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PlayListItemVolAutomPointModify method

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Remarks

 

Modifies 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]

Public Function PlayListItemVolAutomPointModify (

nPlayerIndex as Int16,

nItemIndex as Int16,

strVolumePointName as String,

nPositionUnit as enumVolumeAutomationPosUnits,

fPosition as Single,

nVolumeScaleType as enumVolumeScales,

fVolumeLevel as Single,

nCurveType as enumVolumeCurves,

nDesignerUniqueId as Int32

) as enumErrorCodes


 

[C#]

public enumErrorCodes PlayListItemVolAutomPointModify (

Int16 nPlayerIndex,

Int16 nItemIndex,

string strVolumePointName,

enumVolumeAutomationPosUnits nPositionUnit,

float fPosition,

enumVolumeScales nVolumeScaleType,

float fVolumeLevel,

enumVolumeCurves nCurveType,

Int32 nDesignerUniqueId

);


 

[C++]

public: enumErrorCodes PlayListItemVolAutomPointModify (

Int16 nPlayerIndex,

Int16 nItemIndex,

string strVolumePointName,

enumVolumeAutomationPosUnits nPositionUnit,

float fPosition,

enumVolumeScales nVolumeScaleType,

float fVolumeLevel,

enumVolumeCurves nCurveType,

Int32 nDesignerUniqueId

);


 

 

 

Parameter

Description

 

 

nPlayerIndex

Number representing the zero-based index of the involved player

nItemIndex

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

Position of the volume point expressed in the same unit set into the nPositionUnit parameter.

Set this parameter to -1 if you need to leave the current position value unchanged.

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

Volume level expressed in the same unit set into the nVolumeScaleType parameter.

Set this parameter to -1 if you need to leave the current volume level unchanged.

nCurveType

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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nDesignerUniqueId

Unique identifier of the curve editor control containing custom curve settings to apply. This unique identifier is returned by a previous call to the VolumeAutomation.CurveDesigner.Create method.

 

The custom curve designer manages a windowed control, whose visual aspect can be defined programmatically, which allows designing volume curves based upon Bézier curves whose shape is defined through the manual positioning of 2 control points (displayed in cyan color on the graphic below). For further information about the use of the embedded CurveDesigner refer to the tutorial How to create custom volume curves.

 

 

 

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.