Knowledge Base

Requires Ubuntu 20.04.

Minimum Requirements: resolution of 1920x1080 for your primary screen, and graphics card with drivers able to run version 4 of OpenGL shaders and at least 2GB video ram. Suggest installing the latest graphic drivers and recommend the system uses an SSD Drive.

You will need FFmpeg installed. sudo apt update;  sudo apt-get install ffmpeg;

If you have trouble importing a file (e.g. mp4), you could review:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
which amounts to trying this: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Support

There is NO telemetry in this app, you don't need an internet connection to use it. If you have any issues you will need to report them. There are some notes available if you run ./VIDIFOLD --help

If you wish to report an issue or ask a question, please email vidifold@gmail.com

I hope you will get as much fun playing with it as I do.

Designed and Developed by: John Day

Technologies: C++, OpenGL

Tools used: Programming IDE CodeBlocks, Image editor Gimp, 3D Stuff Blender

Some archive screenshots


VIDIFOLD Revision Notes

A list of all the notes from all versions is provided below.

0.36.5

Improved bank listing in item dialog to show only banks for item type
Cloned Bus Menu to Bus Slot panel and added the FXStack options
Added simple menu to Output Slot panel
Menus now toggle when hamburger clicked again
Simplified FXParam menu - removed submenu and now toggles macro assignment

0.36.4

Cloning now selects dest
BMP tap fix - can cancel with shift and reinstated if more then 4 sec since last tap, auto cancels
Improved release behaviour of plugin level popup
Video/image library views are now independent, no longer resets filters
Fixed, recently introduced, first mouse click sometimes not being detected
A couple of other small tweaks to GUI

Updated Plugins
ColourTint - switched rgb params to colour selector

New Plugins
Poincare
DoublePinch
AlterativeHues
ElectroSpectrum

0.36.3

Added a keymap query to debug log
Added spinner controls to display options
Small startup DB queries tweak

0.36.2

Tweaked AuxRack
- no longer auto toggles slot - use shift to stop (like all other slots)
- can use Alt/Swap mode to eject
Can now load stacks using select stack/slot procedure (like other library items)
AuxSlot state is carried over when loading a new stack
disabled background midi debugging - left on in last release

Updated Plugins
3D Object v0.2 - a couple of problems with cloning/restoring
Ripple v0.8 - horz/vert was not randomised

New Plugins
Pauperize

0.36.1

Fixed random crash on startup due to uninitilised var (only seen this one time)
Fixed a recently introduced bug which could stop the initial mouse presses from being recognised
Removed aux/stacks banks
Added stack labels and stack info details
Stack labels now default to datetimeid on creation
Fixed a few bugs in the new auxfx rack
Improved Stack Hotcue behaviour
- can now re-arrange stashed plugins
Removed 'a>b' button
- can now use +Alt to perform this action in conjunction with a cue button
- also, if used with an Empty cue has the effect of turning all plugins off