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> On Mon, 3 Oct 2011 02:30:43 +0200

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> MK aka El Doctor  wrote:

> > Hi there ;)

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> > I've uploaded some homemade videos (mix & visuals) and some

> > screenshots of my (new) setup :)

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> > Thoses videos are entirely done on linux, the programs used are:

> >   * xwax (dj stuff)

> >   * lebiniou (vj stuff)

> >   * ardour (audio recording)

> >   * ffmpeg (video recording)

> >   * kdenlive (video montage)

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> > A 3deck Jungle Drum&Bass :

> > http://vimeo.com/mkdxb/caution

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> > A 4deck Tribe Hardtekno :

> > http://vimeo.com/mkerazored/chinasyndrome

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> hi, it looks interesting :)

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> how does lebiniou work? I could only find a little page on it on

> freshmeat - do you have some live control over it? like press a button

> and apply an effect, or change image/video clip etc.

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> Sometime ago I played with Resolume on Windows, and found it very fun

> and powerful as an approach... I'm wondering if something similar and

> live-oriented like that could be done on linux

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> cheers

> renato

Hi ;)
Thx for your interest.
There are a lots of keybindings controls in lebiniou, I believe it's a real=

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good solution for live oriented showcases. Take a look at the manual
Le Biniou - User's manual

Basic concepts
Le Biniou is made of a set of plugins (nearly one hundred), that produce=20

various graphic effects, depending on a source input (usually, your=20

soundcard).
There are several types of plugins:
    Input plugins (sound inputs: OSS, ALSA, PulseAudion, etc.)

    Drawing plugins (oscilloscopes, screensaver effects, etc.)

    Filtering plugins (blurs, distortions, etc.)

    Image plugins (that use a background image)

    Color plugins (modify the current colormap)
These plugins can be selected and organized in a particular order, forming=

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"sequences".
Sequences can be created by the user (in the interactive mode), or by Le=20

Biniou's Artificial Intelligence (in the automatic mode).
Le Biniou has an integrated On Screen Display (OSD), that shows you what's=

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going on, and acts as a User Interface to select, organize or reorder plugi=

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when you're in the interactive mode.
By default, Le Biniou starts in automatic mode, without OSD.
Le Biniou can randomly pick between many different colormaps and background=

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pictures, allowing evolving rendering effects.
There are also three "auto-modes", that will randomly change the current=20

sequence between user-defined and/or Le Biniou-generated ones.
Keyboard controls will be shown like this: "Hit the [space] key".

Starting Le Biniou
Le Biniou can be started by:
    the Applications/Sound&Video menu

    using the command line
Using the command line, you can activate specific options, like the display=

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mode (window size, full-screen, etc.), the input source to use, which On=20

Screen Display mode to activate, and more.

Please refer to the "Command line options" section for more informations.

Options can also be set with a user-defined configuration file.
Essential keyboard controls
    Switch full-screen on/off using the [f] key

    Cycle through OSD modes using the [o] key. Available modes are:

        Off (default mode)

        Simple: displays system information, auto-modes, current sequence,=

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frames/second

        Full: same as Simple, also shows the plugin list, and the selected=

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plugin's description

        Full (2): same as Full, but uses a black (instead of transparent)=20

background

    Exit Le Biniou with [Shift-q]

    Exit Le Biniou, saving the current sequence with [Shift-x]. This sequen=

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will be activated next time you start Le Biniou.

    Note: user-defined sequences are saved in your ".lebiniou/sequences/"=20

folder.

    Take a screenshot with [Shift-PRINT]

    Note: screenshots are saved in your ".lebiniou/screenshots/" folder.
Automatic Mode
When started, Le Biniou will create a new sequence regularly using it's=20

Artificial Intelligence engine. Stop this mode by hitting [ESCAPE].
Hit [BACKSPACE] to make the AI create a new sequence.
Hit [p] or [Shift-p] to switch between the different random modes:
    Off

    Select random user sequences

    Select random AI sequences

    Select random user and AI sequences
If the OSD is activated, a progress bar on the right will show you the time=

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remaining until Le Biniou creates a new sequence.

Interactive Mode
At some point, you may want to create your own sequences. We will show you =

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to do this with a complete example.
To create new sequences, it is recommended to set the OSD in full mode (so=

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that you can see the sequence, the plugin list and their description), and =

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course to turn Automatic Mode off (using [ESCAPE]).

Essential keyboard controls

Colormaps
    Use [e]/[r] to cycle through the colormaps

    Use [t] to randomly pick one

    Use [Ctrl-t] to switch "random colormaps mode" on/off.

    In this mode, Le Biniou will change colormaps every few seconds

    Show or hide the current colormap using [Alt-c]
Pictures
    Use [y]/[u] to cycle through the pictures

    Use [i] to randomly pick one

    Use [Ctrl-i] to switch "random pictures mode" on/off.

    In this mode, Le Biniou will change pictures every few seconds
Your first sequence
To start from the begining, use [Shift-z] to remove all the plugins, and [n=

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to clear the screen.

Note: In the top-left part of the OSD, the sequence will have the name=20

"(none)".
    First, add a plugin: find the "rotors" plugin in the list and add it to=

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the sequence.

    Use [UP]/[DOWN] to navigate through the list, and [RETURN] to add or=20

remove the plugin.

    Use [PAGEUP]/[PAGEDOWN] to scroll faster in the list.

    Now, add a filtering effect: find the "blur2" plugin and add it.

    New plugins will be added at the end of the sequence (except a few=20

plugins, like the "clear" plugin, that will be added at the front).

    Then, change the colormap (using the controls described before) to one=

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that pleases you.

    Finally, add a plugin that reacts to the sound, for example, the "X=20

oscillo stereo" plugin.
You can save your newly created sequence using [Ctrl-s].

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example: "1300821622".

It will be saved in your ".lebiniou/sequences/" folder under the name=20

"1300821622.xml".

Later, you can rename this file to a suitable name, eg "My cool sequence.xm=

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This new name will be displayed in the OSD.
You can overwrite an existing sequence using [Ctrl-u] (the name will not be=

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changed).
When you have several sequences, you can cycle through them using [Shift-LE=

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and [Shift-RIGHT],

pick one at random using [Shift-BACKSPACE], and use them in the Automatic=20

Mode.

Reorganizing the sequence
You can change the plugins order in the sequence:
    Use [Shift-UP]/[Shift-DOWN] to select a plugin in the sequence (the=20

selected plugin will have an arrow before it's name)

    Use [Ctrl-UP]/[Ctrl-DOWN] to move the selected plugin up/down in the=20

sequence
Example sequences
Example sequences are available, install them by issuing the following comm=

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in your home directory:

$ tar xvfz /usr/share/doc/lebiniou-data/examples/sequences.tar.gz
Advanced topics

Banks
You can bind sequences to the function keys to organize and quickly activat=

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them. You are given 12 "banksets", each bankset contains 12 "banks" that ca=

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be mapped to sequences.
    Select a bankset using [Ctrl-F1]..[Ctrl-F10]

    Store the current sequence in a bank using [Shift-F1]..[Shift-F12]

    Recall a stored sequence from a bank using [F1]..[F12]

    Save the current bindings with [Ctrl-b]
Note: the banks are saved in the ".lebiniou/banks.xml" file.
Command line options
    Display the list of available input/output plugins with:
    $ lebiniou -h
        Use "-i " to select the input plugin.

        Use "-o " to select the output plugin.
Configuration file
You can permanently set options in a configuration file (.lebiniourc), inst=

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this file by issuing the following command:

$ cp /usr/share/doc/lebiniou/examples/lebiniourc ~/.lebiniourc
Then edit to set your preferences.
3D plugins
Some plugins (eg: the "galaxy" plugin) operate in 3D.
    Use [Alt-b] to display a bounding shape (cube, sphere, wired sphere, or=

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none)

    Drag and drop the mouse to rotate the 3D view

    Use the mouse wheel to zoom in/out

    Hit [Alt-r] to toggle 3D rotations on/off
Miscellaneous
    Use [Alt-m] to show/hide the mouse cursor

    Use [k] and [Shift-k] to adjust the desired frame rate

    [Shift-n] will fill the screen with random pixels
There are others VJ oriented softwares running on linux:

veejay (gveejay reloaded), lives, pure data & externals, gephex (seems=20

discontinued), freej ... I probably missed some ...
Cheers
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