how to make AVS switch presets at specific times?

Hi all,

I am making a multimedia presentation and need to setup AVS to automatically switch to certain presets at specific times. (ie: 0-44 sec - preset 1, 45-1:24 - preset 2, etc.) Is there a way to do this in AVS? If not, could you suggest some ways to achieve this goal.

Thanks!
deltax

There's a time limit for each preset if you're doing random swtiches.

You could just press space, that changes presets randomly (in a specified dir).

Magic.X made a program where you can load presets with a hotkey. It's somewhere in the forum.

Or you can use "u" and "y" to go to the next/previous preset. If you copy them in the desired order one by one, AVS should present then in that order too.

Thanks for your replies.

Jaheckelsafar- I am not doing random switches. I need to
programmatically switch to a specific preset at a specific time.
So I take it there is no way to do this in AVS? Perhaps, I can
get a program that posts "u" or "y" into AVS when I need to..
Any ideas?

Here's Nullsoft's document on the Winamp API:

http://www.winamp.com/nsdn/winamp2x/dev/sdk/api.jhtml


I just glanced over it, but as far as I can see, you can pretty much do anything by sending some messages to Winamp.

The program by Magic (hotlist I believe it's called) assigns a preset to a hotkey. (pretty much whatever you want) Then you simply press the corresponding key for the preset you want (no transition effect though). I don't think you can automate it.

You might want to look through the link that Unconed provided and write a program to do it for you automatically. (If you ask nice, Magic may help, or give advice 🙂 )

Just a passing thought. Thwew was a thread a while back about capturing the output of AVS onto an AVI file. I don't know the end result of the thread, but it may be a quick way to snag some visuals for your presentation.

The result of that thread was AVSGrabber, which you can get from my website or the one from times2 (check the thread for the link, I don't know it by heart). times2's plug-in has better handling of dropped frames, but mine handles other codecs. Haven't had much time to update AVSGrabber though.