On 4/17/06, Jay R. Ashworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 05:47:09PM +0200, Cyrill Helg wrote: > > Am Montag 17 April 2006 15:52 schrieb Jay R. Ashworth: > > > On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 11:35:48AM +0200, Cyrill Helg wrote: > > > > First of all thanks for the cool application. My issue: I would like > > > > to change the font size of the text displayed, because I'd like that > > > > everyone can read it from my computer... > > > > > > > > Is this possible? > > > > > > If what you mean is the user interface, yeah, probably. But I suspect > > > you mean the actual displayed song lyrics, and that answer is "no, the > > > text displayed on the screen is an actual *picture*; the program > > > doesn't generate it". > > > > > > I've always assumed it was done this way because record labels were > > > afraid people would extract the text and do nefarious things with it. > > > > Always the same stupid idiots... I'll write a script to extract the > > texts with OCR and the publish it on the net :-D Just kidding, thanks > > for your answer, I hope this works, otherwise I could change the > > resolution of my X-server as a workaround. > > Yeah... as I say, I think that's why they didn't allow people to > actually put it on as text: that would be *much* easier to extract. > > But if you run your X server at 640x480, full screen, things ought to > work out just fine -- and quite a bit faster.
Actually I think there's a less nefarious reason behind this (occam's razor, and all that) -- producing a graphics chip with far less computing horsepower and fewer features than an 8-bit NES is *way* cheaper than one that would have to do the graphics stuff, handle timing, *and* draw actual letters. You'd have to offer up different fonts, styles, etc., and send strings and timing info along to the chip instead of simple graphic instructions. The way it's done now, you can use whatever visual style you like as long as it can fit in the low-bandwidth constraints of the CD+G format. -- Looking for something to read? Visit http://willfe.com/ ... it's easy, safe, and fun for the whole family! ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Pykaraoke-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pykaraoke-discuss
