XMMS Nebulus Plugin 0.7.0 review

Nebulus is an OpenGL/SDL visualization plugin for XMMS. XMMS Nebulus Plugin features many options including fullscreen mode, effec

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 499K Developer: Pascal Brochart

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Nebulus is an OpenGL/SDL visualization plugin for XMMS.

XMMS Nebulus Plugin features many options including fullscreen mode, effects priorities, the display of the song title, and more.

It's conceptually a compilation of various OpenGL effects that depends on the music

Requirements:
XMMS
OpenGL
SDL

Use "--with-ttf-font" to enable OpenGL fonts.

Installation:

This plugin requires OpenGL and SDL to work.

**** You will really need hardware acceleration! ****

./configure && make && make install

Nebulus support SDL_ttf to display infos on OpenGL screen.

To compile it, specify the file of the default TTF: (of course replace the TTF file by your own file)

./configure --with-ttf-font=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Vera.ttf
&& make && make install

Usage:

Enable it in the XMMS Visualization Plugins Preferences. There are also some keyboard keys you can press to modify options:

'ESCAPE': toggle fullscreen mode
'F1': 640x480 screen mode (default)
'F2': 800x600 screen mode
'F3': 1024x768 screen mode
'F4': 1280x1024 screen mode
'F5': 1600x1200 screen mode
'LEFT' : forward time in music
'RIGHT' : backward time in music
'p': pause and unpause display
'f': freeze and unfreeze mode
'i': display title of the music and fps (with SDL_ttf)

It also accepts the following xmms shortcuts (sent to session 0):
'z': previous
'c': pause
'x': play
'v': stop
'b': next
's': shuffle
'r': repeat

You can change the priorities of each effects and control the maximum FPS (0 for no limit).

What's New in This Release:
Bug fixes.
Add sinus wave to spectrum analyzer.
Use GL_TRIANGLES in glthreads.
New translations (fr fr_FR).