xLights Free Sequences Question

[Teddy]

My first attempt at xLights is coming along.  I'm taking a different approach to singing Christmas Trees by using a DMX controller and LED neon rope.  Here's the first of three props in production (eyes and mouth nodes are now attached).  -No clue why it's sideways, I'm not sideways.

But I have a question...   In xLights, when I try to download many of the free signing face sequences to play with them, I get an error "503: Access denied. Invalid File Download specs." or some send me to the xlightfaces.com website with no way to navigate to any sequences.

Any suggestions?

Thank you!

[allknowing2012]

SingingFaces was / is a special section that is only available to those that contributed to that group. It can be frustrating, but it says so in the description. You cannot get access to those entries. Sorry.

[Teddy]

Thanks AllKnowing for the response.  Within the xLights app, under...

 Tools...
              Download Sequences/Lyrics

it states that These sequences are freely shared by xLights users.

Clicking on many of the sequences returns the 503: Access denied. Invalid File Download specs error.  I see that the error is coming from xlightsfaces.com website.  Trying to get to the sequences from within the xLights app will never produce a message that you must contribute first. Maybe the xLights app needs to be updated with verbiage that reflects users must have already contributed first instead of stating that sequences are being freely shared?

[allknowing2012]

From the main screen after hitting tools->Download Sequences/Lyrics
[-] xLights Google Drive says
"These sequences are freely shared by xLights users"

If you click on anything in
[-] xLights Singing Faces Project it says
These sequences are for Xlights Singing Faces Members only

Note these sequences and others are also available at share.xlights.org

[Teddy]

AllKnowing, Boy is my face red.  Thank you for pointing that out!   So to join xlightfaces,  by "contribution", do you mean uploading a sequence that I created?  Would an intro/banter between faces be considered?  -I'm new here and just getting my first show together.

Thank you!

[allknowing2012]

It has some history to it .. there is a facebook group that once a year they open up for people to join and create lyric tracks - they get reviewed/adjuested/reviewed etc THEN you get to be a part of the group.
..but like everything ... things have changed. Lyric tracks are way "easier" now using some new tools so perhaps they wont even have this group anymore. Note this is JUST lyric tracks for songs ... not entire sequences. The sequences are free.

If you need lyric tracks .. look at this video but IGNORE anything about notepad++, you dont need that anymore. Just take the outputs from the website (in the vid) and you get like 90% of the way into your lyric track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGwlmtLDaTI


Again this is JUST lyric tracks - not sequences .. so lyric tracks are what are used to may singing pumpkins/sining bulbs etc actually move their mouths to the words in the songs.

[Teddy]

Thank you!  I'll check that out.