Support for scrolling text on NR Pro using custom CCF

[mrchivs]

Is it possible to develop a custom CCF that allows the text of a track and/or artist (or whatever text field grabbed from the ID3 tag) that will scroll across the screen of a PDA (240x320). A lot of my tracks have particularly long names and artists combos, and unless I use a tiny font size, the name is truncated at the end. Ideally I'd like to have the letters approx 15mm high on the screen, and the track name continually scrolling as the song plays. I do however think this is beyond the abilities of the CCF format, but if anyone knows different, let me know. Thanx

[avid]

Nope - it's *not* beyond the capabilities of NR.

See the "AvidUtils" plug-in. It's installed by default, but if you download it from my site (see sig) it comes with a demo CCF and LUA that shows off the scrolling capabilities.

Brian

[mrchivs]

COOL :D I'll check it out, cheers

[mrchivs]

I've tried following the NR Pro guide on how to create LUA scripts and checked out your Avid Utils in tonto - do I need to copy the lua script to the PPC? What file name to I give it, and how does it link to the CCF I create (stuggling to see how this ties together at the moment) - is there a step by step guide somewhere for 'My First CCF and LUA application' (something more detailed than that in the NR Pro guide)? Thanx

[Jlee]

You don't needa lua script to use AvidUtils for text scrolling. The latest version of NR (1.0.20) includes documentation (separate from the NR Pro guide - in a separate directory) from Avid explaining how to set it up.

If you do want to add more power to your CCF by using a lua file check out my CCF (follow link in my sig) for an example. The lua file should be given the same name as your ccf (except with an extension of .lua) and placed in the same directory. NR will then load it up at startup.

[avid]

All that is needed is that the CCF and LUA files are in the same directory. Then when you open the CCF, NR finds (and opens) the LUA file of the same name. This can be any directory.

Hint: test any CCF (and LUA) out on the PC first - it's so much easier to avoid downloading changes to the PPC repeatedly duting the edit/test cycle.

Brian

[avid]

You don't need a lua script to use AvidUtils for text scrolling
This is true. But if you want to see scrolling in operation in isolation, then the AvidUtils demo CCF contains a variety of uses - and that CCF *does* use a companion LUA file.

Brian