Rockit 5 - Feature Requests

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nextgen1 said:
I don't know if you have it now Rick. But a right click play now feature. Its one of the big things that OTS has that I love.
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Actually, that's available. I think what you are asking (and correct me if wrong), is that if you need to jump a song in quickly.

There are a number of ways to do it in Rockit already...

Can you give me a clearer example, so we're on the same page...?
 
Precisionpower said:
Really?? Since when?? I'll have to hit up the trial version then..

Does it handle .Vob & Mp4??
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Depends on what Codecs you have on your system.

The only files Rockit's video decks won't play explicitly, are Windows Media files (audio or video- that's a licensing thing between me and MS). Anything else should play, if the right Codecs for that type are installed on your system. We install no Codecs with Rockit. If a certain file type won't play, try the KLite Codec pack.
 
SoftJock Rick said:
Actually, that's available. I think what you are asking (and correct me if wrong), is that if you need to jump a song in quickly.

There are a number of ways to do it in Rockit already...

Can you give me a clearer example, so we're on the same page...?
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In OTS for example you can right click on a song and it gives you the option to "play now" or even "play next". It will automatically fade the current song out and will add the next song to the next deck and start it automatically.
 
nextgen1 said:
In OTS for example you can right click on a song and it gives you the option to "play now" or even "play next". It will automatically fade the current song out and will add the next song to the next deck and start it automatically.
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Easy enough currently Dave :)


Play Now:

If you need a song immediately, you right click and choose Sample in Jukebox. Jukebox is the same as a normal deck -- just less controls available (same with Effects deck).

Play Next:

Drop the track into the AutoMix Queue, click AutoMix on, and when the current track ends, the other will mix in. AutoMix will automatically turn itself off, unless you have more tracks in it's queue. That places you back in manual mode.
 
A little more bit memory so it can beat cue.

The graphic display should show the play point in the middle of the display, rather that at the far right.
 
I think he is referring to the wave display on the skin.

Rockit's is currently displaying on the fly, meaning it only outputs the display when it decodes and plays the samples.

I've been working on that, and do have code that will display the entire waveform, and track positioning within that, although it is very expensive in terms of memory and CPU cycles (also involves pre-reading and decoding the file -- or chunks of it at a time via another thread).

I expect there may be an option to do that, although it will be at your own risk, as it can easily eat up tons of memory, and the initial song load then becomes the big bottleneck, requiring faster drives, CPU, etc...



Another one of those things that are nice to have, although at the expense of stability. It also gives me the entire bitstream in memory, and would sound much like that "other" software out there -- which is something I'm trying to avoid...
 
Will there be an upgrade option available from 4.1 to 5? I wasn't aware of 4.2 and 5 seems to be nearing anyway. Also, will Rockit be able to play and display karaoke tracks (MP3+G)? That would be a nice enhancement. Thanks.
 
Marty3 said:
Will there be an upgrade option available from 4.1 to 5? I wasn't aware of 4.2 and 5 seems to be nearing anyway. Also, will Rockit be able to play and display karaoke tracks (MP3+G)? That would be a nice enhancement. Thanks.
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All minor version upgrades are free -- major version upgrades are the price difference between major versions.

As for karaoke, see post #28... :D
 
Okay and thanks. As for karaoke, back in the band days, I used to think that of DJs! :sqwink:
 
Doesn't have to be the entire wave file. Displaying on the fly with that small snap shot is fine, however the wave is displaying the moment being played on the far right with the rest of the wave being the past. If the current moment of the wave is centered, then I (we, whomever) could see the next two or three beats coming. Savvy?
 
WaydeWest said:
Doesn't have to be the entire wave file. Displaying on the fly with that small snap shot is fine, however the wave is displaying the moment being played on the far right with the rest of the wave being the past. If the current moment of the wave is centered, then I (we, whomever) could see the next two or three beats coming. Savvy?
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It's not just a display issue...

Rockit doesn't know what is coming next either. Rockit uses a streaming decoder, which means it does no real pre-buffering of the data stream, it decodes and plays on the fly, straight from disk (or whatever input stream it is reading).

So, if I moved it to the center the way it decodes right now, you would only see half of what you see now -- it has no data to display what's coming up next. Savvy? ;)

BTW, that's why Rockit can play off the internet as well -- it has no need to see what's ahead. You can throw a spreadsheet in the middle of an MP3, and the decoder will just ignore the data, and keep reading until it finds the next valid frame :)
 
SoftJock Rick said:
I am hot and heavy into finishing V5 coding within the next two months (estimate), so here is yer chance to get in any feature requests, that I may not have heard about before.

Please don't ask about how to do something in V4 -- use the V4 thread for that, so I can keep track of the requests here. ;)

Looking for things that will help you, and make life easier for you on stage; building your library, maintaining it, finding songs, etc. Controls that might be useful to you, and things like that.


No guarantees that any request will make final release, but I do work for you folks, so if you want your input heard, put it here, or email me at my support email :)
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but I do work for you folks, The key to a nice, happy and successful business - Nice one Rick . To think we used to make a fuss with each other elsewhere ;)
 
djsarge said:
I'm curious about the video output as well. I do the occasional slideshow and ambient video. Will it handle these?
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The video decks in Rockit, can handle anything that Windows Media Player can (with the exception of Windows Media files - sounds weird, but there's a reason).

For example, you can drop a JPG image in the video deck, and it will "play", you can play music in them too -- they are not limited to videos only. Again, all depends on the Codecs installed on your system.

Each video deck also has an external monitor output button, to toggle on/off any external monitor you may have hooked up, and the output will play in full-screen on the external monitor. Some Codecs are a bit weird, and will sometimes only play to one output, so Rockit's default is to route the output to the external if it runs into that, so at least the audience can see the video :)


There are zillions of Codecs available out there -- some work better than others... Also, some software will install their own Codecs, and overwrite (or override) the Codecs you already have installed and working great. So, once you get yours working great, don't install any other media player software that has Codecs embedded ;)

I've had that happen to me a number of times when I've installed software, and it's almost impossible to find it and fix it -- I just do a restore from my image I create before installing any new software.
 
SoftJock Rick said:
It's not just a display issue...

Rockit doesn't know what is coming next either. Rockit uses a streaming decoder, which means it does no real pre-buffering of the data stream, it decodes and plays on the fly, straight from disk (or whatever input stream it is reading)...
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Ah...and that would also explain (which I know you already have to me) why the program doesn't allow me to beat cue.
 
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