Vido projection with X lights

[bigstott]

Hey all I wanted to use a video projector to do singing faces for Halloween how would I sequence that into x lights?? It would look like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9UO79AoR3U&list=PL84nWX0KCqu7izIPreOzcmX7ozR74tZro

Looks like the files come in a mp4 format from what I am seeing.

[flyinverted]

There's a video for that

https://vimeo.com/99301737

[bigstott]

Ok so what I am seeing here is that i would use the Pi player to run my show instead of X lights. I would sequence then convert and load it all on the PI player. Is this correct?

[maffeirw]

Ok so what I am seeing here is that i would use the Pi player to run my show instead of X lights. I would sequence then convert and load it all on the PI player. Is this correct?

There are other ways but the xLights to Raspberry Pi / FPP is by far the easiest and probably the most stable method. I've been playing with FPP video since the Beta v0.3.0 was released and I can't wait to try video projection as part of my Halloween & Christmas Shows.

The answer is yes you are correct.
- Sequence your lights in the sequencer of your choice which is supported by xLights (Vixen 2.x, Vixen+, HLS, LOR, etc. - Vixen3 not supported at this time) using the audio from your video file to keep the lights and video sound in sync
-use xLights to convert from the sequencer format to .fseq type used by FPP
-configure your output to controllers in FPP
-use the file manager in FPP to download the .fseq file and the mp4 (or mkv) video file.
-create a playlist which links each sequence to a video (among other things)
-connect Raspberry Pi to projector (composite and HDMI supported)
-play and/or schedule playlist
-enjoy the show

It may be a little more complicated that that but not by much and the people here and at  http://falconchristmas.com/ are always very helpful when you have questions.
Ron

[MattBrown]

You can use xLights to run your show and play videos without a pi player. This is how I run my show. In LOR I associate a video file (wmv works well) to my sequence instead of an mp3. When you convert to xseq format that association will be maintained. On your xLights playlist you would check the movie mode button so it plays back full screen.

Matt