TCL hobbyist since 2000, computer scientist
Utilities
* Bar Code generator (2023) An interface to allow creation of custom 1-D and 2-D bar codes. Uses the terrific zint library to do the heavy work. Needs 32-bit TCL for library. 174 lines of code.
* Movie Metadata editor (updated 2024 for TCL v9) GUI to edit movie/tv embedded metadata for MP4 and MKV files. Uses external applications AtomicParsley for MP4/M4V and mkvpropedit for MKV on Windows. Set MP4 media type: Movie, Normal, Audiobook, Music Video, Short Film, TV Show. Working to implement US MPAA ratings for movies (G/PG/R/X). 1088 lines of TCL code.
* Extract Movie Clips (2021) (works in TCL v9) Extract favorite clips of movies and television shows. User selects a movie file (like mp4 or mkv). Script exports subtitles found in the movie to an srt file, then reads the srt and show a list of dialog. User can select a dialog/caption to extract just that phrase, or a range of dialog, from the movie to output the selection to a movie clip or audio file (wav or mp3). Uses ffmpeg executable to handle the read and write of movie and audio. 403 lines of TCL code.
* Bose Soundtouch (2020, updated 2021) (works in TCL v9) control of the Bose Soundtouch wireless network speaker using TCL. The Bose API uses HTTP GET and POST messages with XML data, which are fairly easy to replicate in TCL. Can control the speaker's volume and switch to a preset from within TCL. Uses the Http package. 197 lines of TCL code. Simple examples:
* Photo Tool (2020, updated 2024 for TCL v9) this project kept me busy during the pandemic. In active development. I wanted to share photos that have metadata (EXIF/XMP) in them. Client viewers would not display the names of people in the photos. From this need grew a tool written in TCL that reads JPG pictures and outputs new JPG files with the names of identified people as text in the photo, similar to movie subtitles. Initially the Tool called the excellent exiftool to read metadata, but for better speed I am writing my own exif/xmp parser. The tool can read an entire folder of picture files and output jpgs with data in the image at the rate of about three per second. Photo tool can display each person's age in the photo, based on the date of the photo and their birth year. For unknown year photos this assists in assigning a year based on who appears in it. Uses the packages: Img, JPEG/tcllib/jpegtcl; optional: exiftool perl library. 3091 lines of TCL code. https://photos.app.goo.gl/XkNa1Pjp7KJfFKCL7
* DIS-Tool (2014, updated 2023) new modular rewrite of DIS Monitor. TCL code is read from module files, so bits of code can be modified in a file and read in (sourced) to update the tool while it runs. Listens to Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) traffic for simulation data, and decodes Protocol Data Unit (PDU) packets into readable format. Can save data to CSV files for later review. Displays individual entities with all pdu data decoded. Decodes common PDU types: Entity State, Fire, Detonation, Transmit, Signal, and others. Home-brew http server to allow remote view of reports using web browser. Uses the UDP extension . See AS TCL Recipes . Currently composed of 13,268 lines of TCL code. https://photos.app.goo.gl/rD52wuKemX445or77
* DIS Monitor (2008) listens to Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) traffic for simulation data, and decodes PDU data to text, and decodes DIS enumerations to text from the SISO DIS reference. Decodes the PDU types: Entity State, Fire, Detonation, Transmit, Signal. Uses the UDP extension .
* URN Monitor (2008) listens to DIS traffic for Entity State PDUs, and displays all Marking fields that contain a URN. Shows what simulation entities are live/damaged/dead/moving/stale.
* PDU Generator (2008) creates DIS PDUs with your input data and sends them onto the network via UDP. Creates the PDU types: Entity State, Fire, Detonation, Transmit, Signal. Reads lists of various simulation entities (JCATS, VBS2, VRSG) to provide quick entry of known enumerations. Excellent tool to test interaction between simulations.
* iTunes (2010) control iTunes from tclsh. Uses TCOM package. See AS TCL Recipes
Games
* Wordle (2022) puzzle game to guess a five-letter word, based on online and mobile game Wordle .
* Word-Search (2003, updated 2012) (works in TCL v9) input scrambled letters, and it returns all possible English words. Solves Jumble word games, finds words and scores for Scrabble games. Very fast solutions (< 1s).
* Crossword Solver (2003, updated 2011) type in the letters you know, and this tool tells you all English words that fit.
* Boggle (2009, updated 2012) classic game of finding words in a grid of 4x4 random letters. Shows all possible words in the grid.
* Same Game (2002, updated 2013) puzzle game of removing same-type blocks
* Sink the Ship (2012) Battleship game vs computer, with sounds and aiming hints
* Tribal Wars Tool (2008) a game utility to download Tribal Wars online multiplayer game world data and create a map of villages and statistics of players and tribes. Worked up until https required to download world data.