Added in version 1.18

Overview

Adds real-time spectrum display to MyMusicPlayingNow.

Configuration

Via the Spectum Analyser plugin, listed in Process Plugins.

Spectrum display

Controls

VU Display [LED]

Controls

Files

Main path is C:\Program Data\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal

SkinSpecturmAnalyzer.xml

Additiona information for Designers, options and values used.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<profile>
        <section name="Enabled">    # Plugin enabled Y/N
        <entry name="Spectrum">yes</entry>   # Spectrum display enabled Y/N
        <entry name="SpectrumPeak">yes</entry>  #Display Spectrum Peak Y/N
        <entry name="SpectrumVUMeter">yes</entry> #Use plugin to provide LED type VU meter function Y/N
    </section>
    <section name="SpectrumAnalyzer">
       <entry name="SpectrumImage">Spectrum\Spectrum.png</entry>  #Default path to Spectum image, image displayed same wa as 'progress bar' 
       <entry name="SpectrumPeakImage">Spectrum\SpectrumPeak.png</entry>  #Default path to spectrum peak image - displayed as is.
       <entry name="SpectrumSpacing">5</entry> #Default spacing between the spectral lines.
       <entry name="SpectrumCount">16</entry> #Number of spectral lines to display.
       <entry name="SpectrumMax">16</entry> #Number of steps within the spectrum
       <entry name="SpectrumShow">Single</entry> #Use single display [expanded image] or set of mutiple images, one per spectral step [see Alternate Display XLM for example].
    </section>
</profile>

Skin variables

Simple Example XML

NOTE - this is already supported in DefaultWideHD, code in MyMusicPlayingNowLEDVU.xml, below is provided for reference only.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<window>
               <controls>
                            <control>
                                       <description>Music Spectrum</description>
                                       <id>0</id>
                                      <type>image</type>
                                      <posX>600</posX>
                                      <posY>200</posY>
                                      <width>500</width>
                                      <height>300</height>
                                      <texture>#VUSpectrum</texture>
                             </control>
                 </controls>
</window>

Save as Single_Spectrum.xml in skin\$Currentskin and then import into MyMusinPlayingNow.xml 

Alternate Display

Plugin supports seperate specturm images for each level so require 1 image per step, 16 if using default values.

Example XLM.

<control>
     <type>image</type>
     <id>0</id>
     <posX>360</posX>
     <posY>430</posY>
     <width>44</width>
     <height>125</height>
     <imagepath>Spectrum</imagepath>
     <texture>#VUSpectrum1</texture>
     <visible>Player.HasAudio+Player.playing+!Player.paused+!string.equals(#spectrumanalyzer.available,true)</visible>
     <shouldCache>true</shouldCache>
 </control>

..........snip................................
 <control>
     <type>image</type>
     <id>0</id>
     <posX>1020</posX>
     <posY>430</posY>
     <width>44</width>
     <height>125</height>
     <imagepath>Spectrum</imagepath>
     <texture>#VUSpectrum16</texture>
      <visible>Player.HasAudio+Player.playing+!Player.paused+!string.equals(#spectrumanalyzer.available,true)</visible>
     <shouldCache>true</shouldCache>
 </control>