Standalone startup in full screen?

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compusol
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Standalone startup in full screen?

Post by compusol »

Hello,

I'm gaining a new appreciation for SoftSkies! The upgrade sent to me recently was a very nice surprise. I'm using it with my Sonos and want to find a way to have the Standalone version start up in full screen. The instructions for GF don't seem to apply as there's no startup.txt file.

Please advise.

Thanks in advance for the assistance.

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Post by BTT »

Hello compusol

To the best of my knowledge this is the only way to control full screen mode.
Why can't I exit full-screen mode in the Standalone application?
To enter and exit full-screen mode, please use the keystroke "Shift Enter" or "Shift Return".
You may find contacting SoundSpectrum direct a better option. http://www.soundspectrum.com/support/contact.html
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compusol
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Solved, thanks to Frank in SoundSpectrum Support

Post by compusol »

Just need to add the following lines at the top of the startup.py file. Confirmed working for all the newest vis versions with Python based scripting:

@_time( '0:00' )
def action():
vis.SetFullscreen(1)

Thanks a lot for the help!

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Hello compusol

Good to know you have things working, and thanks for taking the time to post the solution for other forum members.

Much appreciated.
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Post by FrankN »

Thanks for posting this, compusol! I need to make a quick ammendment, though.

In Python, indentation is very important, due to the way the language was designed. So the solution should actually look like this:

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@_time( '0:00' )
def action():
	vis.SetFullscreen(1)
Hope this helps!

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Hello Frank

Does the following apply to all SoundSpectrum programs or just SoftSkies?

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@_time( '0:00' ) 
def action(): 
   vis.SetFullscreen(1) 
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Post by FrankN »

Yup! No matter what visualizer you use, as soon as that script starts, it will put your visualizer in full screen mode. Change the time stamp if you'd like to delay the script.

If you want to activate the script when your visualizer starts, put it in the "Startup.py" file in your "...\SoundSpectrum\G-Force\Resources\Common" folder.

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Post by kartahon1 »

that isn't so self-explanatory, at least not to me anyway. So if someone could explain what the "Sky Edit Interval" setting does, I would appreciate it. ????
han ya na kuch tu kaho

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Hello kartahon1

I do not use SoftSkies so I suggest you contact SoundSpectrum direct.

http://www.soundspectrum.com/support/contact.html
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