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Vis_D3D is a Direct 3D visualization plugin for Winamp. It generates a moving landscape that changes form along with the music that you listen to with Winamp. You can download the plugin to try it out, and you can also download the source code and learn how to program 3D visualizations yourself

Site Contents

On this page:

Latest News, Requirments, Downloads, Credits, Terms of Usage

Other pages:

Release Notes and Instructions, Previous News, Programming Information, Tutorial

Latest News

July 2001

Wow, its really been a long time since I've updated this page. Sorry, work has kept me busy with programming so I haven't done much on the side. The problem with the plugin currently is that textures don't work anymore, with new video cards. I have a new machine so it doesn't even work for me. I tried some debugging and there are not failing API calls so its hard to pinpoint. It will probably take some major surgery, I'll try to find some time. I may have to give in and use the Microsoft example code for setting up the driver properly. DirectX has been updated since I last worked on it so that might help too.

Previous News

Requirements

For Running Plugin

Windows 95 or Windows 98.
Direct X 6.0 or later, available from www.microsoft.com/directx
Winamp 2.08 or later, available from www.winamp.com
3D Graphics accelerator with latest drivers highly recommended

For compiling and adapting the code

In addition to the above you will need:

Direct X 6.0 or later SDK, available from www.microsoft.com/directx (you may have to order the CD)
Microsoft Visual C version 6.0 or later (other compilers could be used with some extra work)

Downloads

Version 1.2 Visualization Only

Version 1.2 Visualization and Code

Instuctures are included, or you can read them as part of the release notes

Previous Versions

Version 1.1 Visualization Only

Version 1.1 Visualization and Code

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Credits

Plug-in concept and code by Andrew Skowronski

Web design by Jill Chard and Andrew Skowronski

This wouldn't have be possible without Winamp!

I've been greatly inspired by those great visualizations already out there: in particular Prince, Helix, and Cthuga.

Thanks also to Andrew Forget, Dilip Singh, Martin Dufour, Mike Morin and Adam Ramadam for assistance and advice.

Terms of Usage

The visualization and code is provided free, "as is" with no support or warrantee. Use at your own risk.

You may use and adapt my code to your own non-commercial purposes free of charge. Please make me aware of any such uses, I'm curious. If you have any questions please contact me.