LM 19 x64 + ProjectM

[kerplunk]

This was made possible with the very valuable help of "orcus" in the linuxmint help channel on irc.

Many of you will fail to install/run projectM visualizations.

Here's a working how-to for me. Again give thanks to "orcus".

First install projectM following this tutorial on https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/projectM/. You might want to use google translate.

Very simple after all.

1. Type this in terminal to install projectM.

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sudo apt-get install libvisual-projectm projectm-pulseaudio

2. Go in your home directory and right click to choose "see hidden files". Locate ".projectM" folder. Modify "config.inp" with your favourite text editor. Copy and paste this after the first "#" lines on the top. Be sure to put an empty line just after and then, the cleaner the better.

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Texture Size = 1024			# Size of internal rendering texture
Mesh X  = 32            	# Width of PerPixel Equation mesh
Mesh Y  = 24          		# Height of PerPixel Equation mesh
FPS  = 35          		# Frames Per Second
Fullscreen  = false
Window Width  = 512  	       	# startup window width
Window Height = 512            	# startup window height

Smooth Transition Duration = 5  # in seconds
Preset Duration = 30 	     	# in seconds
Easter Egg Parameter = 1

Hard Cut Sensitivity = 10       # Lower to make hard cuts more frequent
Aspect Correction = true	# Custom Shape Aspect Correction

Preset Path = /usr/share/projectM/presets # preset location
#Title Font = /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
#Menu Font = /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf
Title Font = /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
Menu Font = /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf

3- Run this command into terminal.

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projectM-pulseaudio 

Done.

If for some reasons it couldn't locate the fonts files be sure to have installed "DejaVuSans".

Here's how-to.

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sudo apt-get install fonts-dejavu fonts-dejavu-core 

Still not working?

Do this.

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sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu
sudo ln -s /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
sudo ln -s /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf 

Note: I'f for some reasons the projectM visualizations go black suddenly and/or desynchronizes, be sure to have the right soundcard/output in the projectM settings.

To access setting press "m", if nothing be sure to click in the window if it's in windowed mode (not fullscreen).

Lost? Press "m" again. Press F1 for more help.

Have a wonderful and pleasant listening!

[Hoser Rob]

Actually if you install the Clementine player you get a working ProjectM thrown in.

[kerplunk]

Oh really?!

That's great to know!

I will definitely try it but what i like with the fact the i can have it running alone is that it will adapt to any music/sound playing. Eg: youtube music videos, etc.

Thanks.