Streaming Video From WinAmp∞'s Advanced Visualisation Studio to FreeFrame
As the source code for AVS is now publicly available, I've recompiled it with the fugStreaming code built in so you can stream the output directly into your favourite VJ application for further processing!
Warning
This is an ALPHA release - there are know problems such as:
- It won't save and load your streaming settings
- If you start streaming, stop, change settings, and start streaming again, it may not work. It's best to choose the correct settings first, click 'Streaming' and then leave it alone
- Resizing seems to work fine but your mileage my vary. Again, set everything up as you want it before starting to stream
- Frame rate choppiness... sometimes... am interested how it works for others, hence the alpha
Installation
Extract the archive to your
WinAmp∞ directory
Download
18th Jan 2008: WinAmpAvsStreaming.0.2.0.zip∞
Older Versions
WinAmpAvsStreaming.0.1.0.zip∞
Documentation
vjair∞ has written this short guide to help get it working with Resolume:
open winamp, go to "options" then click "preferences"
in the "visualisations plugins" window, make sure "AVS + Fugstream v2.81d [vis_avs_fug.dll" is selected press "Start"and then "configure"
this opens the "Winamp AVS editor" window, goto "settings" and select "streaming"
for streaming Winamp to Resolume on the same machine, adjust the settings to:
Protocol : MEMORY
IP Address : 127.0.0.1
Port : 1
- then tick the box next to stream.
- you can now close the "Winamp AVS editor" with the X on the top right, and close the "preferences Window" with the close button
- Start Resolume
- Load "Fugstream Recieve src" in to an empty slot in resolume, right click it and change the settings to
Port : 1
Protocol 2
Thanks Arran!
Also read the streaming plugins
documentation but note that you don't need to edit or worry about fugStreamSend.cfg - the configuration is specified in the AVS preferences.
More Notes
At the moment the streaming code will send EVERY frame that AVS generates.
You may want to take down the frame rate in AVS to something approximating 25-30 fps, making it play nicer with the multi-threaded complexity that is fug memory streaming!
Also, currently the dimensions of the frame sent is the same size of the AVS output window. Ideally this should be the same resolution as used in your VJ software to avoid resizing, which can affect performance...
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