Visuals With Renoise

pops92 · January 7, 2011, 2:36am

I was thinking earlier that I’d like to be able to cut up a video clip in the same way you cut up a break in Renoise, but I’m assuming that it would just not be possible. So is there any similar way to edit video files? What I really love about Renoise is the ease of work flow when slicing.

dufey · January 7, 2011, 8:11am

I use Sony Vegas for my video editing, it works like the sample editor in Renoise; you just cut and slice, then move the pieces anywhere you’d like

rhowaldt · January 7, 2011, 1:24pm

being able to use 09xx commands and the like on video would be awesome. i have no idea, but could this be possible through scripting? i know there are possibilities for external apps, right?

dblue, take the challenge

td6d · January 7, 2011, 2:57pm

He’ll fix this overnight, just for you

Conner_Bw · January 7, 2011, 3:08pm

I would like to cut up JPEGs with Renoise. Also, MS WORD Documents. Is this possible?

dblue · January 7, 2011, 3:14pm

Sorry guys. It might be possible to create something that sends offset commands via OSC to some other video application, but it’s definitely a bit more than I’m able to do during my casual scripting time

td6d · January 7, 2011, 3:56pm

It would be awesome if there would be a tool in which you can load one or several .jpgs of which the code gets cut up, pasted in random order on the beat so you get crazy pictures like this:

Moonriders · January 7, 2011, 4:41pm

VLC would be good for this.
It has a LUA script for a remote control interface:

this is the rc.lua file included in VLC’s interface directory showing the available functions or commands

[details=“Click to view contents”] --[==========================================================================[
rc.lua: remote control module for VLC
–[==========================================================================[
Copyright © 2007-2009 the VideoLAN team
$Id$

Authors: Antoine Cellerier

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or

(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the

GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.

–]==========================================================================]

description=

[============================================================================[

Remote control interface for VLC

This is a modules/control/rc.c look alike (with a bunch of new features)

Use on local term:

vlc -I luarc

Use on tcp connection:

vlc -I luarc --lua-config “rc={host=‘localhost:4212’}”

Use on multiple hosts (term + 2 tcp ports):

vlc -I luarc --lua-config “rc={hosts={'console’,‘localhost:4212’,‘localhost:5678’}}"

Note:

-I luarc is an alias for -I lua --lua-intf rc

Configuration options setable throught the --lua-config option are:

* hosts: A list of hosts to listen on.

* host: A host to listen on. (won’t be used if hosts' is set) The following can be set using the --lua-config option or in the interface itself using theset’ command:

* prompt: The prompt.

* welcome: The welcome message.

* width: The default terminal width (used to format text).

* autocompletion: When issuing an unknown command, print a list of

possible commands to autocomplete with. (0 to disable,

1 to enable).

* autoalias: If autocompletion returns only one possibility, use it

(0 to disable, 1 to enable).

* flatplaylist: 0 to disable, 1 to enable.

]============================================================================]

require(“common”)

skip = common.skip

skip2 = function(foo) return skip(skip(foo)) end

setarg = common.setarg

strip = common.strip

–[[Setup default environement]]

env = { prompt = “> “;

width = 70;

autocompletion = 1;

autoalias = 1;

welcome = “Remote control interface initialized. Type help' for help."; flatplaylist = 0; } --[[Import custom environement variables from the command line config (if possible)]] for k,v in pairs(env) do if config[k] then if type(env[k]) == type(config[k]) then env[k] = config[k] vlc.msg.dbg("set environement variable“…k…”’ to “…tostring(env[k]))

else

vlc.msg.err(“environement variable "..k.."' should be of type "..type(env[k])..". config value will be discarded.") end end end --[[Command functions]] function set_env(name,client,value) if value then local var,val = split_input(value) if val then s = string.gsub(val,"\"(.*)\"","%1") if type(client.env[var])==type(1) then client.env[var] = tonumber(s) else client.env[var] = s end else client:append( tostring(client.env[var]) ) end else for e,v in common.pairs_sorted(client.env) do client:append(e.."="..v) end end end function save_env(name,client,value) env = common.table_copy(client.env) end function alias(client,value) if value then local var,val = split_input(value) if commands[var] and type(commands[var]) ~= type("") then client:append("Error: cannot use a primary command as an alias name") else if commands[val] then commands[var]=val else client:append("Error: unknown primary command“…val…”’.”)

end

end

else

for c,v in common.pairs_sorted(commands) do

if type(v)==type(””) then

client:append(c…”=”…v)

end

end

end

end

function fixme(name,client)

client:append( “FIXME: unimplemented command "..name.."'." ) end function logout(name,client) if client.type == host.client_type.net then client:send("Bye-bye!") client:del() else client:append("Error: Can't logout of stdin/stdout. Use quit or shutdown to close VLC.") end end function shutdown(name,client) client:append("Bye-bye!") h:broadcast("Shutting down.") vlc.msg.info("Requested shutdown.") vlc.misc.quit() end function quit(name,client) if client.type == host.client_type.net then logout(name,client) else shutdown(name,client) end end function add(name,client,arg) -- TODO: par single and double quotes properly local f if name == "enqueue" then f = vlc.playlist.enqueue else f = vlc.playlist.add end local options = {} for o in string.gmatch(arg," +<img src="https://files.renoise.com/forum/emoticons/default/sad.gif" class="bbc_emoticon" alt=":(">[^]*)") do table.insert(options,o) end arg = string.gsub(arg," +:.*$","") f({{path=arg,options=options}}) end function playlist_is_tree( client ) if client.env.flatplaylist == 0 then return true else return false end end function playlist(name,client,arg) function playlist0(item,prefix) local prefix = prefix or "" if not item.flags.disabled then local str = "| "..prefix..tostring(item.id).." - "..item.name if item.duration > 0 then str = str.." ("..common.durationtostring(item.duration)..")" end if item.nb_played > 0 then str = str.." [played "..tostring(item.nb_played).." time" if item.nb_played > 1 then str = str .. "s" end str = str .. "]" end client:append(str) end if item.children then for _, c in ipairs(item.children) do playlist0(c,prefix.." ") end end end local playlist local tree = playlist_is_tree(client) if name == "search" then playlist = vlc.playlist.search(arg or "", tree) else if tonumber(arg) then playlist = vlc.playlist.get(tonumber(arg), tree) elseif arg then playlist = vlc.playlist.get(arg, tree) else playlist = vlc.playlist.get(nil, tree) end end if name == "search" then client:append("+----[Search - "..(arg or "reset’”)…"]")

else

client:append(“±—[Playlist - “…playlist.name…”]”)

end

if playlist.children then

for _, item in ipairs(playlist.children) do

playlist0(item)

end

else

playlist0(playlist)

end

if name == “search” then

client:append("±—[End of search - Use search' to reset ]") else client:append("+----[End of playlist]") end end function playlist_sort(name,client,arg) if not arg then client:append("Valid sort keys are: id, title, artist, genre, random, duration, album.") else local tree = playlist_is_tree(client) vlc.playlist.sort(arg,false,tree) end end function services_discovery(name,client,arg) if arg then if vlc.sd.is_loaded(arg) then vlc.sd.remove(arg) client:append(arg.." disabled.") else vlc.sd.add(arg) client:append(arg.." enabled.") end else local sd = vlc.sd.get_services_names() client:append("+----[Services discovery]") for n,ln in pairs(sd) do local status if vlc.sd.is_loaded(n) then status = "enabled" else status = "disabled" end client:append("| "..n..": " .. ln .. " (" .. status .. ")") end client:append("+----[End of services discovery]") end end function print_text(label,text) return function(name,client) client:append("+----["..label.."]") client:append "|" for line in string.gmatch(text,".-\r?\n") do client:append("| "..string.gsub(line,"\r?\n","")) end client:append "|" client:append("+----[End of "..string.lower(label).."]") end end function help(name,client,arg) local width = client.env.width local long = (name == "longhelp") local extra = "" if arg then extra = "matching" … arg … "’ " end

client:append(“±—[Remote control commands “…extra…”]”)

for i, cmd in ipairs(commands_ordered) do

if (cmd == “” or not commands[cmd].adv or long)

and (not arg or string.match(cmd,arg)) then

local str = "| " … cmd

if cmd ~= “” then

local val = commands[cmd]

if val.aliases then

for ,a in ipairs(val.aliases) do

str = str … “, " … a

end

end

if val.args then str = str … " " … val.args end

if #str%2 == 1 then str = str … " " end

str = str … string.rep(” .",(width-(#str+#val.help)-1)/2)

str = str … string.rep(" “,width-#str-#val.help) … val.help

end

client:append(str)

end

end

client:append(“±—[end of help]”)

end

function input_info(name,client)

local categories = vlc.input_info()

for cat, infos in pairs(categories) do

client:append(“±—[”…cat…”]")

client:append("|")

for name, value in pairs(infos) do

client:append("| “…name…”: “…value)

end

client:append(”|")

end

client:append(“±—[end of stream info]”)

end

function playlist_status(name,client)

local a,b,c = vlc.playlist.status()

client:append( “( new input: " … tostring(a) … " )” )

client:append( “( audio volume: " … tostring( … " )”)

client:append( “( state " … tostring© … " )”)

end

function is_playing(name,client)

if vlc.input.is_playing() then client:append “1” else client:append “0” end

end

function ret_print(foo,start,stop)

local start = start or “”

local stop = stop or “”

return function(discard,client,…) client:append(start…tostring(foo(…))…stop) end

end

function get_time(var)

return function(name,client)

local input = vlc.object.input()

client:append(math.floor(vlc.var.get( input, var )))

end

end

function titlechap(name,client,value)

local input = vlc.object.input()

local var = string.gsub( name, ".$”, “” )

if value then

vlc.var.set( input, var, value )

else

local item = vlc.var.get( input, var )

– Todo: add item name conversion

client:apped(item)

end

end

function titlechap_offset(client,offset)

return function(name,value)

local input = vlc.object.input()

local var = string.gsub( name, ".*$", “” )

vlc.var.set( input, var, vlc.var.get( input, var )+offset )

end

end

function seek(name,client,value)

common.seek(value)

end

function volume(name,client,value)

if value then

vlc.volume.set(value)

else

client:append(tostring(vlc.volume.get()))

end

end

function rate(name,client)

local input = vlc.object.input()

if name == “normal” then

vlc.var.set(input,“rate”,1000) – FIXME: INPUT_RATE_DEFAULT

else

vlc.var.set(input,“rate-”…name,nil)

end

end

function listvalue(obj,var)

return function(client,value)

local o = vlc.object.find(nil,obj,“anywhere”)

if not o then return end

if value then

vlc.var.set( o, var, value )

else

local c = vlc.var.get( o, var )

local v, l = vlc.var.get_list( o, var )

client:append(“±—[”…var…"]")

for i,val in ipairs(v) do

local mark = (val==c)and " " or “”

client:append("| “…tostring(val)…” - "…tostring(l[i])…mark)

end

client:append(“±—[end of “…var…”]”)

end

end

end

function eval(client,val)

client:append(loadstring(“return “…val)())

end

–[[ Declare commands, register their callback functions and provide

help strings here.

Syntax is:

“”; { func = ; [args = “”;] help = “”; [adv = ;] [aliases = { [””;] }; ] }

]]

commands_ordered = {

{ “add”; { func = add; args = “XYZ”; help = “add XYZ to playlist” } };

{ “enqueue”; { func = add; args = “XYZ”; help = “queue XYZ to playlist” } };

{ “playlist”; { func = playlist; help = “show items currently in playlist” } };

{ “search”; { func = playlist; args = “[string]”; help = “search for items in playlist (or reset search)” } };

{ “sort”; { func = playlist_sort; args = “key”; help = “sort the playlist” } };

{ “sd”; { func = services_discovery; args = “[sd]”; help = “show services discovery or toggle” } };

{ “play”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.play); help = “play stream” } };

{ “stop”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.stop); help = “stop stream” } };

{ “next”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.next); help = “next playlist item” } };

{ “prev”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.prev); help = “previous playlist item” } };

{ “goto”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.goto); help = “goto item at index” } };

{ “repeat”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.repeat); args = “[on|off]”; help = “toggle playlist repeat” } };

{ “loop”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.loop); args = “[on|off]”; help = “toggle playlist loop” } };

{ “random”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.random); args = “[on|off]”; help = “toggle playlist random” } };

{ “clear”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.clear); help = “clear the playlist” } };

{ “status”; { func = playlist_status; help = “current playlist status” } };

{ “title”; { func = titlechap; args = “[X]”; help = “set/get title in current item” } };

{ “title_n”; { func = titlechap_offset(1); help = “next title in current item” } };

{ “title_p”; { func = titlechap_offset(-1); help = “previous title in current item” } };

{ “chapter”; { func = titlechap; args = “[X]”; help = “set/get chapter in current item” } };

{ “chapter_n”; { func = titlechap_offset(1); help = “next chapter in current item” } };

{ “chapter_p”; { func = titlechap_offset(-1); help = “previous chapter in current item” } };

{ “” };

{ “seek”; { func = seek; args = “X”; help = "seek in seconds, for instance seek 12'" } }; { "pause"; { func = setarg(common.hotkey,"key-play-pause"); help = "toggle pause" } }; { "fastforward"; { func = setarg(common.hotkey,"key-jump+extrashort"); help = "set to maximum rate" } }; { "rewind"; { func = setarg(common.hotkey,"key-jump-extrashort"); help = "set to minimum rate" } }; { "faster"; { func = rate; help = "faster playing of stream" } }; { "slower"; { func = rate; help = "slower playing of stream" } }; { "normal"; { func = rate; help = "normal playing of stream" } }; { "fullscreen"; { func = skip2(vlc.video.fullscreen); args = "[on|off]"; help = "toggle fullscreen"; aliases = { "f", "F" } } }; { "info"; { func = input_info; help = "information about the current stream" } }; { "get_time"; { func = get_time("time"); help = "seconds elapsed since stream's beginning" } }; { "is_playing"; { func = is_playing; help = "1 if a stream plays, 0 otherwise" } }; { "get_title"; { func = ret_print(vlc.input.get_title); help = "the title of the current stream" } }; { "get_length"; { func = get_time("length"); help = "the length of the current stream" } }; { "" }; { "volume"; { func = volume; args = "[X]"; help = "set/get audio volume" } }; { "volup"; { func = ret_print(vlc.volume.up,"( audio volume: "," )"); args = "[X]"; help = "raise audio volume X steps" } }; { "voldown"; { func = ret_print(vlc.volume.down,"( audio volume: "," )"); args = "[X]"; help = "lower audio volume X steps" } }; { "adev"; { func = skip(listvalue("aout","audio-device")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get audio device" } }; { "achan"; { func = skip(listvalue("aout","audio-channels")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get audio channels" } }; { "atrack"; { func = skip(listvalue("input","audio-es")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get audio track" } }; { "vtrack"; { func = skip(listvalue("input","video-es")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get video track" } }; { "vratio"; { func = skip(listvalue("vout","aspect-ratio")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get video aspect ratio" } }; { "vcrop"; { func = skip(listvalue("vout","crop")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get video crop"; aliases = { "crop" } } }; { "vzoom"; { func = skip(listvalue("vout","zoom")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get video zoom"; aliases = { "zoom" } } }; { "snapshot"; { func = common.snapshot; help = "take video snapshot" } }; { "strack"; { func = skip(listvalue("input","spu-es")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get subtitles track" } }; { "hotkey"; { func = skip(common.hotkey); args = "[hotkey name]"; help = "simulate hotkey press"; adv = true; aliases = { "key" } } }; { "menu"; { func = fixme; args = "[on|off|up|down|left|right|select]"; help = "use menu"; adv = true } }; { "" }; { "set"; { func = set_env; args = "[var [value]]"; help = "set/get env var"; adv = true } }; { "save_env"; { func = save_env; help = "save env vars (for future clients)"; adv = true } }; { "alias"; { func = skip(alias); args = "[cmd]"; help = "set/get command aliases"; adv = true } }; { "eval"; { func = skip(eval); help = "eval some lua (*debug*)"; adv =true } }; -- FIXME: comment out if you're not debugging { "description"; { func = print_text("Description",description); help = "describe this module" } }; { "license"; { func = print_text("License message",vlc.misc.license()); help = "print VLC's license message"; adv = true } }; { "help"; { func = help; args = "[pattern]"; help = "a help message"; aliases = { "?" } } }; { "longhelp"; { func = help; args = "[pattern]"; help = "a longer help message" } }; { "logout"; { func = logout; help = "exit (if in a socket connection)" } }; { "quit"; { func = quit; help = "quit VLC (or logout if in a socket connection)" } }; { "shutdown"; { func = shutdown; help = "shutdown VLC" } }; } commands = {} for i, cmd in ipairs( commands_ordered ) do if #cmd == 2 then commands[cmd[1]]=cmd[2] if cmd[2].aliases then for _,a in ipairs(cmd[2].aliases) do commands[a]=cmd[1] end end end commands_ordered[i]=cmd[1] end --[[ From now on commands_ordered is a list of the different command names and commands is a associative array indexed by the command name. ]] -- Compute the column width used when printing a the autocompletion list env.colwidth = 0 for c,_ in pairs(commands) do if #c > env.colwidth then env.colwidth = #c end end env.coldwidth = env.colwidth + 1 -- Count unimplemented functions do local count = 0 local list = "(" for c,v in pairs(commands) do if v.func == fixme then count = count + 1 if count ~= 1 then list = list.."," end list = list..c end end list = list..")" if count ~= 0 and env.welcome then env.welcome = env.welcome .. "\r\nWarning: "..count.." functions are still unimplemented "..list.."." end end --[[Utils]] function split_input(input) local input = strip(input) local s = string.find(input," ") if s then return string.sub(input,0,s-1), strip(string.sub(input,s)) else return input end end function call_command(cmd,client,arg) if type(commands[cmd]) == type("") then cmd = commands[cmd] end local ok, msg if arg ~= nil then ok, msg = pcall( commands[cmd].func, cmd, client, arg ) else ok, msg = pcall( commands[cmd].func, cmd, client ) end if not ok then local a = arg or "" if a ~= "" then a = " " .. a end client:append("Error in“…cmd…a…”’ "… msg)

end

end

function call_libvlc_command(cmd,client,arg)

local ok, vlcerr, vlcmsg = pcall( vlc.var.libvlc_command, cmd, arg )

if not ok then

local a = arg or “”

if a ~= “” then a = " " … a end

client:append(“Error in "..cmd..a.."' ".. vlcerr) -- when pcall fails, the 2nd arg is the error message. end return vlcerr end function call_object_command(cmd,client,arg) local var, val = split_input(arg) local ok, vlcmsg, vlcerr, vlcerrmsg = pcall( vlc.var.command, cmd, var, val ) if not ok then client:append("Error in“…cmd…” “…var…” “…val…”’ “… vlcmsg) – when pcall fails the 2nd arg is the error message

end

if vlcmsg ~= “” then

client:append(vlcmsg)

end

return vlcerr

end

–[[ Setup host]]

require(“host”)

h = host.host()

– No auth

h.status_callbacks[host.status.password] = function(client)

client.env = common.table_copy( env )

client:send( client.env.welcome … “\r\n”)

client:switch_status(host.status.read)

end

– Print prompt when switching a client’s status to read' h.status_callbacks[host.status.read] = function(client) client:send( client.env.prompt ) end h:listen( config.hosts or config.host or "*console" ) --[[The main loop]] while not vlc.misc.should_die() do h:accept() local write, read = h:select(0.1) for _, client in pairs(write) do local len = client:send() client.buffer = string.sub(client.buffer,len+1) if client.buffer == "" then client:switch_status(host.status.read) end end for _, client in pairs(read) do local input = client:recv(1000) local done = false if string.match(input,"\n$") then client.buffer = string.gsub(client.buffer..input,"\r?\n$","") done = true elseif client.buffer == "" and ((client.type == host.client_type.stdio and input == "") or (client.type == host.client_type.net and input == "\004")) then -- Caught a ^D client.buffer = "quit" done = true else client.buffer = client.buffer .. input end if done then local cmd,arg = split_input(client.buffer) client.buffer = "" client:switch_status(host.status.write) if commands[cmd] then call_command(cmd,client,arg) elseif string.sub(cmd,0,1)=='@' and call_object_command(string.sub(cmd,2,#cmd),client,arg) == 0 then -- elseif client.type == host.client_type.stdio and call_libvlc_command(cmd,client,arg) == 0 then -- else local choices = {} if client.env.autocompletion ~= 0 then for v,_ in common.pairs_sorted(commands) do if string.sub(v,0,#cmd)==cmd then table.insert(choices, v) end end end if #choices == 1 and client.env.autoalias ~= 0 then -- client:append("Aliasing to \""..choices[1].."\".") cmd = choices[1] call_command(cmd,client,arg) else client:append("Unknown command“…cmd…”’. Type `help’ for help.”)

if #choices ~= 0 then

client:append(“Possible choices are:”)

local cols = math.floor(client.env.width/(client.env.colwidth+1))

local fmt = “%-”…client.env.colwidth…“s”

for i = 1, #choices do

choices[i] = string.format(fmt,choices[i])

end

for i = 1, #choices, cols do

local j = i + cols - 1

if j > #choices then j = #choices end

client:append(” “…table.concat(choices,” ",i,j))

end

end

end

end

end

end

end

[/details]

the area worth noting is this part:
[quote]
commands_ordered = {
{ "add"; { func = add; args = "XYZ"; help = "add XYZ to playlist" } };
{ "enqueue"; { func = add; args = "XYZ"; help = "queue XYZ to playlist" } };
{ "playlist"; { func = playlist; help = "show items currently in playlist" } };
{ "search"; { func = playlist; args = "[string]"; help = "search for items in playlist (or reset search)" } };
{ "sort"; { func = playlist_sort; args = "key"; help = "sort the playlist" } };
{ "sd"; { func = services_discovery; args = "[sd]"; help = "show services discovery or toggle" } };
{ "play"; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.play); help = "play stream" } };
{ "stop"; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.stop); help = "stop stream" } };
{ "next"; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.next); help = "next playlist item" } };
{ "prev"; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.prev); help = "previous playlist item" } };
{ "goto"; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.goto); help = "goto item at index" } };
{ "repeat"; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.repeat_); args = "[on|off]"; help = "toggle playlist repeat" } };
{ "loop"; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.loop); args = "[on|off]"; help = "toggle playlist loop" } };
{ "random"; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.random); args = "[on|off]"; help = "toggle playlist random" } };
{ "clear"; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.clear); help = "clear the playlist" } };
{ "status"; { func = playlist_status; help = "current playlist status" } };
{ "title"; { func = titlechap; args = "[X]"; help = "set/get title in current item" } };
{ "title_n"; { func = titlechap_offset(1); help = "next title in current item" } };
{ "title_p"; { func = titlechap_offset(-1); help = "previous title in current item" } };
{ "chapter"; { func = titlechap; args = "[X]"; help = "set/get chapter in current item" } };
{ "chapter_n"; { func = titlechap_offset(1); help = "next chapter in current item" } };
{ "chapter_p"; { func = titlechap_offset(-1); help = "previous chapter in current item" } };
{ "" };
{ "seek"; { func = seek; args = "X"; help = "seek in seconds, for instance `seek 12'" } };
{ "pause"; { func = setarg(common.hotkey,"key-play-pause"); help = "toggle pause" } };
{ "fastforward"; { func = setarg(common.hotkey,"key-jump+extrashort"); help = "set to maximum rate" } };
{ "rewind"; { func = setarg(common.hotkey,"key-jump-extrashort"); help = "set to minimum rate" } };
{ "faster"; { func = rate; help = "faster playing of stream" } };
{ "slower"; { func = rate; help = "slower playing of stream" } };
{ "normal"; { func = rate; help = "normal playing of stream" } };
{ "fullscreen"; { func = skip2(vlc.video.fullscreen); args = "[on|off]"; help = "toggle fullscreen"; aliases = { "f", "F" } } };
{ "info"; { func = input_info; help = "information about the current stream" } };
{ "get_time"; { func = get_time("time"); help = "seconds elapsed since stream's beginning" } };
{ "is_playing"; { func = is_playing; help = "1 if a stream plays, 0 otherwise" } };
{ "get_title"; { func = ret_print(vlc.input.get_title); help = "the title of the current stream" } };
{ "get_length"; { func = get_time("length"); help = "the length of the current stream" } };
{ "" };
{ "volume"; { func = volume; args = "[X]"; help = "set/get audio volume" } };
{ "volup"; { func = ret_print(vlc.volume.up,"( audio volume: "," )"); args = "[X]"; help = "raise audio volume X steps" } };
{ "voldown"; { func = ret_print(vlc.volume.down,"( audio volume: "," )"); args = "[X]"; help = "lower audio volume X steps" } };
{ "adev"; { func = skip(listvalue("aout","audio-device")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get audio device" } };
{ "achan"; { func = skip(listvalue("aout","audio-channels")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get audio channels" } };
{ "atrack"; { func = skip(listvalue("input","audio-es")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get audio track" } };
{ "vtrack"; { func = skip(listvalue("input","video-es")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get video track" } };
{ "vratio"; { func = skip(listvalue("vout","aspect-ratio")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get video aspect ratio" } };
{ "vcrop"; { func = skip(listvalue("vout","crop")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get video crop"; aliases = { "crop" } } };
{ "vzoom"; { func = skip(listvalue("vout","zoom")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get video zoom"; aliases = { "zoom" } } };
{ "snapshot"; { func = common.snapshot; help = "take video snapshot" } };
{ "strack"; { func = skip(listvalue("input","spu-es")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get subtitles track" } };
{ "hotkey"; { func = skip(common.hotkey); args = "[hotkey name]"; help = "simulate hotkey press"; adv = true; aliases = { "key" } } };
{ "menu"; { func = fixme; args = "[on|off|up|down|left|right|select]"; help = "use menu"; adv = true } };
{ "" };
{ "set"; { func = set_env; args = "[var [value]]"; help = "set/get env var"; adv = true } };
{ "save_env"; { func = save_env; help = "save env vars (for future clients)"; adv = true } };
{ "alias"; { func = skip(alias); args = "[cmd]"; help = "set/get command aliases"; adv = true } };
{ "eval"; { func = skip(eval); help = "eval some lua (*debug*)"; adv =true } }; -- FIXME: comment out if you're not debugging
{ "description"; { func = print_text("Description",description); help = "describe this module" } };
{ "license"; { func = print_text("License message",vlc.misc.license()); help = "print VLC's license message"; adv = true } };
{ "help"; { func = help; args = "[pattern]"; help = "a help message"; aliases = { "?" } } };
{ "longhelp"; { func = help; args = "[pattern]"; help = "a longer help message" } };
{ "logout"; { func = logout; help = "exit (if in a socket connection)" } };
{ "quit"; { func = quit; help = "quit VLC (or logout if in a socket connection)" } };
{ "shutdown"; { func = shutdown; help = "shutdown VLC" } };
[/quote]

pops92 · January 7, 2011, 8:22pm

[quote=“101010, post:8, topic:30915”]
VLC would be good for this.
It has a LUA script for a remote control interface:

this is the rc.lua file included in VLC’s interface directory showing the available functions or commands

[details=“Click to view contents”] --[==========================================================================[
rc.lua: remote control module for VLC
–[==========================================================================[
Copyright © 2007-2009 the VideoLAN team
$Id$

Authors: Antoine Cellerier

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or

(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the

GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.

–]==========================================================================]

description=

[============================================================================[

Remote control interface for VLC

This is a modules/control/rc.c look alike (with a bunch of new features)

Use on local term:

vlc -I luarc

Use on tcp connection:

vlc -I luarc --lua-config “rc={host=‘localhost:4212’}”

Use on multiple hosts (term + 2 tcp ports):

vlc -I luarc --lua-config “rc={hosts={'console’,‘localhost:4212’,‘localhost:5678’}}"

Note:

-I luarc is an alias for -I lua --lua-intf rc

Configuration options setable throught the --lua-config option are:

* hosts: A list of hosts to listen on.

* host: A host to listen on. (won’t be used if hosts' is set) The following can be set using the --lua-config option or in the interface itself using theset’ command:

* prompt: The prompt.

* welcome: The welcome message.

* width: The default terminal width (used to format text).

* autocompletion: When issuing an unknown command, print a list of

possible commands to autocomplete with. (0 to disable,

1 to enable).

* autoalias: If autocompletion returns only one possibility, use it

(0 to disable, 1 to enable).

* flatplaylist: 0 to disable, 1 to enable.

]============================================================================]

require(“common”)

skip = common.skip

skip2 = function(foo) return skip(skip(foo)) end

setarg = common.setarg

strip = common.strip

–[[Setup default environement]]

env = { prompt = “> “;

width = 70;

autocompletion = 1;

autoalias = 1;

welcome = “Remote control interface initialized. Type help' for help."; flatplaylist = 0; } --[[Import custom environement variables from the command line config (if possible)]] for k,v in pairs(env) do if config[k] then if type(env[k]) == type(config[k]) then env[k] = config[k] vlc.msg.dbg("set environement variable“…k…”’ to “…tostring(env[k]))

else

vlc.msg.err(“environement variable "..k.."' should be of type "..type(env[k])..". config value will be discarded.") end end end --[[Command functions]] function set_env(name,client,value) if value then local var,val = split_input(value) if val then s = string.gsub(val,"\"(.*)\"","%1") if type(client.env[var])==type(1) then client.env[var] = tonumber(s) else client.env[var] = s end else client:append( tostring(client.env[var]) ) end else for e,v in common.pairs_sorted(client.env) do client:append(e.."="..v) end end end function save_env(name,client,value) env = common.table_copy(client.env) end function alias(client,value) if value then local var,val = split_input(value) if commands[var] and type(commands[var]) ~= type("") then client:append("Error: cannot use a primary command as an alias name") else if commands[val] then commands[var]=val else client:append("Error: unknown primary command“…val…”’.”)

end

end

else

for c,v in common.pairs_sorted(commands) do

if type(v)==type(””) then

client:append(c…”=”…v)

end

end

end

end

function fixme(name,client)

client:append( “FIXME: unimplemented command "..name.."'." ) end function logout(name,client) if client.type == host.client_type.net then client:send("Bye-bye!") client:del() else client:append("Error: Can't logout of stdin/stdout. Use quit or shutdown to close VLC.") end end function shutdown(name,client) client:append("Bye-bye!") h:broadcast("Shutting down.") vlc.msg.info("Requested shutdown.") vlc.misc.quit() end function quit(name,client) if client.type == host.client_type.net then logout(name,client) else shutdown(name,client) end end function add(name,client,arg) -- TODO: par single and double quotes properly local f if name == "enqueue" then f = vlc.playlist.enqueue else f = vlc.playlist.add end local options = {} for o in string.gmatch(arg," +<img src="https://files.renoise.com/forum/emoticons/default/sad.gif" class="bbc_emoticon" alt=":(">[^]*)") do table.insert(options,o) end arg = string.gsub(arg," +:.*$","") f({{path=arg,options=options}}) end function playlist_is_tree( client ) if client.env.flatplaylist == 0 then return true else return false end end function playlist(name,client,arg) function playlist0(item,prefix) local prefix = prefix or "" if not item.flags.disabled then local str = "| "..prefix..tostring(item.id).." - "..item.name if item.duration > 0 then str = str.." ("..common.durationtostring(item.duration)..")" end if item.nb_played > 0 then str = str.." [played "..tostring(item.nb_played).." time" if item.nb_played > 1 then str = str .. "s" end str = str .. "]" end client:append(str) end if item.children then for _, c in ipairs(item.children) do playlist0(c,prefix.." ") end end end local playlist local tree = playlist_is_tree(client) if name == "search" then playlist = vlc.playlist.search(arg or "", tree) else if tonumber(arg) then playlist = vlc.playlist.get(tonumber(arg), tree) elseif arg then playlist = vlc.playlist.get(arg, tree) else playlist = vlc.playlist.get(nil, tree) end end if name == "search" then client:append("+----[Search - "..(arg or "reset’”)…"]")

else

client:append(“±—[Playlist - “…playlist.name…”]”)

end

if playlist.children then

for _, item in ipairs(playlist.children) do

playlist0(item)

end

else

playlist0(playlist)

end

if name == “search” then

client:append("±—[End of search - Use search' to reset ]") else client:append("+----[End of playlist]") end end function playlist_sort(name,client,arg) if not arg then client:append("Valid sort keys are: id, title, artist, genre, random, duration, album.") else local tree = playlist_is_tree(client) vlc.playlist.sort(arg,false,tree) end end function services_discovery(name,client,arg) if arg then if vlc.sd.is_loaded(arg) then vlc.sd.remove(arg) client:append(arg.." disabled.") else vlc.sd.add(arg) client:append(arg.." enabled.") end else local sd = vlc.sd.get_services_names() client:append("+----[Services discovery]") for n,ln in pairs(sd) do local status if vlc.sd.is_loaded(n) then status = "enabled" else status = "disabled" end client:append("| "..n..": " .. ln .. " (" .. status .. ")") end client:append("+----[End of services discovery]") end end function print_text(label,text) return function(name,client) client:append("+----["..label.."]") client:append "|" for line in string.gmatch(text,".-\r?\n") do client:append("| "..string.gsub(line,"\r?\n","")) end client:append "|" client:append("+----[End of "..string.lower(label).."]") end end function help(name,client,arg) local width = client.env.width local long = (name == "longhelp") local extra = "" if arg then extra = "matching" … arg … "’ " end

client:append(“±—[Remote control commands “…extra…”]”)

for i, cmd in ipairs(commands_ordered) do

if (cmd == “” or not commands[cmd].adv or long)

and (not arg or string.match(cmd,arg)) then

local str = "| " … cmd

if cmd ~= “” then

local val = commands[cmd]

if val.aliases then

for ,a in ipairs(val.aliases) do

str = str … “, " … a

end

end

if val.args then str = str … " " … val.args end

if #str%2 == 1 then str = str … " " end

str = str … string.rep(” .",(width-(#str+#val.help)-1)/2)

str = str … string.rep(" “,width-#str-#val.help) … val.help

end

client:append(str)

end

end

client:append(“±—[end of help]”)

end

function input_info(name,client)

local categories = vlc.input_info()

for cat, infos in pairs(categories) do

client:append(“±—[”…cat…”]")

client:append("|")

for name, value in pairs(infos) do

client:append("| “…name…”: “…value)

end

client:append(”|")

end

client:append(“±—[end of stream info]”)

end

function playlist_status(name,client)

local a,b,c = vlc.playlist.status()

client:append( “( new input: " … tostring(a) … " )” )

client:append( “( audio volume: " … tostring( … " )”)

client:append( “( state " … tostring© … " )”)

end

function is_playing(name,client)

if vlc.input.is_playing() then client:append “1” else client:append “0” end

end

function ret_print(foo,start,stop)

local start = start or “”

local stop = stop or “”

return function(discard,client,…) client:append(start…tostring(foo(…))…stop) end

end

function get_time(var)

return function(name,client)

local input = vlc.object.input()

client:append(math.floor(vlc.var.get( input, var )))

end

end

function titlechap(name,client,value)

local input = vlc.object.input()

local var = string.gsub( name, ".$”, “” )

if value then

vlc.var.set( input, var, value )

else

local item = vlc.var.get( input, var )

– Todo: add item name conversion

client:apped(item)

end

end

function titlechap_offset(client,offset)

return function(name,value)

local input = vlc.object.input()

local var = string.gsub( name, ".*$", “” )

vlc.var.set( input, var, vlc.var.get( input, var )+offset )

end

end

function seek(name,client,value)

common.seek(value)

end

function volume(name,client,value)

if value then

vlc.volume.set(value)

else

client:append(tostring(vlc.volume.get()))

end

end

function rate(name,client)

local input = vlc.object.input()

if name == “normal” then

vlc.var.set(input,“rate”,1000) – FIXME: INPUT_RATE_DEFAULT

else

vlc.var.set(input,“rate-”…name,nil)

end

end

function listvalue(obj,var)

return function(client,value)

local o = vlc.object.find(nil,obj,“anywhere”)

if not o then return end

if value then

vlc.var.set( o, var, value )

else

local c = vlc.var.get( o, var )

local v, l = vlc.var.get_list( o, var )

client:append(“±—[”…var…"]")

for i,val in ipairs(v) do

local mark = (val==c)and " " or “”

client:append("| “…tostring(val)…” - "…tostring(l[i])…mark)

end

client:append(“±—[end of “…var…”]”)

end

end

end

function eval(client,val)

client:append(loadstring(“return “…val)())

end

–[[ Declare commands, register their callback functions and provide

help strings here.

Syntax is:

“”; { func = ; [args = “”;] help = “”; [adv = ;] [aliases = { [””;] }; ] }

]]

commands_ordered = {

{ “add”; { func = add; args = “XYZ”; help = “add XYZ to playlist” } };

{ “enqueue”; { func = add; args = “XYZ”; help = “queue XYZ to playlist” } };

{ “playlist”; { func = playlist; help = “show items currently in playlist” } };

{ “search”; { func = playlist; args = “[string]”; help = “search for items in playlist (or reset search)” } };

{ “sort”; { func = playlist_sort; args = “key”; help = “sort the playlist” } };

{ “sd”; { func = services_discovery; args = “[sd]”; help = “show services discovery or toggle” } };

{ “play”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.play); help = “play stream” } };

{ “stop”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.stop); help = “stop stream” } };

{ “next”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.next); help = “next playlist item” } };

{ “prev”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.prev); help = “previous playlist item” } };

{ “goto”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.goto); help = “goto item at index” } };

{ “repeat”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.repeat); args = “[on|off]”; help = “toggle playlist repeat” } };

{ “loop”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.loop); args = “[on|off]”; help = “toggle playlist loop” } };

{ “random”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.random); args = “[on|off]”; help = “toggle playlist random” } };

{ “clear”; { func = skip2(vlc.playlist.clear); help = “clear the playlist” } };

{ “status”; { func = playlist_status; help = “current playlist status” } };

{ “title”; { func = titlechap; args = “[X]”; help = “set/get title in current item” } };

{ “title_n”; { func = titlechap_offset(1); help = “next title in current item” } };

{ “title_p”; { func = titlechap_offset(-1); help = “previous title in current item” } };

{ “chapter”; { func = titlechap; args = “[X]”; help = “set/get chapter in current item” } };

{ “chapter_n”; { func = titlechap_offset(1); help = “next chapter in current item” } };

{ “chapter_p”; { func = titlechap_offset(-1); help = “previous chapter in current item” } };

{ “” };

{ “seek”; { func = seek; args = “X”; help = "seek in seconds, for instance seek 12'" } }; { "pause"; { func = setarg(common.hotkey,"key-play-pause"); help = "toggle pause" } }; { "fastforward"; { func = setarg(common.hotkey,"key-jump+extrashort"); help = "set to maximum rate" } }; { "rewind"; { func = setarg(common.hotkey,"key-jump-extrashort"); help = "set to minimum rate" } }; { "faster"; { func = rate; help = "faster playing of stream" } }; { "slower"; { func = rate; help = "slower playing of stream" } }; { "normal"; { func = rate; help = "normal playing of stream" } }; { "fullscreen"; { func = skip2(vlc.video.fullscreen); args = "[on|off]"; help = "toggle fullscreen"; aliases = { "f", "F" } } }; { "info"; { func = input_info; help = "information about the current stream" } }; { "get_time"; { func = get_time("time"); help = "seconds elapsed since stream's beginning" } }; { "is_playing"; { func = is_playing; help = "1 if a stream plays, 0 otherwise" } }; { "get_title"; { func = ret_print(vlc.input.get_title); help = "the title of the current stream" } }; { "get_length"; { func = get_time("length"); help = "the length of the current stream" } }; { "" }; { "volume"; { func = volume; args = "[X]"; help = "set/get audio volume" } }; { "volup"; { func = ret_print(vlc.volume.up,"( audio volume: "," )"); args = "[X]"; help = "raise audio volume X steps" } }; { "voldown"; { func = ret_print(vlc.volume.down,"( audio volume: "," )"); args = "[X]"; help = "lower audio volume X steps" } }; { "adev"; { func = skip(listvalue("aout","audio-device")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get audio device" } }; { "achan"; { func = skip(listvalue("aout","audio-channels")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get audio channels" } }; { "atrack"; { func = skip(listvalue("input","audio-es")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get audio track" } }; { "vtrack"; { func = skip(listvalue("input","video-es")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get video track" } }; { "vratio"; { func = skip(listvalue("vout","aspect-ratio")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get video aspect ratio" } }; { "vcrop"; { func = skip(listvalue("vout","crop")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get video crop"; aliases = { "crop" } } }; { "vzoom"; { func = skip(listvalue("vout","zoom")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get video zoom"; aliases = { "zoom" } } }; { "snapshot"; { func = common.snapshot; help = "take video snapshot" } }; { "strack"; { func = skip(listvalue("input","spu-es")); args = "[X]"; help = "set/get subtitles track" } }; { "hotkey"; { func = skip(common.hotkey); args = "[hotkey name]"; help = "simulate hotkey press"; adv = true; aliases = { "key" } } }; { "menu"; { func = fixme; args = "[on|off|up|down|left|right|select]"; help = "use menu"; adv = true } }; { "" }; { "set"; { func = set_env; args = "[var [value]]"; help = "set/get env var"; adv = true } }; { "save_env"; { func = save_env; help = "save env vars (for future clients)"; adv = true } }; { "alias"; { func = skip(alias); args = "[cmd]"; help = "set/get command aliases"; adv = true } }; { "eval"; { func = skip(eval); help = "eval some lua (*debug*)"; adv =true } }; -- FIXME: comment out if you're not debugging { "description"; { func = print_text("Description",description); help = "describe this module" } }; { "license"; { func = print_text("License message",vlc.misc.license()); help = "print VLC's license message"; adv = true } }; { "help"; { func = help; args = "[pattern]"; help = "a help message"; aliases = { "?" } } }; { "longhelp"; { func = help; args = "[pattern]"; help = "a longer help message" } }; { "logout"; { func = logout; help = "exit (if in a socket connection)" } }; { "quit"; { func = quit; help = "quit VLC (or logout if in a socket connection)" } }; { "shutdown"; { func = shutdown; help = "shutdown VLC" } }; } commands = {} for i, cmd in ipairs( commands_ordered ) do if #cmd == 2 then commands[cmd[1]]=cmd[2] if cmd[2].aliases then for _,a in ipairs(cmd[2].aliases) do commands[a]=cmd[1] end end end commands_ordered[i]=cmd[1] end --[[ From now on commands_ordered is a list of the different command names and commands is a associative array indexed by the command name. ]] -- Compute the column width used when printing a the autocompletion list env.colwidth = 0 for c,_ in pairs(commands) do if #c > env.colwidth then env.colwidth = #c end end env.coldwidth = env.colwidth + 1 -- Count unimplemented functions do local count = 0 local list = "(" for c,v in pairs(commands) do if v.func == fixme then count = count + 1 if count ~= 1 then list = list.."," end list = list..c end end list = list..")" if count ~= 0 and env.welcome then env.welcome = env.welcome .. "\r\nWarning: "..count.." functions are still unimplemented "..list.."." end end --[[Utils]] function split_input(input) local input = strip(input) local s = string.find(input," ") if s then return string.sub(input,0,s-1), strip(string.sub(input,s)) else return input end end function call_command(cmd,client,arg) if type(commands[cmd]) == type("") then cmd = commands[cmd] end local ok, msg if arg ~= nil then ok, msg = pcall( commands[cmd].func, cmd, client, arg ) else ok, msg = pcall( commands[cmd].func, cmd, client ) end if not ok then local a = arg or "" if a ~= "" then a = " " .. a end client:append("Error in“…cmd…a…”’ "… msg)

end

end

function call_libvlc_command(cmd,client,arg)

local ok, vlcerr, vlcmsg = pcall( vlc.var.libvlc_command, cmd, arg )

if not ok then

local a = arg or “”

if a ~= “” then a = " " … a end

client:append(“Error in "..cmd..a.."' ".. vlcerr) -- when pcall fails, the 2nd arg is the error message. end return vlcerr end function call_object_command(cmd,client,arg) local var, val = split_input(arg) local ok, vlcmsg, vlcerr, vlcerrmsg = pcall( vlc.var.command, cmd, var, val ) if not ok then client:append("Error in“…cmd…” “…var…” “…val…”’ “… vlcmsg) – when pcall fails the 2nd arg is the error message

end

if vlcmsg ~= “” then

client:append(vlcmsg)

end

return vlcerr

end

–[[ Setup host]]

require(“host”)

h = host.host()

– No auth

h.status_callbacks[host.status.password] = function(client)

client.env = common.table_copy( env )

client:send( client.env.welcome … “\r\n”)

client:switch_status(host.status.read)

end

– Print prompt when switching a client’s status to read' h.status_callbacks[host.status.read] = function(client) client:send( client.env.prompt ) end h:listen( config.hosts or config.host or "*console" ) --[[The main loop]] while not vlc.misc.should_die() do h:accept() local write, read = h:select(0.1) for _, client in pairs(write) do local len = client:send() client.buffer = string.sub(client.buffer,len+1) if client.buffer == "" then client:switch_status(host.status.read) end end for _, client in pairs(read) do local input = client:recv(1000) local done = false if string.match(input,"\n$") then client.buffer = string.gsub(client.buffer..input,"\r?\n$","") done = true elseif client.buffer == "" and ((client.type == host.client_type.stdio and input == "") or (client.type == host.client_type.net and input == "\004")) then -- Caught a ^D client.buffer = "quit" done = true else client.buffer = client.buffer .. input end if done then local cmd,arg = split_input(client.buffer) client.buffer = "" client:switch_status(host.status.write) if commands[cmd] then call_command(cmd,client,arg) elseif string.sub(cmd,0,1)=='@' and call_object_command(string.sub(cmd,2,#cmd),client,arg) == 0 then -- elseif client.type == host.client_type.stdio and call_libvlc_command(cmd,client,arg) == 0 then -- else local choices = {} if client.env.autocompletion ~= 0 then for v,_ in common.pairs_sorted(commands) do if string.sub(v,0,#cmd)==cmd then table.insert(choices, v) end end end if #choices == 1 and client.env.autoalias ~= 0 then -- client:append("Aliasing to \""..choices[1].."\".") cmd = choices[1] call_command(cmd,client,arg) else client:append("Unknown command“…cmd…”’. Type `help’ for help.”)

if #choices ~= 0 then

client:append(“Possible choices are:”)

local cols = math.floor(client.env.width/(client.env.colwidth+1))

local fmt = “%-”…client.env.colwidth…“s”

for i = 1, #choices do

choices[i] = string.format(fmt,choices[i])

end

for i = 1, #choices, cols do

local j = i + cols - 1

if j > #choices then j = #choices end

client:append(” “…table.concat(choices,” ",i,j))

end

end

end

end

end

end

end

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the area worth noting is this part:
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^^^What he said.

[quote="101010, post:8, topic:30915"]
I would like to cut up JPEGs with Renoise. Also, MS WORD Documents. Is this possible?
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My house mate somehow forced word files and games and things into Audacity and just made it try as hard as it could to recognise it as a sound file (I have no idea how he did it but will ask next time I see him), it created some insane glitched out madness.

Jonas · January 8, 2011, 12:38am

Renoise opens any raw file straight out of the box [check the . button in the disk-op to see all file types], + glitch artists have been doing this for a long time.

fu53b0x · January 8, 2011, 1:07am

aww…waddya have to tell me that for…!?! it’s late and now i’m gonna have to try it out!

cheap_thrills · January 8, 2011, 3:52am

hi people

i had a play around this last year, involving midi messages shipped from renoise to pure data gem : its a bit old but still works

so anyhow if you have a midi enabled VJ software you can make a link (!!) or now with osc you could talk to blender (!!!) for some serious geek high tech vjing…

works with linux

get in touch if you want more details, im a bit drunk drunk right now

basicaly you just send midi messages to a some VJ software

peace

Uuav · January 29, 2011, 11:41pm

I’m +1ing this only because I want to be able to trigger some video clips directly on renoise too(even with only one compression format), or just use it to create music upon a video and get in real sync with it (instead of doing a rewire with protools wich cannibalise by the way my midi devices)