c64cast Programmer’s Reference

Every scene, every knob, every register

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1. How to Read This Book
   • What Is In Here
   • What Is Not
   • Notation
   • Where a Setting Comes From
2. Chapter 1The Configuration Language
   • Files and Where They Are Found
   • Naming the Hardware
   • The Shape of a Value
   • The Precedence Ladder
   • Machine Settings
   • Scenes and Playlists
   • The Ensemble Cascade
   • Validation
3. Chapter 2Scenes and Overlays
   • The Shape of a Scene
   • Between One Scene and the Next
   • The Scene Types
   • Overlays
   • Choosing a Display Mode for an Overlay
4. Chapter 3The Display Pipeline
   • From Frame to Screen
   • The Six Display Modes
   • Quantizing a Cell
   • Forced and Rolling Palettes
   • Motion Smoothing and Fades
   • Generators
   • The Effect Chain
5. Chapter 4Sound
   • Two Ways Out
   • Shaping the Signal
   • Keeping Sound and Picture Together
   • Playing SID Tunes
   • Placing and Balancing Voices
   • ASID and MIDI
   • Listening Back
6. Chapter 5The Link and the Memory Map
   • Getting Bytes In
   • What Lands in Memory
   • Regions and the Dirty Model
   • The Write Budget
7. Chapter 6Inputs and Outputs
   • The Machine's Own Keyboard
   • Cameras and Microphones
   • MIDI In and Out
   • The Control Plane
   • Performing
   • Gestures
   • WLED
   • Recording and Streaming
   • Several Commodores at Once
8. Chapter 7Extending c64cast
   • Writing Your Own Scene
   • Writing Your Own Overlay or Generator
   • Where the Working Code Is
9. Appendix AConfiguration Sections
   • [audio]
   • [audio_features]
   • [color]
   • [control]
   • [debug]
   • [dsp]
   • [hardware]
   • [interstitial]
   • [menu]
   • [midi_control]
   • [performance]
   • [playlist]
   • [preview]
   • [recording]
   • [teensyrom]
   • [ultimate64]
   • [video]
   • [vision]
   • [wled]
10. Appendix BScene Types
    • Keys Every Scene Takes
    • asid
    • blank
    • generative
    • launcher
    • midi
    • slideshow
    • video
    • waveform
    • webcam
    • wled
11. Appendix COverlays
    • big_text
    • callsign
    • clock
    • countdown
    • logo
    • marquee
    • network
    • obs_status
    • rss
    • scrolling_text
    • spectrum_bitmap
    • spectrum_petscii
    • weather
12. Appendix DOverlay and Display-Mode Compatibility
    • The Matrix
    • Why a Cell Is Refused
13. Appendix EGenerators and Effects
    • Generators
    • Effects
14. Appendix FLive-Tune Targets
    • Mapping One
    • mode
    • effect
    • source
    • scene
15. Appendix GCommand-Line Flags
    • Positional Arguments
    • Options
    • Connection
    • Quick Playback (With Media Args)
    • Video Input
    • Audio
    • Vision Input
    • Playlist
    • Introspection
    • Debug
16. Appendix HExample Configurations
    • The Demos
17. Appendix IOptional Extras
    • The Extras
18. Appendix JGlossary
    • The Machine
    • The Software
19. Index
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