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xLights Convert / Issues converting Vixen sequence in xLights

« on: October 31, 2017, 05:27:21 PM »

Hoping you can help me out.

I'm trying to import a sequence into xLights.  I goto Tools>Convert>Select the Vixen file>and select the FSEQ file type.  It does this successfully.  I then open that sequence in xLights.  It appears to do this successfully.  I play the sequence back and nothing happens.

I should see something on the preview, right?  Channels in Vixen are the same as the xLights setup.

What am I doing wrong?

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The Water Cooler / Love from our weekly paper

« on: December 23, 2015, 05:04:49 PM »

Not possible without a few Nutcracker effects and/or Falcon hardware.

http://lonetreevoice.net/stories/Let-there-be-lots-of-lights,204128

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Nutcracker Effects / Exporting Timing Marks into Vixen (2.1.1 or +) sequence

« on: January 09, 2015, 08:41:30 AM »

Is there a way to use Nutcracker/Audacity to put 50ms timing marks so that I can export into Vixen?

If a song has 4 beats per measure is there a way to allocate 4 channels so that all the beat 1s on channel A, beat 2s on channel B, etc?

I know how to mark a song in Audacity and import into Nutcracker, I would just like to be able to utilize the accuracy as opposed to going through a song at 50% speed, pressing the space bar, etc.

Thoughts on how to do this?

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The Water Cooler / Re: Christmas Surprise

« on: December 30, 2014, 09:18:04 AM »

I have yet to get anything like this, however, on Halloween, I'm usually out front and hearing the kids saying, "we always come to your Christmas show because it's awesome" truly brings a smile to my face.  That story is awesome!

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My Show Setup / Re: Steve Gase Show Setup

« on: December 29, 2014, 01:59:40 PM »

Impressive!

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The Water Cooler / Re: How to Share your Videos so people in other Countries can see it

« on: December 19, 2014, 02:06:39 PM »

Yeah.. I thought that may happen.  That's the only way I can think of to do it.

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The Water Cooler / Re: How to Share your Videos so people in other Countries can see it

« on: December 19, 2014, 12:45:59 PM »

The only way they could by-pass it with YouTube is to use an IP anonymizer.  Copyright holders get leary of "high fraud" countries.  You could try Vimeo.  The other method is to put them into a DropBox account and let them download directly to their machine(s).

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The Water Cooler / Re: Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo

« on: December 18, 2014, 07:55:50 AM »

I've never had any problems using any of the mentioned providers.  I know that if YouTube matches "3rd Party Content" they won't allow the video to show on mobile devices, but will allow it on desktop computers.  You can dispute this and then your video is viewable on mobile devices.  I'm intrigued with changing the key in Audacity.

The following was posted on DLA.  I have it saved in my email for quick reference.  Here's how to dispute in YouTube:

http://diylightanimation.com/index.php?topic=13233.msg168869#msg168869
 
I have been using Vimeo with no issues at this time, but I also know when it comes to Youtube people are using this method to get by the issue. All I am doing is passing on information here

1) Go to "My Videos".
2) Select "Resolve Copyright" on the video you are having copyright issues with. OR, go to the video itself and choose "resolve copyright" from there.
3) Scroll down and pick the option "I want to learn more about this dispute process".
4) Scroll down and pick the option "Take me to the dispute form".
5) Pick option #2 and PASTE the following statement into the text bar next to it;

"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

6) Fill out the rest of the info on the page. Use your REAL name where it asks for it. Choose "Continue" when all information has been filled out.
7) Scroll down on the next page and select "Submit dispute".

Within 2-3 minutes your video's audio should be back!

Occasionally this will not work. Like I said in the video, this copyright covers 99% of copyrighted entertainment (From what I found out at least). Also, this will ONLY apply if you are not making any profit off your videos. If you intend to become a youtube partner, I would not suggest doing this.

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What new effects you would like to see / Re: Orb model

« on: November 25, 2014, 07:51:31 AM »

Thank you for the kind words.  My only regret is that we couldn't make it more "matrix-y" so we could scroll text. 

Yes, if you make a model with the corresponding channel numbers you should be good to go.

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What new effects you would like to see / Re: Orb model

« on: November 24, 2014, 07:34:47 AM »

I use a matrix model for my sphere-ish tree topper (8 x 30) and for the porcupine sphere (8 x 3) in the middle.  It's not exact, but it's good enough to give you an idea of how an effect will look.

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The Water Cooler / Re: heat problem in CG-1500 box

« on: November 04, 2014, 07:59:42 AM »

How many LEDs were you powering?

I know I have 2 Ray Wu power supplies in a similar box and when everything is all white for 20 minutes (highest power draw), temps inside the box reach the low 100s (F) - in a room with an ambient temp of 70.  Outside, in the winter, in Colorado, I'm sure it's cooler.

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General Software / Re: xlights * Vixen+

« on: July 11, 2014, 08:23:59 AM »

In to follow this thread.

I haven't quite made the transition to V+ but I like what I've seen.  I'm surprised more people aren't using V+ to be honest.

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Events/Gatherings / Re: Denver metro gathering on June 28

« on: June 27, 2014, 08:47:56 AM »

It's always great to see fellow enthusiasts!  See you there! 

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General hardware / Re: Audio question

« on: April 14, 2014, 09:14:33 AM »

Is there possible interference from other radio stations?  Are there power lines near by?

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General hardware / Re: Audio question

« on: April 11, 2014, 06:38:48 AM »

There can be several factors for "flat" sounding audio.  The original recording, your car stereo's settings, the transmitter, the volume of the audio going into the transmitter - just to name a few.  Although in this case, I doubt it's the transmitter.  The EDM transmitters have filtering which definitely "clean" up the sound from the Pi.  We did a side by side transmitter test at the last Denver Mini.  My FM02 picks up some interference and the sound is "warbled" from the Pi.  PK (my dad) is working on a solution, but I digress.

EQ'ing may help.  Compression does help.  Filtering the audio to the frequency response of the transmitter will help.

If I may ask, what were you listening to?