this is where i'm told to start. APE's

Archive: this is where i'm told to start. APE's

klumsy

14th July 2004 12:44 UTC

this is where i'm told to start. APE's
APE's
i just want o confirm something

APE's are rather plugins for AVS rather than direct winamp plugins right?

does anybody know hwere a list of released APE's is?

they allow you to interfere with the actual framebuffer and modify it right?

i am plannign to make a couple of APE's.. one that inports visualations from a third party program (running concurrently) and blends it into the aps visualisation..
and another that does the opposite..

just wondering where to start.

Warrior of the Light

14th July 2004 18:12 UTC

APE list

An APE is basically a .dll renamed to .ape

That's pretty much what APE's are, yes.

Yathosho

14th July 2004 19:43 UTC

this is actually covered by the FAQ, but the link to the APE SDK is outdated. not sure if it's included in the Winamp SDK, but Google or Forum Search might help.

[Ishan]

15th July 2004 16:19 UTC

heh i remember i also started some thread about APE's :p long ago........

Mr_Nudge

16th July 2004 09:58 UTC

step1: learn c++
step2: ...i don't know what step2 is...
step3: Use .ape

sidd

22nd July 2004 10:57 UTC

actually, if you use the sdk files for vc++ it automajikally names it .ape, thus, step3 is done for you. So, there are ONLY TWO STEPS INVOLVED IN MAKING AN UBER-COOL APE!!!!!
:o

vanderphunck

22nd July 2004 15:56 UTC

From the FunkyFX FyrewurX module: http://www.javigate.com/FunkyFX/

PAK-9

23rd July 2004 07:32 UTC

step1: learn c++
step2: ...i don't know what step2 is...
step3: Use .ape

No you've got it all wrong... step 1: Steal underpants...

[Ishan]

23rd July 2004 09:24 UTC

LOL @ Pak-9:D
anyway....the guy who started this thread is'nt interested anymore:rolleyes:

mysterious_w

23rd July 2004 10:15 UTC

Right, I've been fed up with finding APE's too... I'm gonna register avsapes.tk, and post all the apes I can find there. If i get sued, I'll live with it.

vanderphunck

23rd July 2004 12:07 UTC

Sorry... The above post was not made by me... Somebody created the vanderphunck account in my name. Thanks to Rocker for giving it back to me...

Mr_Nudge

23rd July 2004 15:57 UTC

Originally posted by PAK-9
No you've got it all wrong... step 1: Steal underpants...

Step 2: ?
Step 3: PROFIT!

UnConeD

24th July 2004 15:06 UTC

mysterious_w: please do not include my actual APEs, but just link to my website for them. Otherwise you might have outdated versions, and then people come to me to complain about bugs that are already fixed, or because they don't know that some APEs (like AVSGrabber) are unsupported.

Warrior of the Light

25th July 2004 00:11 UTC

I guess UnConed's posts goes for every other APE-author as well. Just create links so noone could accidentally overwrite newer stuff with older versions.

PAK-9

26th July 2004 11:54 UTC

Yea but if you post links you have to be sure you maintain the site or links will break and the resource becomes a useless half-list.

Mr_Nudge

26th July 2004 12:46 UTC

Originally posted by mysterious_w
I'm gonna register avsapes.tk, and post all the apes I can find there.

You still making that site? if you are your sure taking your time.

mysterious_w

27th July 2004 09:54 UTC

Originally posted by UnConeD
mysterious_w: please do not include my actual APEs, but just link to my website for them. Otherwise you might have outdated versions, and then people come to me to complain about bugs that are already fixed, or because they don't know that some APEs (like AVSGrabber) are unsupported.

I was thinking you could send the newest versions of any APE's you update to me, then I could put them on the site. I know the problem with outdated APE's, I have the problem of crashes with old versions of Texer and Colour Map and it annoys me going through about 20 pack installers trying to find the latest one.

/edit Registered avsapes.tk It should be up next Tuesday

Mr_Nudge

27th July 2004 11:41 UTC

sweet...

[Ishan]

27th July 2004 12:25 UTC

a website just for apes?:rolleyes: its ok but.....

anyway i guess thats better than nothing.

PAK-9

27th July 2004 20:11 UTC

I was thinking you could send the newest versions of any APE's you update to me

You want the authors to make the effort of sending updates for your site. Bit of a cheek, no?

TomyLobo

27th July 2004 21:36 UTC

you'd better make that page a link collection:
just link to the author's page or to the download page of the specific ape
if the author changes the download urls and sets value on having his newest apes on that site, he/she sends a mail to you and you change it...
that's minimal effort for both :)

mysterious_w

28th July 2004 10:06 UTC

The thing is, I plan to make this a site for beginners, where they can just download all the APE's they want without having to trawl through a load of different download pages and forum topics. Anyway, the site was just gonna be a basic 5-column table, with the name of the APE, with a download link, name of the creator, with a link to his page, version number, file size and a link to a sperate description of the APE (either written by the author or me) and a couple of screenshots. So, as UnConed is a mod here, I'm asking him if I could post the APE's on the page, if I keep them as up to date as I possibly can by myself.

[Ishan]

28th July 2004 12:54 UTC

Texer II, Picture II, Multi-filter, Convo Filter and ColorMap.

What more does one need ?:p

jheriko

28th July 2004 19:50 UTC

I'm sorry I really really love the FAQ and if you can't be arsed to use a FAQ on a forum then you should be shot. There exists a list, it is a bit rubbish like you say, so what I think (know) might (will) be a great idea is to stick a link to this site on the end of the APE faq entry.

Originally posted by mysterious_w
...if I keep them as up to date as I possibly can by myself.

Why not use a direct link to acko.net (only example i can think of) or whatever site the ape is hosted on by the author... then you won't have to update them yourself.. you save webspace and you won't have to struggle to try to find an actual reason to do it in that awkward way. It won't mean that users will have to trawl through a million download pages etc....

btw multi filter will never be updated (much to my annoyance) due to lack of a source code for it, since I wiped my comp since then (not by choice). So I don't mind if you stick that one up on your site.