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Offline scuba

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can you play a video file in xlights without using the Pi?
« on: October 31, 2014, 05:28:34 PM »
I'd like to add a video file to my sequences but I don't have a Pi player...is there a way to do that with a laptop and a projector?

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Re: can you play a video file in xlights without using the Pi?
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2014, 06:48:45 PM »
I've not done it before, but -- yes -- its a supported feature in xlights.
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Re: can you play a video file in xlights without using the Pi?
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2014, 08:11:06 PM »
Xlights has the ability to play a movie since 2010. When making a playlist click that you want to add videos.
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Re: can you play a video file in xlights without using the Pi?
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2014, 06:38:08 AM »
Thanks Sean!

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Re: can you play a video file in xlights without using the Pi?
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2014, 06:39:09 AM »
Thanks Steve

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Re: can you play a video file in xlights without using the Pi?
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2014, 09:29:52 AM »
U can schedule movie to launch on your show computer. Connect projector to machine and u have show machine playing a movie and playing a video. Matt has had this in his show since the beginning
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