Winamp Visualisations from external input?

cyon · 19th December 2006, 00:56

Hi All, i dont know about the rest of you, but i think winamp's AVS is second-to-none!

I dont know much about the workings of it i just enjoy the pretty pictures. Im throwing a houseparty on friday and was wondering if there is a way for the AVS to work from an external audio input -namely my Numark mixer via my laptops line-in port.

Does winamp have to be playing the media in order for the visualisation component to spring to life?? It would be so cool if i could have the AVS display visuals via my laptop/ projector in realtime whilst i mix. If theer's anyway of doing such a thing and you know how, you will make me and the other 50 or so people have an extremely trippy night!

My hardware- 2 Pioneer CDJ1000MK3's, Numark FX5000 mixer, P4, 1GB RAM, radeon 9800 pro GFX, LAPtop and a projector.

Tnx in advance,
cyon

Rocker · 19th December 2006, 10:19

first of all, make sure you have the winamp full install with the linein plugin enabled.

plug your mixer into your linein

make sure your windows recording source is set to your linein port.

open winamp
ctrl+l

now enter "linein://" without the "" and hit play

if your playing music, the spectrum analyser(or oscilloscope) should be working.
visualisation plugins should work aswell.

cyon · 19th December 2006, 17:01

ill try this when i get home, tnx for your help rocker!

i do have a question tho, when you say install the FULL version are you referring to the version you have to purchase or just the free one?

Tnx- ill let u know how i get on.

siebe83 · 19th December 2006, 17:37

The Full version is free. Only the Pro version costs money.

You probably already have the Full version though, seeing that you have the AVS plugin installed (which also comes only with the Full/Pro version).
Unless you unchecked Line-in Support in the installer options, you should be fine.

cyon · 19th December 2006, 20:53

TOP MAN! WORKS WONDERFULLY!

Duz any1 know of a\way to stop the title of the patterns from showing on display?

Either way tnx for your help guys

siebe83 · 19th December 2006, 21:08

When in windowed mode, right-click on the visualization > AVS Editor
Select 'Settings' menu > Fullscreen > checkmark 'Suppress status text in fullscreen'

cyon · 20th December 2006, 00:39

great ive done that! tnx... cud i be cheeky still and this will be the last time.

anyway to change the delay between patterns? i'd like them to change over, after a while longer as at the moment its too fast- might freak people out a bit

Rocker · 20th December 2006, 01:06

avs editor(off right click menu)-->settings

transitions for transition settings.

presets/hotkeys for transition timing.

blazercist · 20th December 2006, 04:11

anyone know if it is possible for avs to render through video card rather than cpu? I like it but in fullscreen 1280x1024 the framerate drops to like 7 fps.

siebe83 · 20th December 2006, 06:50

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....threadid=82567
Scroll down to #9 & #10.

19th December 2006, 17:37	#4
siebe83 Forum King Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,229	The Full version is free. Only the Pro version costs money. You probably already have the Full version though, seeing that you have the AVS plugin installed (which also comes only with the Full/Pro version). Unless you unchecked Line-in Support in the installer options, you should be fine. If you're bored go here or, if the boredom is more serious, here.

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siebe83 Forum King Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,229	When in windowed mode, right-click on the visualization > AVS Editor Select 'Settings' menu > Fullscreen > checkmark 'Suppress status text in fullscreen' If you're bored go here or, if the boredom is more serious, here.

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19th December 2006, 00:56	#1
cyon Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: London Posts: 8	Winamp Visualisations from external input? Hi All, i dont know about the rest of you, but i think winamp's AVS is second-to-none! I dont know much about the workings of it i just enjoy the pretty pictures. Im throwing a houseparty on friday and was wondering if there is a way for the AVS to work from an external audio input -namely my Numark mixer via my laptops line-in port. Does winamp have to be playing the media in order for the visualisation component to spring to life?? It would be so cool if i could have the AVS display visuals via my laptop/ projector in realtime whilst i mix. If theer's anyway of doing such a thing and you know how, you will make me and the other 50 or so people have an extremely trippy night! My hardware- 2 Pioneer CDJ1000MK3's, Numark FX5000 mixer, P4, 1GB RAM, radeon 9800 pro GFX, LAPtop and a projector. Tnx in advance, cyon

19th December 2006, 10:19	#2
Rocker Hiding in plain sight (mod) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 9,910	first of all, make sure you have the winamp full install with the linein plugin enabled. plug your mixer into your linein make sure your windows recording source is set to your linein port. open winamp ctrl+l now enter "linein://" without the "" and hit play if your playing music, the spectrum analyser(or oscilloscope) should be working. visualisation plugins should work aswell.

19th December 2006, 17:01	#3
cyon Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: London Posts: 8	ill try this when i get home, tnx for your help rocker! i do have a question tho, when you say install the FULL version are you referring to the version you have to purchase or just the free one? Tnx- ill let u know how i get on.

19th December 2006, 20:53	#5
cyon Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: London Posts: 8	TOP MAN! WORKS WONDERFULLY! Duz any1 know of a\way to stop the title of the patterns from showing on display? Either way tnx for your help guys

20th December 2006, 00:39	#7
cyon Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: London Posts: 8	great ive done that! tnx... cud i be cheeky still and this will be the last time. anyway to change the delay between patterns? i'd like them to change over, after a while longer as at the moment its too fast- might freak people out a bit

20th December 2006, 01:06	#8
Rocker Hiding in plain sight (mod) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 9,910	avs editor(off right click menu)-->settings transitions for transition settings. presets/hotkeys for transition timing.

20th December 2006, 04:11	#9
blazercist Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1	anyone know if it is possible for avs to render through video card rather than cpu? I like it but in fullscreen 1280x1024 the framerate drops to like 7 fps.

20th December 2006, 06:50	#10
siebe83 Forum King Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,229	http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....threadid=82567 Scroll down to #9 & #10. If you're bored go here or, if the boredom is more serious, here.