Instead of a waveform just colored lines based on minmaxrms.g peak value. pinks-blues = low peak, yellows-reds high peaks

seekbar-minmaxrms-mood.fx

texture tex : WAVEFORMDATA;

sampler sTex = sampler_state
{
	Texture = (tex);
	MipFilter = LINEAR;
	MinFilter = LINEAR;
	MagFilter = LINEAR;
	
    AddressU = Clamp;
};

struct VS_IN
{
	float2 pos : POSITION;
	float2 tc : TEXCOORD0;
};

struct PS_IN
{
	float4 pos : SV_POSITION;
	float2 tc : TEXCOORD0;
};


float4 backgroundColor : BACKGROUNDCOLOR;
float4 highlightColor  : HIGHLIGHTCOLOR;
float4 selectionColor  : SELECTIONCOLOR;
float4 textColor       : TEXTCOLOR;
float cursorPos        : CURSORPOSITION;
bool cursorVisible     : CURSORVISIBLE;
float seekPos          : SEEKPOSITION;
bool seeking           : SEEKING;
float4 replayGain      : REPLAYGAIN; // album gain, track gain, album peak, track peak
float2 viewportSize    : VIEWPORTSIZE;
bool horizontal        : ORIENTATION;
bool flipped           : FLIPPED;
bool shade_played      : SHADEPLAYED;

PS_IN VS( VS_IN input )
{
	PS_IN output = (PS_IN)0;

	float2 half_pixel = float2(1,-1) / viewportSize;
	output.pos = float4(input.pos - half_pixel, 0, 1);

	if (horizontal)
	{
		output.tc = float2((input.tc.x + 1.0) / 2.0, input.tc.y);
	}
	else
	{
		output.tc = float2((-input.tc.y + 1.0) / 2.0, input.tc.x);
	}

	if (flipped)
		output.tc.x = 1.0 - output.tc.x;

	return output;
}

float4 bar( float pos, float2 tc, float4 fg, float4 bg, float width, bool show )
{
	float dist = abs(pos - tc.x);
	float4 c = (show && dist < width)
		? lerp(fg, bg, smoothstep(0, width, dist))
		: bg;
	return c;
}

float4 faded_bar( float pos, float2 tc, float4 fg, float4 bg, float width, bool show, float vert_from, float vert_to )
{
	float dist = abs(pos - tc.x);
	float fluff = smoothstep(vert_from, vert_to, abs(tc.y));
	float4 c = show
		? lerp(fg, bg, max(fluff, smoothstep(0, width, dist)))
		: bg;
	return c;
}

// #define BORDER_ON_HIGHLIGHT

float4 played( float pos, float2 tc, float4 fg, float4 bg, float alpha)
{
	float4 c = bg;
	float2 d = 1 / viewportSize;
	if (pos > tc.x)
	{
	#ifdef BORDER_ON_HIGHLIGHT
		if (tc.x < d.x || tc.y >= (1 - d.y) || tc.y <= (2 * d.y - 1))
			c = selectionColor;
		else
	#endif
			c = lerp(c, fg, saturate(alpha));
	}
	return c;
}

float4 hue( float H )
{
	float R = abs(H * 6 - 3) - 1;
	float G = 2 - abs(H * 6 - 2);
	float B = 2 - abs(H * 6 - 4);
//	float A = 1;
	return saturate(float4(R,G,B,1));
}

float4 evaluate( float2 tc )
{
	// alpha 1 indicates biased texture
	float4 minmaxrms = tex1D(sTex, tc.x);
	minmaxrms.rgb -= 0.5 * minmaxrms.a;
	minmaxrms.rgb *= 1.0 + minmaxrms.a;

	float below = tc.y - minmaxrms.r;
	float above = tc.y - minmaxrms.g;
	float factor = min(abs(below), abs(above));
	bool outside = (below < 0 || above > 0);
	bool inside_rms = abs(tc.y) <= minmaxrms.b;
// uncomment the below to see the full color range 
//	return saturate( hue(.9-min(max(tc.x,0.0),1.0)) );
	return saturate( hue(.9-min(max(minmaxrms.g,0.0),1.0) ));

}

float4 PS( PS_IN input ) : SV_Target
{
	float dx, dy;
	if (horizontal)
	{
		dx = 1/viewportSize.x;
		dy = 1/viewportSize.y;
	}
	else
	{
		dx = 1/viewportSize.y;
		dy = 1/viewportSize.x;
	}
	float seekWidth = 2.5 * dx;
	float positionWidth = 2.5 * dx;

	float4 c0 = evaluate(input.tc);
	c0 = bar(cursorPos, input.tc, selectionColor, c0, positionWidth, cursorVisible);
	c0 = bar(seekPos,   input.tc, selectionColor, c0, seekWidth,     seeking      );
	if (shade_played)
		c0 = played(cursorPos, input.tc, highlightColor, c0, 0.3);
	return c0;
}

technique10 Render10
{
	pass P0
	{
		SetGeometryShader( 0 );
		SetVertexShader( CompileShader( vs_4_0, VS() ) );
		SetPixelShader( CompileShader( ps_4_0, PS() ) );
	}
}

technique Render9
{
	pass
	{
		VertexShader = compile vs_3_0 VS();
		PixelShader = compile ps_3_0 PS();
	}
}