10 plugins for Samurize incl. spectrum analyzer

Thanks very much for re-opening this site. While the Samurize sites were down (or closed) I wrote 10 plugins for Samurize. I chose Samurize over Rainmeter because its plugin API is more advanced. However, I may end up switching over to Rainmeter, if Samurize dies down completely. I'm posting links here, because that's where I keep the latest versions.

1. SpecGP is a very configurable spectrum analyzer / VU meter. It's a general purpose (GP) plugin: it's not tied to any specific player, nor does it require any plugins to be used by your music player. SpecGP analyzes the sound card output in real time: it works with music, games, TV, DVD, etc.



2. SleepCycle plots the periods of time when your PC is in sleep mode and when it is awake. The result is a circular graph representing time, with the current time shown as a red node, and a thick arc showing the awake state. Unlike a regular 12 hr clock, the full circle represents 24 hrs.



3. Sun&Moon plots the Sun's (or Moon's) current path in the sky for your location. The position is shown with 2 rings representing the azimuth and elevation. The image below is a time lapse (the Sun's position barely changes in real time).



4.A source plugin for the TEMPerHUM, a simple USB hygrometer made in China.



5. A source plugin for the TEMPer, a simple USB thermometer made in China.



6. A source plugin for the Digi Watchport temperature and humidity sensor



7. A VU meter source plugin and a config using Samurize progress bars (this plugin has been superseded by the more advanced SpecGP)



8. TempGrad maps a number range onto a 3-point color ramp. It's not a weather plugin per se, but can be used to visualize rises and drops in temperature as changing colors.



9. A visual plugin which shows the next few scheduled recordings in SageTV, a PC TV app.



10. Gmail reports the email count in your Gmail account.

MeterDup is a command-line utility that makes multiple copies of a single meter in a config file. For each copy, MeterDup can auto-increment selected parameters. Use MeterDup when you need a series of similar meters, e.g. bars in a spectrum analyzer, a multi-line RSS feed, etc.



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Wow, very impressive! Nice work

thanks element.

*edit* SpecGP For x64 systems: the bass.dll must in the syswow folder, not in system32.

This post has been edited by moinmoin on Oct 4 2011, 11:50 AM

Good thing there are still a few people left who like Samurize... I think bass.dll just needs to be somewhere where Win will find it. I have a folder in C: (included in the %PATH% env. variable) with commonly used tools and that's where I keep bass.dll.

first, kudos and thanks for this plugin.
myself am an "old" fan, and this for many years samu.
've tested your config for hours yesterday and unfortunately only works VU.
spec. was nothing to be done?

You'd need to be more specific... What OS? In Win Sound Properties, what's your default sound card input/output set to? What specifically doesn't work? The analyzer meter won't load? The meter shows up but the bars are not moving? They're moving but not much?

FAQ: http://www.permetix.com/samurize/index.php?page=faq
Also, the latest SpecGP version (same link) now has a debug button in the settings dialog with sound device info.

win7 64


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Looks like the forum is working again. So is SpecGP working with the other Realtek drivers?

I tested four realtek (2.65 - 2.60) times is under the tab "receptive" and sometimes not integrated stereo mix?
does not have a single version - stereo mix can not be activated.
yet strangely, at some user from the German "deskmodder" forum?

Very nice plugin!

For happiness is still two (working in Windows 7 x64)

- Mute (value in Samurize: 0 - sound ON, 1 - sound OFF).

- Sound volume in percent (value in Samurize: 100%, 99%, 98% ... etc.)

Could you write it?

It is a problem ... how to change the input ID in SpecGP? Currently for me set to 0, and this is the webcam microphone.


(sorry for my english)

This post has been edited by Sub on Oct 18 2011, 05:27 AM

By volume in percent do you mean a) the current audio level (which changes all the time) or b) the current setting of the system volume slider? If it's a), the older VU meter plugin I posted can be used as a source plugin (no display), i.e. it prints out audio level as numbers. If it's b) I think there's an older Sam config that does this. If what you want is big, TV-style OSD volume bars, I use AutoHotKey for this.
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic....9319&highlight=

If you don't use the microphone, in Win Sound Properties/Recording you can switch the default input to StereoMix. If you want to change the input just for SpecGP, I'd have to think how to do this without too much work. Right now, a lot of audio setup is done before the meter settings are read in, so I can't set the input there. I'd have to implement a custom ini text file for this (when I find some time).

So, for that matter.

No not working properly in Windows 7 I mean something like a plugin (for Samurize) "mixerdisplay.dll" (has two functions - getvol and getmute). Unfortunately, only works under Windows XP.

Yes, in SpecGP. Unfortunately, I have a card SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio. Creative did not update the drivers since 2009. The result is a lack of "What u Hear" (Win 7). In Windows XP, no problem. This problem also applies to other (older) Cards Creative Audigy.

So, as you'll have some time, please at the beginning of a plugin similar to "mixerdisplay.dll" working under Windows 7)

The choice of inputs for SpecGP do not need to rush

Sorry for my English. I hope you understand me

The VU_meter plugin (link above) now has SystemVolume and SystemMute functions. Note that Win7 uses a log volume scale, i.e. setting the vol. slider to 25% does not really multiply the sound by 0.25, but by some other value that "feels" like 25%. SystemVolume has an "untaper" param. which can correct for it. SpecGP (link above) can now read an optional SpecGPSet.ini file with an AudioInput setting (more on the plugin page).

Thank you very much for the new VU meter. It works great!

SpecGP - does not work .... damned sound card (drivers)

The only way to make it work properly is to read values ​​from the endpoint (speakers), as does the VU meter. I do not know whether this is possible?

I can't read an endpoint in the spec. analyzer. The VU meter uses a Win call that reports just the levels (not sound). Try patching a Y-cable from line-out to line-in and then using line-in as input. Or maybe this: http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.htm