- Index
- General Usage
- DCX Controls
- DCX Features
- About DCX
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Directshow |
The DirectShow control allows playback of media files. Formats which can be played will depend upon the codecs avaiable on the system.
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Control Styles |
| These control styles are available when creating a Directshow control. Remember that the general styles disabled, group, notheme, tabstop and transparent apply to all DCX controls. |
| fixratio |
The content maintains its aspect ratio. By default, the content fills the control. |
/xdid flags |
| Control commands are input to the control with the /xdid command. |
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/xdid -a |
| This command lets you load and unload any previous file. |
| Syntax: |
/xdid -a [DNAME] [ID] [+FLAGS] [FILENAME] |
| Example: |
/xdid -a dcx 4 + fileCopy.mpeg |
| Parameters: |
| +FLAGS |
Previous flags. |
| p |
Play right away. |
| l |
Play loop away. |
| FILENAME |
Previous filename. |
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/xdid -c |
| This lets you control playback of the file. |
| Syntax: |
/xdid -c [DNAME] [ID] [ARGS] |
| Example: |
/xdid -c dcx 4 play
/xdid -c dcx 4 seek 3500
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| Parameters: |
| COMMAND |
DirectShow commands. |
| play |
Plays the loaded file. |
| pause |
Pauses the playback. |
| stop |
Stops the playback. |
| close |
Close the playback and unload it. |
| seek |
Seeks to the millisecond of the clip specified. |
| Variable parameters ARGS: |
| play |
[FILENAME] |
| seek |
[TIME] |
| TIME |
The time to seek to, specified in milliseconds. |
$xdid() Properties |
| The $xdid identifier is a given mIRC alias that communicates with the DCX DLL to extract information in DCX controls. |
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$xdid().brange |
| This property returns the range of values that the video brightness can be set to. |
| Syntax: |
$xdid(dialog, ID).brange |
| Example: |
$xdid(dcx, 4).brange |
| Parameters: |
| DEFAULT |
The default value. |
| MIN |
The minimum value. |
| MAX |
The maximum value. |
| STEP |
The value to use when changing this property. |
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$xdid().crange |
| This property returns the range of values that the video contrast can be set to. |
| Syntax: |
$xdid(dialog, ID).crange |
| Example: |
$xdid(dcx, 4).crange |
| Parameters: |
| DEFAULT |
The default value. |
| MIN |
The minimum value. |
| MAX |
The maximum value. |
| STEP |
The value to use when changing this property. |
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$xdid().currentpos |
| This property returns the current position of the content. |
| Syntax: |
$xdid(dialog, ID).currentpos |
| Example: |
$xdid(dcx, 4).currentpos |
| Parameters: |
| STATE |
This is D_OK if the command succeeded. Otherwise STATE is D_ERROR. |
| RESULT |
The time in milliseconds. If STATE was not D_OK, then RESULT will be the appropriate error message. (ie. Method Not Supported) |
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$xdid().duration |
| This property returns the length of the media clip. |
| Syntax: |
$xdid(dialog, ID).duration |
| Example: |
$xdid(dcx, 4).duration |
| Parameters: |
| STATE |
This is D_OK if the command succeeded. Otherwise STATE is D_ERROR. |
| RESULT |
The time in milliseconds. If STATE was not D_OK, then RESULT will be the appropriate error message. (ie. Method Not Supported) |
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$xdid().hrange |
| This property returns the range of values that the video hue can be set to. |
| Syntax: |
$xdid(dialog, ID).hrange |
| Example: |
$xdid(dcx, 4).hrange |
| Parameters: |
| DEFAULT |
The default value. |
| MIN |
The minimum value. |
| MAX |
The maximum value. |
| STEP |
The value to use when changing this property. |
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$xdid().size |
| This property returns the media size. |
| Syntax: |
$xdid(dialog, ID).size |
| Example: |
$xdid(dcx, 4).size |
| Parameters: |
| WIDTH |
Original width of the content. |
| HEIGHT |
Original height of the content. |
| ARWIDTH |
Aspect ratio width of the content. |
| ARHEIGHT |
Aspect ratio height of the content. |
| | | Note. This returns the media size, not the control size. |
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$xdid().srange |
| This property returns the range of values that the video saturation can be set to. |
| Syntax: |
$xdid(dialog, ID).srange |
| Example: |
$xdid(dcx, 4).srange |
| Parameters: |
| DEFAULT |
The default value. |
| MIN |
The minimum value. |
| MAX |
The maximum value. |
| STEP |
The value to use when changing this property. |
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$xdid().video |
| This property returns properties on the video media which can be altered. |
| Syntax: |
$xdid(dialog, ID).video |
| Example: |
$xdid(dcx, 4).video |
| Parameters: |
| +FLAGS |
Flags can be any combination of the following. |
| b |
The brightness of the video. |
| c |
The contrast of the video. |
| h |
The hue of the video. |
| s |
The saturation of the video. |
Directshow Events |
| These events are fired when activity occurs in the Directshow control. |
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help |
| Launched when you click on a control using the ? contexthelp button. |
| Syntax: |
/cb_alias DNAME help ID |
| Example: |
/cb_alias dcx help 4 |
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