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can you play a video file in xlights without using the Pi?
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scuba
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can you play a video file in xlights without using the Pi?
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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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Steve Gase
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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?
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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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Sean
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scuba
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Thanks Sean!
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Thanks Steve
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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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