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Idea: Add Cassette Reel Animation to Cassette Emulation


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I was thinking,if it is possible to add cassette reel animation so it looks like a cassette is playing,

 

Like this...

 

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This is from this website http://www.8bitkick.cc/playuef.html if you want to see it in action,I think it looks good,this is for the Acorn Electron,so you can load games on a real Electron.

 

Maybe add Pause and Rewind buttons too.

 

What you think would it be too hard to do..?

 

Thanks for a great app,I use this and AspeQt all the time.

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I did such thing in AspeQt for Android:

 

https://github.com/greblus/aspeqt/blob/android/tape.gif

 

QMovie usage is quite straightfoward:

 

QMovie *movie = NULL;
...
movie = new QMovie(":images/tape.gif");
ui->tape_label->setMovie(movie);
ui->tape_label->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
movie->start();
movie->setPaused(true);
...
movie->setPaused(false); //starts the movie
W.
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I did such thing in AspeQt for Android:

 

https://github.com/greblus/aspeqt/blob/android/tape.gif

 

QMovie usage is quite straightfoward:

 

QMovie *movie = NULL;
...
movie = new QMovie(":images/tape.gif");
ui->tape_label->setMovie(movie);
ui->tape_label->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
movie->start();
movie->setPaused(true);
...
movie->setPaused(false); //starts the movie
W.

 

 

Do the reels spin in the right direction? Seems like playback of side B.

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Hehe, good question :). I've to admit: sometimes I do not care for details that much (I'm a mechanical engineer working in a field where small mistakes don't kill people usually) and the animation was made originally by Michael Bozgounov, I only borrowed it, but i'll reverse it, eventually :)

 

Cheers,

W.

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Sure. I could try to come up with a pull request, but a nicer animation would be a good thing to start with, and it's not that simple eg. CA12 with animated tape and counter :) (it was my initial idea, but couldn't find anything suitable other than animated tape).

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