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author | Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas@apestaart.org> | 2002-07-05 10:31:43 +0000 |
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committer | Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas@apestaart.org> | 2002-07-05 10:31:43 +0000 |
commit | 038b2dbd7b13afc1cdbeba0f6fafb17678d1d405 (patch) | |
tree | 2722fbb19f6742bdf5b580a84d3980e9966ea4f8 | |
parent | 4fa2d4f3911de09601f7436d65700756510c857c (diff) |
doc fixes
Original commit message from CVS:
doc fixes
-rw-r--r-- | gst/synaesthesia/Makefile.am | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | gst/synaesthesia/README | 143 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | gst/synaesthesia/README-syna | 137 |
3 files changed, 143 insertions, 139 deletions
diff --git a/gst/synaesthesia/Makefile.am b/gst/synaesthesia/Makefile.am index eea8f536..85138196 100644 --- a/gst/synaesthesia/Makefile.am +++ b/gst/synaesthesia/Makefile.am @@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ libgstsynaesthesia_la_CFLAGS = -O2 -ffast-math $(GST_CFLAGS) libgstsynaesthesia_la_LIBADD = libgstsynaesthesia_la_LDFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) -EXTRA_DIST = README-syna +EXTRA_DIST = README diff --git a/gst/synaesthesia/README b/gst/synaesthesia/README index 9cbb644d..3932682c 100644 --- a/gst/synaesthesia/README +++ b/gst/synaesthesia/README @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -This is a visualization based on on synaesthesia. (see README-syna). +This is a visualization based on on synaesthesia. (see the synaesthesia +README below) This implementation is taken from alsaplayer: http://www.alsaplayer.org/ It is based on synaesthesia version 1.3 (or maybe 1.4, I'm not entirely @@ -8,3 +9,143 @@ something interesting is displayed for both very quiet and very loud music. Note: only one instance of this plugin may be created at a time: it has a lot of static data. This should be fixed (and it shouldn't be hard to do so, either). + +---------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SYNAESTHESIA v2.0 + +Introduction +============ + +This is a program for representing sounds visually from a CD or line +input or piped from another program. It goes beyond the usual oscilliscope +style program by combining an FFT and stereo positioning information to +give a two dimensional display. Some of the shapes I have observed are: + * Drums: clouds of color, fairly high + * Clean guitar: several horizontal lines, low down + * Rough guitar: a cloud, low down + * Trumpet: Lots of horizontal lines everywhere + * Flute: A single horizontal line, low down + * Voice: A vertical line with some internal structure + * Synthesizer: All kinds of weird shapes! + +Synaesthesia can run in a window in X or full screen using SVGAlib. + +The display represents frequency as vertical position on screen, +left-right position as left-right position on screen. It can also +understand surround sound encoded music, and shows ambient noise +in orange. + +X-Windows support was added in version 1.3, as well as a major redesign +of the interface. You can use Synaesthesia as a fully functional +CD player, suitable for use while working. + +There is command line support for play lists and piping from another +program (such as an mp3 player). + +Usage +===== + +Synaesthesia should work on Linux and BSD systems. (Note: I don't +have access to a BSD system myself, I have to rely on patches -- if it +doesn't work, please tell me!) LinuxPPC users may have to use the pipe +mode rather than taking sound input from the CD player, as I believe +sound recording is not yet implemented. + +Compile Synaesthesia by typing + + make + +then install it by typing + + make install + +This will create three versions of Synaesthesia: + + synaesthesia - full screen SVGAlib version (Linux only) + xsynaesthesia - Version that runs as a window in X + sdlsynaesthesia - Version that uses the SDL graphics library + +If you want to use the SDL version, you need to get SDL from +http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL. + +You will need to run Synaesthesia as root to run it full screen +with SVGAlib. Other varieties can be run by any user providing you +provide permissions on /dev/dsp, /dev/cdrom, and /dev/mixer. + +Synaesthesia creates a configuration file, named ~/.synaesthesia, +to store settings such as brightness, color, and window size, as +well as which devices to use to control sound input. + +BSD users will have to edit this file to set the CD-ROM device name +before using Synaesthesia in order to control the CD. + +Run Synaesthesia with no parameters for further information on how to +use it. + +Notes for code rippers +====================== + +This program contains code that you may wish to use in your own projects. +If you want to, please do. (For example, you might want to add some +snazzy visual effects to your favourite MP3 or CD player) + +The actual code to do the mapping from sound to visual display is +all in core.cpp, it should be fairly easy to disentangle from other +parts of the program. It does make reference to some globals defined +in syna.h, namely the #defines m (log2 of the sample size for each +frame) and brightness, data (which stores the sound input), outputBmp, +lastOutputBmp and lastLastOutputBmp (which hold the output), outWidth +and outHeight (size of the bitmaps), and fadeMode, brightnessTwiddler, +starSize and pointsAreDiamonds (various parameters affecting the display). + +The normal way to use it would be: + + Call coreInit() to set up some look-up tables + Call setStarSize(starSize) to set up some more look-up tables + Loop + Put data into the data array + Call fade() to apply the fade/wave/heat effect to the output + Call coreGo() to add the next fragment of sound input to the output + Display contents of outputBmp to screen + +There is a simple anti-aliased polygon drawing engine in the file +polygon.h. sound.cpp contains code for driving the CD. xlib.c and +xlibwrap.cpp contain code for setting up a window under X (originally +ripped from the Xaos fractal viewer program :-) ). + +Authors +======= + +This program is free. If you like it, or have any suggestions, please +send me (Paul Harrison) an email (pfh@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au). + +Thanks to Asger Alstrup Nielsen for many great suggestions, and for +writing optimized 32 bit loops for fading and drawing to screen. + +Thanks to Roger Knobbe for porting Synaesthesia to FreeBSD. + +Thanks to Ben Gertzfield and Martin Mitchell for some small fixes to the +CD controlling code. + +Thanks to Simon Budig for an improvement to the X code. + +Changes +======= + +1.1 - Added surround sound decoding. +1.2 - Fixed a bug in the ioctl calls to /dev/dsp. +1.3 - Asger Alstrup Nielsen's optimizations added. + Added X-Windows support. + More options, redesigned interface. +1.4 - Bug fixes, including a great reduction in + "Sound: Recording overrun" warnings. + New command line options: play lists and piping. + Support for SDL. +2.0 - Bug fixes: Fixed problem in xlib.c that caused occasional segfaults, + several endianness problems fixed. + New effects: Wave, heat, diamond shaped points. + Piping sound now longer requires the twiddle factor. + Yet another interface redesign. + Partial support for LinuxPPC (pipe mode only) + diff --git a/gst/synaesthesia/README-syna b/gst/synaesthesia/README-syna deleted file mode 100644 index 85ed9b96..00000000 --- a/gst/synaesthesia/README-syna +++ /dev/null @@ -1,137 +0,0 @@ -SYNAESTHESIA v2.0 - -Introduction -============ - -This is a program for representing sounds visually from a CD or line -input or piped from another program. It goes beyond the usual oscilliscope -style program by combining an FFT and stereo positioning information to -give a two dimensional display. Some of the shapes I have observed are: - * Drums: clouds of color, fairly high - * Clean guitar: several horizontal lines, low down - * Rough guitar: a cloud, low down - * Trumpet: Lots of horizontal lines everywhere - * Flute: A single horizontal line, low down - * Voice: A vertical line with some internal structure - * Synthesizer: All kinds of weird shapes! - -Synaesthesia can run in a window in X or full screen using SVGAlib. - -The display represents frequency as vertical position on screen, -left-right position as left-right position on screen. It can also -understand surround sound encoded music, and shows ambient noise -in orange. - -X-Windows support was added in version 1.3, as well as a major redesign -of the interface. You can use Synaesthesia as a fully functional -CD player, suitable for use while working. - -There is command line support for play lists and piping from another -program (such as an mp3 player). - -Usage -===== - -Synaesthesia should work on Linux and BSD systems. (Note: I don't -have access to a BSD system myself, I have to rely on patches -- if it -doesn't work, please tell me!) LinuxPPC users may have to use the pipe -mode rather than taking sound input from the CD player, as I believe -sound recording is not yet implemented. - -Compile Synaesthesia by typing - - make - -then install it by typing - - make install - -This will create three versions of Synaesthesia: - - synaesthesia - full screen SVGAlib version (Linux only) - xsynaesthesia - Version that runs as a window in X - sdlsynaesthesia - Version that uses the SDL graphics library - -If you want to use the SDL version, you need to get SDL from -http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/SDL. - -You will need to run Synaesthesia as root to run it full screen -with SVGAlib. Other varieties can be run by any user providing you -provide permissions on /dev/dsp, /dev/cdrom, and /dev/mixer. - -Synaesthesia creates a configuration file, named ~/.synaesthesia, -to store settings such as brightness, color, and window size, as -well as which devices to use to control sound input. - -BSD users will have to edit this file to set the CD-ROM device name -before using Synaesthesia in order to control the CD. - -Run Synaesthesia with no parameters for further information on how to -use it. - -Notes for code rippers -====================== - -This program contains code that you may wish to use in your own projects. -If you want to, please do. (For example, you might want to add some -snazzy visual effects to your favourite MP3 or CD player) - -The actual code to do the mapping from sound to visual display is -all in core.cpp, it should be fairly easy to disentangle from other -parts of the program. It does make reference to some globals defined -in syna.h, namely the #defines m (log2 of the sample size for each -frame) and brightness, data (which stores the sound input), outputBmp, -lastOutputBmp and lastLastOutputBmp (which hold the output), outWidth -and outHeight (size of the bitmaps), and fadeMode, brightnessTwiddler, -starSize and pointsAreDiamonds (various parameters affecting the display). - -The normal way to use it would be: - - Call coreInit() to set up some look-up tables - Call setStarSize(starSize) to set up some more look-up tables - Loop - Put data into the data array - Call fade() to apply the fade/wave/heat effect to the output - Call coreGo() to add the next fragment of sound input to the output - Display contents of outputBmp to screen - -There is a simple anti-aliased polygon drawing engine in the file -polygon.h. sound.cpp contains code for driving the CD. xlib.c and -xlibwrap.cpp contain code for setting up a window under X (originally -ripped from the Xaos fractal viewer program :-) ). - -Authors -======= - -This program is free. If you like it, or have any suggestions, please -send me (Paul Harrison) an email (pfh@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au). - -Thanks to Asger Alstrup Nielsen for many great suggestions, and for -writing optimized 32 bit loops for fading and drawing to screen. - -Thanks to Roger Knobbe for porting Synaesthesia to FreeBSD. - -Thanks to Ben Gertzfield and Martin Mitchell for some small fixes to the -CD controlling code. - -Thanks to Simon Budig for an improvement to the X code. - -Changes -======= - -1.1 - Added surround sound decoding. -1.2 - Fixed a bug in the ioctl calls to /dev/dsp. -1.3 - Asger Alstrup Nielsen's optimizations added. - Added X-Windows support. - More options, redesigned interface. -1.4 - Bug fixes, including a great reduction in - "Sound: Recording overrun" warnings. - New command line options: play lists and piping. - Support for SDL. -2.0 - Bug fixes: Fixed problem in xlib.c that caused occasional segfaults, - several endianness problems fixed. - New effects: Wave, heat, diamond shaped points. - Piping sound now longer requires the twiddle factor. - Yet another interface redesign. - Partial support for LinuxPPC (pipe mode only) - |