[Cin] New BlendAlgebra plugin install fail on Termux.

[Andrew Randrianasulu]

чт, 27 февр. 2025 г., 10:42 Georgy Salnikov <sge at nmr.nioch.nsc.ru>:

> On Thu, 27 Feb 2025, Andrew Randrianasulu wrote:
>
> > I tried to load one m2ts file, select all, copy, protect track, add video
> > track, paste. Thus I made two video tracks from same media.
> >
> > Then I tried to add BlendAlgebra with multiply program by dragging its
> icon
> > from Resources window onto one of video tracks. It attached but
> complained
> > it needs two tracks to process. I middle clicked on plugin bar and
> selected
> > Change, and selected another video track as shared, then confirmed by
> > clicking OK.
> >
> > Complain disappear, but so are buttons to change parameters on plugin's
> > bar! And I can't see any difference on playback ....
>
> If a plugin needs more than one track to work on, then firstly you drag the
> plugin onto some of tracks, just as usually. Then you click with RMB on the
> other track(s), choose Attach effect. You get a big window, select there
> BlendAlgebra from the list of shared effects. The effect bar will appear
> under the second track, but without the button to edit parameters - because
> it is the single effect (although attached to several tracks). You edit its
> parameters by the button under that track where it was first dragged.
>

yes, thanks, this procedure worked! I was modifying master effect instead
of attaching it to second video track!




> How many tracks a blend function requires, is usually defined in its code
> (REQUIRE_TRACKS). CinGG checks if at least that number of tracks is
> available and does not execute the effect while playback if there are too
> few.
>
> After you have attached the plugin, you can attach some algebra function
> from the plugin parameters dialog. Try to do so firstly step-by-step, as I
> do not know how this can go through the resources window.
>
> For example, if you load some project with algebra into the resources, then
> it is a question in which directory it will search algebra functions in the
> case they are defined with relative paths in the xml file. The function
> files cannot be copied automatically because only the plugin knows, they
> exist, CinGG binary cannot know this. If it is the case, functions have to
> be reattached from the place they actually are.
>
> If there is some function defined in the plugin, but its source file is not
> found, then no function will be applied at this place, and playback will
> not
> be changed. Will be some message printed in the CinGG console if there is
> no
> function file, I don't remember.
>
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