c64cast User’s Guide

Turn a real Commodore 64 into a programmable display

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1. Quick Start
   • Playing Something Real
2. Fun Things to Try!
3. Introduction
   • What You Will Need
   • Three Words You Will Keep Meeting
   • What This Guide Covers
4. Chapter 1Setting Up
   • What You Need
   • Enabling the Network Services
   • Installing c64cast
   • Choosing Your Connection Target
   • Saving Your Settings
   • The Character ROM
   • Checking Everything with Doctor
5. Chapter 2Your First Playlist
   • Playing Without a Configuration File
   • Your First Configuration File
   • Anatomy of a Scene
   • Adding a Second Scene
   • The Card Between Scenes
   • Looping and Duration
   • Building One Interactively
   • Editing With Help
6. Chapter 3The Scenes
   • Blank
   • Slideshow
   • Video
   • Waveform
   • Generative
   • Launcher
   • Webcam
   • MIDI
   • ASID
   • WLED
   • Choosing Between Them
7. Chapter 4Overlays, Color and Display
   • The Six Display Modes
   • Color, and How It Is Chosen
   • Overlays
   • Sound
8. Chapter 5Going Further
   • Driving Several Commodores at Once
   • Playing c64cast Live
   • Controlling It From Other Things
   • The LED Bridge
   • Recording What You Made
   • Where To Go Next
9. Appendix AQuick Reference
   • Asking c64cast What It Can Do
   • The Options You Will Actually Use
   • Where Settings Come From
   • Where Files Live
   • The Configuration Sections
10. Appendix BWhen Something Goes Wrong
    • Nothing Appears At All
    • The Picture Is Wrong
    • The Sound Is Wrong
    • The Playlist Misbehaves
    • Installation Trouble
    • Getting More Detail
    • Still Stuck