Play a video file but have music visualizations instead of video display?

buges · 2008-08-26 22:05

Id like play a video (music video for example) but instead of the proper video screen displaying. have the music visualisation screen come up instead, like playing a normal music file in full screen but just with the video soundtrack.

Can this be done in a skin?

thanks

**jmarshall** · 2008-08-26 23:04

No.

buges · 2008-08-26 23:08

Ok thanks

timdog82001 · 2008-08-27 07:50

there are many free programs out there you could use such as virtualdub which allow you to save the audio from video files as a standalone audio file. This should allow you to accomplish visualization with the audio of the movie

**Gamester17** · 2008-08-27 17:07

Have you tried adding the video file-extention to the music section in advancedsettings.xml and then playing it from there?
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=advancedsettings.xml
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Advancedsett...ensions.3E

Quote:A list of additional file-extensions to allow (add) or exclude (remove) in the My Music windows.

These are the current default extensions for MUSIC:

.nsv .m4a .flac .aac .strm .pls .rm .mpa .wav .wma .ogg .mp3 .mp2 .m3u .mod .amf .669 .dmf .dsm .far .gdm .imf .it .m15 .med .okt .s3m .stm .sfx .ult .uni .xm .sid .ac3 .dts .cue .aif .aiff .wpl .ape .mac .mpc .mp+ .mpp .shn .zip .rar .wv .nsf .spc .gym .adplug .adx .dsp .adp .ymf .ast .afc .hps .xsp

example:

Code:

<advancedsettings>

<musicextensions>

  <add>.avi|.mpeg</add>

</musicextensions></advancedsettings>

FYI:

Quote:These are the current default extensions for VIDEOS:

.m4v .3gp .nsv .ts .ty .strm .rm .rmvb .m3u .ifo .mov .qt .divx .xvid .bivx .vob .nrg .img .iso .pva .wmv .asf .asx .ogm .m2v .avi .bin .dat .dvr-ms .mpg .mpeg .mp4 .mkv .avc .vp3 .svq3 .nuv .viv .dv .fli .flv .rar .001 .wpl .zip

**kraqh3d** · 2008-08-27 17:25

doh! this reminds me of a little problem that arises from adding video files to music in the non-xbox versions. the PAPLAYER is added is a default player for *ALL* music extensions (even if its not supported) before the DVDPLAYER is added as a player for everything. this makes the PAPLAYER the preferred player for the video extensions added to music, and thus, they wont play anymore unless you use "Play With..." and choose DVDPLAYER. the code in question is in the PlayerCoreFactory.cpp.

**Gamester17** · 2008-08-27 18:59

kraqh3d Wrote:doh! this reminds me of a little problem that arises from adding video files to music in the non-xbox versions. the PAPLAYER is added is a default player for *ALL* music extensions (even if its not supported) before the DVDPLAYER is added as a player for everything. this makes the PAPLAYER the preferred player for the video extensions added to music, and thus, they wont play anymore unless you use "Play With..." and choose DVDPLAYER. the code in question is in the PlayerCoreFactory.cpp.

I thought that they changed it recently to always fail-over to the DVDPlayer if PAPlayer fails to play a file? Confused

**kraqh3d** · 2008-08-27 20:38

that may be. i remember this occuring a few months back. i looked into why, but then forgot about it. it may be fixed already. i haven't tried it since. but this thread reminded me of the problem.

**Gamester17** · 2008-08-28 10:17

kraqh3d Wrote:haven't tried it since.

I have not tried it either so I am not sure if that is the case or not

Rookie · 2008-09-23 00:49

Can't he just move his codecs while he wants to do this?

buges Fan Posts: 305 Joined: Apr 2007 Reputation: 0 Location: UK	2008-08-26 22:05 Post: #1 Id like play a video (music video for example) but instead of the proper video screen displaying. have the music visualisation screen come up instead, like playing a normal music file in full screen but just with the video soundtrack. Can this be done in a skin? thanks
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jmarshall Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 24,523 Joined: Oct 2003 Reputation: 138	2008-08-26 23:04 Post: #2 No. Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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buges Fan Posts: 305 Joined: Apr 2007 Reputation: 0 Location: UK	2008-08-26 23:08 Post: #3 Ok thanks
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timdog82001 Posting Freak Posts: 1,132 Joined: Mar 2006 Reputation: 0	2008-08-27 07:50 Post: #4 there are many free programs out there you could use such as virtualdub which allow you to save the audio from video files as a standalone audio file. This should allow you to accomplish visualization with the audio of the movie
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Gamester17 Team-XBMC Forum Moderator Posts: 10,595 Joined: Sep 2003 Reputation: 9 Location: Sweden	2008-08-28 10:17 Post: #9 kraqh3d Wrote:haven't tried it since. I have not tried it either so I am not sure if that is the case or not Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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Rookie Senior Member Posts: 185 Joined: Jul 2008 Reputation: 0	2008-09-23 00:49 Post: #10 Can't he just move his codecs while he wants to do this?
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