
Ok, this one I'll need another push (or, you could just hit me on the head with your friendly local sledghammer): by "name of the song" do you mean the name of the mp3 (or wma, etc) file, or the embedded meta data information that's in the file? I guess I could figure this one out on my own, but hey, life wouldn't be any fun if you don't have a mentor, right?
willrob wrote:... and then use whatever technology at your disposal to capture it.
For all you people (like me) who are stuck with a PC because it's what you are forced to use (I use mine to teach classes, and Mac's and Linx aren't compatible with our software)... I'm using
Camtasia Studio to record the G-Force visualization portion of the screen. It works great, actually. I can then edit the output using
Vegas Video (from Sony), and burn DVD's using
DVD Architect (also from Sony).
Ok, so here's my beginner's attempt at a script. I place it in a file called "CTRL A.txt" and when I've got my music quequed and ready, I press CTRL-A. There's a five second countdown timer that gives me time to start Camtasia. Enjoy!
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//void StartTextOverlay( string inText,
// string inFontName,
// int inTextSize,
// float inFadeInDuration,
// float inDuration,
// float inFadeOutDuration,
// float inXPos,
// float inYPos,
// float inScale );
0:00
StartTextOverlay("Five",
"",
12,
0,
1,
0,
.2,
.9,
-1 );
0:01
StartTextOverlay("Four",
"",
12,
0,
1,
0,
.2,
.9,
-1 );
0:02
StartTextOverlay("Three",
"",
12,
0,
1,
0,
.2,
.9,
-1 );
0:03
StartTextOverlay("Two",
"",
12,
0,
1,
0,
.2,
.9,
-1 );
0:04
SetWaveShape( "Meet the Zipperheads II", 0 );
SetColorMap( "(RG) Bleu", 0 );
SetFlowField( "Sandstorm", 0 );
0:10
StartTextOverlay("Cyndi Lauper\rGirls Just Want To Have Fun",
"",
12,
2,
5,
2,
.2,
.9,
-1 );
3:40
StartTextOverlay("Cyndi Lauper\rGirls Just Want To Have Fun",
"",
12,
2,
5,
2,
.2,
.9,
-1 );
4:03
SetWaveShape( "Box Spectrogram", 0 );
SetColorMap( "Acid Gap - Purity", 0 );
SetFlowField( "Scatter Burst", 0 );
4:09
StartTextOverlay("Michael Jackson\rBilly Jean",
"",
12,
2,
5,
2,
.2,
.9,
-1 );
8:37
StartTextOverlay("Michael Jackson\rBilly Jean",
"",
12,
2,
5,
2,
.2,
.9,
-1 );
8:58
SetWaveShape( "Outer Spikes", 0 );
SetColorMap( "DT - Neon Knights", 0 );
SetFlowField( "E.R. At the Oval Office", 0 );
9:05
StartTextOverlay("Billy Idol\rRebel Yell",
"",
12,
2,
5,
2,
.2,
.9,
-1 );
13:32
StartTextOverlay("Billy Idol\rRebel Yell",
"",
12,
2,
5,
2,
.2,
.9,
-1 );
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