Sean Meighan

General => The Water Cooler => Topic started by: THurrle on July 05, 2015, 06:31:03 AM

Title: Playing video
Post by: THurrle on July 05, 2015, 06:31:03 AM

Can am MP4 video be played in xlights/nutcracker using a PC? I am getting no where trying to play my MP4 on the raspberry PI.
Thanks
Terry

Title: Re: Playing video
Post by: Gilrock on July 05, 2015, 07:41:03 AM

Played in what manner?  You want to play the video on a model?  Or you want us to show it like windows media player? If you want to play it on a model I made a video for version 3 but the concept still applies.  FFMPEG is installed on you PC when you install xLights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9IAfYdYzwU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9IAfYdYzwU)

Title: Re: Playing video
Post by: THurrle on July 05, 2015, 08:02:57 AM

Quote from: Gilrock on July 05, 2015, 07:41:03 AM

Played in what manner?  You want to play the video on a model?  Or you want us to show it like windows media player? If you want to play it on a model I made a video for version 3 but the concept still applies.  FFMPEG is installed on you PC when you install xLights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9IAfYdYzwU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9IAfYdYzwU)

Windows media player.

Title: Re: Playing video
Post by: Gilrock on July 05, 2015, 09:28:01 AM

Then use Windows Media Player.  Why should we recreate what you already have?

Title: Re: Playing video
Post by: scuba on July 05, 2015, 09:44:26 AM

IF you are playing videos to an external Monitor or projector during a show:

I haven't tried it with Xlights 4, but last year I played multiple videos in my show using Xlights 3 by adding a playlist for scheduler to run.  In that playlist you add sequences and videos ( format I used was .wmv) in any order you like.    XL3 controlled the Lights through my controllers and played the videos through the external monitor connector.   The video output was  to a 30" monitor from the PC HDMI output connector.

The pi played this with no issues also.  Looks to be the same in XL 4.

Title: Re: Playing video
Post by: THurrle on July 05, 2015, 11:00:23 AM

Quote from: scuba on July 05, 2015, 09:44:26 AM

IF you are playing videos to an external Monitor or projector during a show:

I haven't tried it with Xlights 4, but last year I played multiple videos in my show using Xlights 3 by adding a playlist for scheduler to run.  In that playlist you add sequences and videos ( format I used was .wmv) in any order you like.    XL3 controlled the Lights through my controllers and played the videos through the external monitor connector.   The video output was  to a 30" monitor from the PC HDMI output connector.

The pi played this with no issues also.  Looks to be the same in XL 4.

Thank you. I am just  needing an alternative to the PI in case I don't get it figured out. I will see what there is i XL4 and if nothing I will revert to XL3

Title: Re: Playing video
Post by: THurrle on July 07, 2015, 04:24:14 AM

Update:
Got it working.