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PlayListItemVolAutomPointParamsGet method

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Remarks

 

Obtains parameters of an existing volume point of a playlist's item. The volume point can have been previously added through the PlayListItemVolAutomPointAdd method or as a result of a playlist loading through the PlayListLoad method.

 

For further details about playlists management see the How to create and manage a playlist tutorial.

For details about using Volume Automation refer to the How to manage Volume Automation tutorial.

 

 

Syntax

 

[Visual Basic]

control.PlayListItemVolAutomPointParamsGet (

nPlayer as Integer,

nItem as Integer,

strVolumePointName as String,

nPositionUnit as enumVolumeAutomationPosUnits,

fPosition as Single,

nVolumeScaleType as enumVolumeScales,

fVolumeLevel as Single,

nCurveType as enumVolumeCurves,

nDesignerUniqueId as Long

) as enumErrorCodes


 

[C++]

short control.PlayListItemVolAutomPointParamsGet (

short nPlayer,

short nItem,

LPCTSTR strVolumePointName,

short nPositionUnit,

float *fPosition,

short nVolumeScaleType,

float *fVolumeLevel,

short *nCurveType,

short *nLeftX,

short *nLeftY,

short *nRightX,

short *nRightY

);


 

 

Parameter

Description

 

 

nPlayer

Number representing the zero-based index of the involved player.

nItem

Number representing the zero-based index of the item inside the playlist. The number of available items can be obtained using the PlayListGetCount method.

strVolumePointName

String representing the friendly name of the volume point to modify

nPositionUnit

The unit used to define positions of volume points.

Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic constant

Value

Meaning

VA_POS_UNIT_SECONDS

0

Positions are expressed in seconds

VA_POS_UNIT_PERCENTAGE

1

Positions are expressed in percentage

VA_POS_UNIT_MILLISECONDS

2

Positions are expressed in milliseconds

fPosition

Reference that, on return from the method call, will contain the position of the volume point expressed in the same unit set into the nPositionUnit parameter.

nVolumeScaleType

The volume scaling type.

Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic constant

Value

Meaning

SCALE_LINEAR

0

The returned volume is based upon a linear scale and can be in the range from 0.0 (silence) to 100.0 (max volume)

SCALE_LOG

1

The returned volume, expressed in dB, is based upon a logarithmic scale and can be in the range from -100  (silence) to 0 (max volume)

The actual applied formula for converting a linear volume into a logarithmic volume is the following:

VolumeInDB = 20 * log10 (VolumeLinear/100)

The C syntax for converting a logarithmic volume into a linear volume is the following:

VolumeLinear = 100 * pow (10, VolumeInDB/20);

fVolumeLevel

Reference that, on return from the method call, will contain the volume level expressed in the same unit set into the nVolumeScaleType parameter.

nCurveType

Reference that, on return from the method call, will contain the type of curve applied to reach the next volume point.

Set this parameter to -1 if you need to leave the current curve type unchanged.

Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic constant

Value

Meaning

 

 

 

 

-1

Ignore this setting and leave the current curve type unchanged.

VOLUME_CURVE_NONE

0

No curve is applied: volume will be changed immediately and will be kept till next volume point.

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VOLUME_CURVE_LINEAR

1

Linear curve

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VOLUME_CURVE_EXPONENTIAL

2

Exponential curve

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VOLUME_CURVE_COSINE

3

Cosine curve

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VOLUME_CURVE_SMOOTH

4

Smooth curve

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VOLUME_CURVE_CUSTOM

5

Custom Bézier curve.

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When this values is obtained, positions of Bézier curve's control points are returned inside the nLeftX, nLeftY, nRightX and nRightY parameters below.

nLeftX

Reference that, on return from the method call, will contain the horizontal position, expressed in percentage of the designer's area, of the left control point. This parameter can be ignored when the nCurveType parameter above is set to a value different from VOLUME_CURVE_CUSTOM.

nLeftY

Reference that, on return from the method call, will contain the vertical position, expressed in percentage of the designer's area, of the left control point. This parameter can be ignored when the nCurveType parameter above is set to a value different from VOLUME_CURVE_CUSTOM.

nRightX

Reference that, on return from the method call, will contain the horizontal position, expressed in percentage  of the designer's area, of the right control point. This parameter can be ignored when the nCurveType parameter above is set to a value different from VOLUME_CURVE_CUSTOM.

nRightY

Reference that, on return from the method call, will contain the vertical position, expressed in percentage of the designer's area, of the right control point This parameter can be ignored when the nCurveType parameter above is set to a value different from VOLUME_CURVE_CUSTOM.

 

 

Return value

 

Value

Meaning

 

 

enumErrorCodes.NOERROR (0)

The method call was successful

Negative value

An error occurred: see the LastError property for further error details or for a list of the possible error values.