Mac Laptop iTunes Keyboard Backlight Visualizer

[Vanden]

Backlight Visualizer for iTunes on MacOS X

After seeing info on hacking the keyboard backlight of newer Apple portables and someone posting a CPU meter using the backlight, I decided that it would be time to put this into an iTunes plugin.

new and improved: now it can optionally blink the screen's backlight! Use at your own risk.

Get it, use it

First, the mandatory download link. Unzip it and copy the bundle to (your home folder)/Libary/iTunes/iTunes Plug-Ins. To use it, launch iTunes, select "BacklightPlugin" from the Visualizer menu and turn on the visualizer by either clicking its icon in the bottom border, selecting "Turn Visualizer On" in the menu or pressing Command-T.

To enable screen flickering, press the i key while the visualizer runs. Caution! Most probably, this is not what the display backlight was built for. I take no responsability for any damage done to your comuter's screen.

Caveats

This program comes with no warranty. It may crash iTunes, kill your cat or paint your PowerBook beige.

http://www.stewreo.de/keyboarddisco.html
this is so cool i wana do it

[mannymix03]

thats pretty neat

[Chrono6456]

so what does this do?

[Vanden]

the Backlight on your Keyboard becomes a Visualizer for itunes

[FullMetalCat]

Damn, I want a macbook .

[mannymix03]

you need a macbook pro....

and it works with macbook but it only flashes the backlight. (i dont know how good that is to do with your backlight)

[Vanden]

Originally Posted by mannymix03

you need a macbook pro....

and it works with macbook but it only flashes the backlight. (i dont know how good that is to do with your backlight)

have you tryed it

mide doing a video for us pls

[mannymix03]

when i get back friday, im on vacation now. dont have a camera with me

but its really kinda cool, but annoying if your trying to get other work done,

and the keyboard only works on a macbook pro as a macbook doesnt have that backlight

[Vanden]

Originally Posted by mannymix03

when i get back friday, im on vacation now. dont have a camera with me

but its really kinda cool, but annoying if your trying to get other work done,

and the keyboard only works on a macbook pro as a macbook doesnt have that backlight

can you use the bitl in web cam that cam with your macbook while useing your mac book pro

and why dont you bring a camrea with you on vacation

[mannymix03]

remember? i traded in my macbook pro to buy my macbook... i hated the whine of the macbook pro. and i needed a smaller book anyways..

and i did bring a camera, but nothing that can record video...

[Vanden]

Originally Posted by mannymix03

remember? i traded in my macbook pro to buy my macbook... i hated the whine of the macbook pro. and i needed a smaller book anyways..

and i did bring a camera, but nothing that can record video...

now that i dont remember i always thought you had both

[mannymix03]

i had macbook pro, then i returned it (within apple's 28 day return policy) and ordered a macbook

[Vanden]

Originally Posted by mannymix03

i had macbook pro, then i returned it (within apple's 28 day return policy) and ordered a macbook

is it any better

and what did you test all your pc gameing on

[mannymix03]

macbook

thats why i was amazed. The macbook performs great while gaming.

also the macbook is better for me because its smaller, but still almost as powerful. and alot of gaming doesnt really affect me that much.

If you want to game get a macbook pro

if you want to save money, play a few good games, have a small computer get a macbook.

[Vanden]

Originally Posted by mannymix03

macbook

thats why i was amazed. The macbook performs great while gaming.

also the macbook is better for me because its smaller, but still almost as powerful. and alot of gaming doesnt really affect me that much.

If you want to game get a macbook pro

if you want to save money, play a few good games, have a small computer get a macbook.

after this i really hate my dad noot book it makes it seem so out dated and i got it in the end of 2004 so it not even 2 years

[mannymix03]

also its good for me because i usually do presentations with my laptop (teaching the old folks how to use the internet). And now i can teach both (mac and PC) with just my macbook hooked up to the projector

[Vanden]

Originally Posted by mannymix03

also its good for me because i usually do presentations with my laptop (teaching the old folks how to use the internet). And now i can teach both (mac and PC) with just my macbook hooked up to the projector

that nice of you is that how you got the money to get the mac book

also if i did that i kill my self trying to explane to my mom who is very old fashen to turn of a my pc was hard and telling her how to use sat was even harder but telling here what the heck the internet is it hell

[mannymix03]

no, its community service, i dont get paid for it.

Sony Style pays my bills

[Vanden]

Originally Posted by mannymix03

no, its community service, i dont get paid for it.

Sony Style pays my bills

it sux being 16 over here

[spudweb521]

OMG thats awsome lol

[mannymix03]

yeah its pretty cool. For looks, but if you do it with the screen backlight, i dont think its very good for the health of your screen

[mannymix03]

ok i made a video as promised, its of the backlight flickering feature of the visualizer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD4uBmkmke0

[andy_newton]

Originally Posted by mannymix03

yeah its pretty cool. For looks, but if you do it with the screen backlight, i dont think its very good for the health of your screen

Hi,

The Apple service center just scratch my 6-month-young Unibody Mac's Top case really badly and they are not taking responsibility. In fact they told me if the display were broken they will replace the whole top (top case + backlight + LCD + iSight + glass + so on) rather than just that broken part.

So I'm thinking about killing the backlight with this visualizer so I can get a new top case that I deserve anyway.

So can you confirm if Two Years of daily use of this visualizer is adequate to kill the backlight altogether?

Best Regards,

-ND
They wanna play dirty to make me buy a new display (US$899 value), I can play dirty too. I just need some help from hackers.