Thanks for your welcome Christopher, and let me say... what an amazingly speedy response. I'll think I'll like it here :)
1. Ok, that was what I was afraid of. But let me rephrase the question then. Is there a list somewhere with which protocols are in place today for iTunes? The Visualizer template, do that contain all of them already? 2. And for future reference, is there a list with other applications protocols that Apple provides? Maybe I will hit the same snag when doing something for iphoto, iMovie etc. Regards, Daniel On Friday, 10 July, 2009, at 02:09PM, "Christopher Wright" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Question: [...] So... is it possible to declare another >> protocolInput in QC that I would guess could be named >> _protocolInput_NextTrack or something similar? > >No -- protocols are already "set in stone", so to speak, and if they >were to be modified, no applications that use them would function >correctly (because they wouldn't expect the newer inputs). A future >revisions to both iTunes and QC (to update the protocol on both ends) >could address this, but there's no simple way to do so at present. > >> Possible problem: Maybe iTunes doesn't determine which song to be >> played next until the current song is done, or I have pressed "Next" >> in the UI or using the Apple Remote? > > >I'm fairly certain they're scheduled in advance. Even with shuffle >enabled, moving forward and backward the same number of songs will >generally preserve the order (moving back 4, forward 8, and back 4 >will put you where you started). However, whenever the playlist >changes, it seems to regenerate the sequences, so smart playlists can >change (i.e. if you're playing only songs that haven't been played >recently, as soon as one completes it'll get removed from the >playlist, and then the sequence will be regenerated, so the next song >will be something different). [this is based on empirical evidence >only, and could be wildly incorrect] > >By the way, welcome to Quartz Composer (and the QC-dev mailing list), >have lots of fun and ask lots of questions! :) > >-- >[ christopher wright ] >[email protected] >http://kineme.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
