Hi everyone, Part of our 1.8 library rewrite will bring multiple-cues and hotcue support to Mixxx. Previously this was only possible through script. As I'm coding this up, I figured I'd reach out to the community to get some feedback on my current plans for exposing cue functionality to scripts, standard MIDI mappings, and the skins/GUI. The basic idea is that every track can have multiple cue points. Each cue point can have a position, a hotcue number, and a label.
The following are the controls that will be available for modifying hotcues. Please note that this is not for modifying cues. For 1.8.0, I don't believe that scripts will be able to operate on a tracks cues if the cue does not have a hotcue assigned to it. The number of hotcues we provide is totally arbitrary. I was thinking something like 64 or 128 would be more than enough. In all of the following controls, XXX is the hotcue number. hotcue_XXX_position : value The sample position of the hotcue. -1 if hotcue_XXX is not set. hotcue_XXX_enabled : toggle Whether the sample position of the hotcue is valid (i.e. not -1). This is for convenience (so you could make a light respond to to this value in a regular binding) hotcue_XXX_set : pushbutton A pushbutton command to set hotcue XXX to the current playposition of the player. If hotcue XXX is set, then the cue currently in hotcue position XXX will lose its position as hotcue XXX, and hotcue XXX will be set to a new cue positioned at the current playposition. This is the same as calling hotcue_XXX_clear before calling hotcue_XXX_set. hotcue_XXX_goto : pushbutton A pushbutton command to cause a player seek to the position of hotcue XXX. Does nothing if hotcue XXX is not defined. hotcue_XXX_gotoandstop : pushbutton Same as hotcue_XXX_goto except stops the player after seeking. hotcue_XXX_activate : pushbutton A pushbutton command to activate hotcue XXX. Activation works as follows: If hotcue XXX is not set, then the same as hotcue_XXX_set. If hotcue XXX is set then the same as hotcue_XXX_goto. hotcue_XXX_clear : pushbutton A pushbutton command to make the cue marked as hotcue XXX no longer hotcue XXX. The cue's hotcue number is cleared in the database, but the cue is NOT deleted. hotcue_XXX becomes disabled (i.e. its position is set to -1). Please keep in mind that these are only for hotcues! The old cue commands will still be present. Their role is less clear now, but we're still figuring that out. Thanks, RJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Mixxx-devel mailing list Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
