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Re: How To Add Visualization to VLC

Postby pyr0man99 » 15 Sep 2011 23:40

Playing around a bit, I found a solution for windows:

1) Browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC and create a new folder called visualizations

2) Download the latest version of ProjectM from here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/projectm/files/

3) Extract the .tar and find the folder called presets_milkdrop_200 ***You can use a different preset folder depending on the visualizations you want***

4) Copy presets_milkdrop_200 to your visualizations folder

5) In VLC go to advanced preferences > Audio > Visualizations > projectM and set the "projectM preset path" to C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\visualizations\presets_milkdrop_200

6) Save your preferences, then activate the visualizations by going to the audio menu > visualizations > and select projectM

VLC will now begin using random visualizations from the preset folder you specified. With some tweaking, you can probably change the scripts to adjust how long each visualization plays for, etc. Enjoy!

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Re: How To Add Visualization to VLC

Postby pendar » 17 Nov 2011 08:16

awsome that worked like a charm, now i just gotta figure out wat visauls i dont want and take them out of the folder,

only bug, cant fullscreen :(

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Re: How To Add Visualization to VLC

Postby BigRedBrent » 18 Sep 2012 10:56

awsome that worked like a charm, now i just gotta figure out wat visauls i dont want and take them out of the folder,

only bug, cant fullscreen :(
I got this to work, but I placed the files in the AppData folder so that the settings are easier to backup.

I have the same problem with this not being able to go full-screen. That sucks.

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Re: How To Add Visualization to VLC

Postby Beaver » 25 Jan 2013 16:33

I managed to get it fullscreen by setting the visualization to "libprojectM effect" under preferences under audio (preferences set to simple not ALL), then play whatever, and right click anywhere and go to view then hit minimal interface, then the same thing but full screen interface, VOILA!

Ah crap, I also followed the instructions in a previous reply by pyr0man99, reposted below:

1) Browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC and create a new folder called visualizations

2) Download the latest version of ProjectM from here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/projectm/files/

3) Extract the .tar and find the folder called presets_milkdrop_200 ***You can use a different preset folder depending on the visualizations you want*** (Beaver: also if you use winrar like me you can just extract the contents of that folder to your visualizations folder)

4) Copy presets_milkdrop_200 to your visualizations folder

5) In VLC go to advanced preferences > Audio > Visualizations > projectM and set the "projectM preset path" to C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\visualizations\presets_milkdrop_200 (Beaver: or whatever directory you created, I just extracted the files directly to the visualizations folder)

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Re: How To Add Visualization to VLC

Postby ingway » 12 Feb 2013 00:57

+1 very relevant to my interests

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Re: How To Add Visualization to VLC

Postby heykakdela » 12 Dec 2013 04:33

Is it possible to select a specific projectM preset now?

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Re: How To Add Visualization to VLC

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 12 Dec 2013 12:55

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Re: How To Add Visualization to VLC

Postby Thoskk » 22 Oct 2016 12:22

guess there is no change on topic yet?


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