xx xLights 2016.10 released, new Video effect and built in FFMPEG libraries

[sean]

xLights Release 2016.10
This release adds the video/audio file formats from ffmpeg library into xLights.
You will see that the file size got bigger, about 1.5mb larger.

Keith: New effect Video
    No longer need to worry about CBR vs VBR
    Many more audio and video files now supported
Dan: Be sure to try out new Layer Blending

Latest releases are found at http://nutcracker123.com/nutcracker/releases/
Issue Tracker is found here: https://github.com/smeighan/xLights/issues

XLIGHTS/NUTCRACKER RELEASE NOTES:
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2016.10  Mar 3, 2016
   -- enh (keithsw) Support old-school CTRL-INSERT, SHIFT-INSERT and SHIFT-DELETE (windows only)
    -- bug (dkulp)   Fix probelm with first pixel with grouped arches in SingleStrand . Fixes #474
    -- bug (dkulp)   Fix crash on close when preview running
    -- bug (dkulp)   Fix color/blur sliders not updating to defaults.  Fixes #477.  Fixes #476.
    -- enh (dkulp)   Split Layer Timing panel into two panels (Layer Blending and Layer Settings)
    -- bug (dkulp)   Fix duplicate effect data problems if seq data exceeds 4GB (64bit only)
                  This failure was found when testing a sequence of 900K channels on a MAC
    -- enh (dkulp)   Add begin/end effect transitions
    -- enh (gil)     Update Morph to use all 8 colors allowing 6 color tails.
    -- enh (keithsw) Add video effect. Now supports *.mp4, *.mpg, *.avi, *.mov, *.flv, *.mkv, *.asf
    -- bug (gil)     Fix crash when moving effect left or right with arrow keys and not timing track active.  Fixes #473.
    -- enh (keithsw) Replace media handling with ffmpeg and SDL eliminating the VBR problem and adding new media support.
    -- enh (keithsw) Add tooltips to explain controller and channel a xLights channel maps to
    -- enh (keithsw) Handle movement of show directory (as long as it isnt renamed) automatically

[Phrog30]

You guys have hit it out of the park. 

Just awesome!!!

James

[JerryPlak]

You guys have hit it out of the park. 

Just awesome!!!

James

Just awesome!!! 

[JonB256]

working great. Loaded an MPG file onto my 3x3 P10 matrix. Very viewable. No more ffmpeg conversions.

[bravado67]

Just added some video footage of me playing drums to Lil Drummer Boy to my matrix. This changes everything! Love it!!!!!

Ron

[danj]

thanks so much to all the dev team.
We all appreciate all the effort you put into this wonderful piece of software!!

[threesizes]

I went to download the Mac version and there are now two versions, -wx31 and the normal version. What's the difference between the two versions?

[keithsw1111]

Wx31 is experimenting with a new version of wxwidgets. The other version is the same as the windows version.

[dkulp]

Please test the wx31 version if you can.   I'd like to completely move over to wxWidgets 3.1 for the Mac if possible.

[plaberge]

Wow! Another phenomenal couple of releases! The In/Out Transitions along with the Render Style + Blur open up another dimension of effects. Really appreciate the great work!

[mararunr]

Played Let It Go video from the movie on my matrix this morning and my daughter was ecstatic.  Thank you!

[drlucas]

I haven't had a chance to do anything since 2016.8 and just grabbed .10 (with the wx31 option) and on my 6x45 flex strip matrix I dropped the VU effect and on my P10 panel matrix I added a video and everything worked out nicely...amazing no longer have to do anything with ffmpeg and worry about what speed to use.

Now over the next few weeks I can start to play around with layers and also see if I can get my spinners to work the way Dan showed in his video a few weeks back. 

No issues so far, but just had to share how easy it was to do video on a matrix. I will have to go outside and see how it actually looks on the panels put in preview - amazing - looks amazing.

[bravado67]

I haven't had a chance to do anything since 2016.8 and just grabbed .10 (with the wx31 option) and on my 6x45 flex strip matrix I dropped the VU effect and on my P10 panel matrix I added a video and everything worked out nicely...amazing no longer have to do anything with ffmpeg and worry about what speed to use.

Now over the next few weeks I can start to play around with layers and also see if I can get my spinners to work the way Dan showed in his video a few weeks back. 

No issues so far, but just had to share how easy it was to do video on a matrix. I will have to go outside and see how it actually looks on the panels put in preview - amazing - looks amazing.

Do  you have the link to Dan's video on the spinners?

Ron

[mararunr]

Do  you have the link to Dan's video on the spinners?
Ron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Ha5ayYZMc


http://nutcracker123.com/forum/index.php?topic=2622.msg16132#msg16132

[Trickyd]

good afternoon

I tried to run 2016-10 with 31

got this message:

wxWidget Debug Alert

../src/common/sizer.cpp(1446): assert "!(flags & (wxALIGN_BOTTOM | wxALIGN_CENTRE_VERTICAL)) || !(flags & (wxALIGN_RIGHT | wxALIGN_CENTRE_HORIZONTAL))" failed in DoInsert(): wxEXPAND flag will be overridden by alignment flags

Call stack:
[01] wxGridSizer::DoInsert(unsigned long, wxSizerItem*)
[02] xLightsFrame::AddPlaylist(wxString const&)
[03] xLightsFrame::LoadScheduleFile()       
[04] xLightsFrame::SetDir(wxString const&)   
[05] xLightsFrame::xLightsFrame(wxWindow*, int)
[06] xLightsApp::OnInit()                   
[07] wxApp::CallOnInit()                     
[08] wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**)               
[09] main                                   
[10] start                                   
[11] 0x00000002                             

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what am I doing wrong? lanquage problem perhaps? Dutch.


2016-10 normal version works ok
Dick de Wit
The Netherlands