vmrcli/README.md
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# Voicemeeter Remote Command Line Utility
## `Tested against`
- Basic 1.1.1.1
- Banana 2.1.1.1
- Potato 3.1.1.1
## `Requirements`
- [Voicemeeter](https://voicemeeter.com/)
## `Use`
```powershell
.\vmrcli.exe [-h] [-i] [-k] [-D] [-v] [-c] [-m] [-s] <api commands>
```
Where:
- `h`: Prints the help message.
- `i`: Enable interactive mode. If set, any api commands passed on the command line will be ignored.
- `k`: The kind of Voicemeeter (basic, banana or potato). Use this to launch the GUI.
- `D`: Set log level 0=TRACE, 1=DEBUG, 2=INFO, 3=WARN, 4=ERROR, 5=FATAL
- `v`: Enable extra console output (toggle, set messages)
- `c`: Load a user configuration (give the full file path)
- `m`: Launch the MacroButtons application
- `s`: Launch the StreamerView application
## `API Commands`
- Commands starting with `!` will be toggled, use it with boolean parameters.
- Commands containing `=` will set a value. (use `+=` and `-=` to increment/decrement)
- All other commands with get a value.
Examples:
Launch basic GUI, set log level to INFO, Toggle Strip 0 Mute, print its new value, then decrease Bus 0 Gain by 3.8
```powershell
.\vmrcli.exe -kbasic -D2 !strip[0].mute strip[0].mute bus[0].gain-=3.8
```
Launch banana GUI, set log level to DEBUG, set Strip 0 label to podmic then print Strip 2 label
```powershell
.\vmrcli.exe -kbanana -D1 strip[0].label=podmic strip[2].label
```
## `Interactive Mode`
Running the following command in Powershell:
```powershell
.\vmrcli.exe -i
```
Will open an interactive prompt:
```powershell
Interactive mode enabled. Enter 'Q' to exit.
>>
```
API commands follow the same rules as listed above. Entering `Q` or `q` will exit the program.
## `Script files`
Scripts can be loaded from text files, for example in Powershell:
```powershell
.\vmrcli.exe -D1 $(Get-Content .\example_commands.txt)
```
You may also pipe a scripts contents to the CLI:
```powershell
$(Get-Content .\example_commands.txt) | .\vmrcli.exe -D1 -i
```
Multiple API commands can be in a single line, they may be separated by space, `;` or `,`.
## `Build`
Run the included `makefile` with [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/).
The binary in [Releases][releases] is compiled with coloured logging enabled. To disable this you can override the `LOG_USE_COLOR` variable, for example:
`make LOG_USE_COLOR=no`
## `Official Documentation`
- [Voicemeeter Remote C API][remoteapi-docs]
## `Special Thanks`
- [rxi][rxi-user] for writing the [log.c][log-c] package
[releases]: https://github.com/onyx-and-iris/vmrcli/releases
[remoteapi-docs]: https://github.com/onyx-and-iris/Voicemeeter-SDK/blob/main/VoicemeeterRemoteAPI.pdf
[rxi-user]: https://github.com/rxi
[log-c]: https://github.com/rxi/log.c