Shimmer and twinkle effects

[bwinter]

I'm going off the assumption that it's "still early enough in the season" to wait for the full P3 support to come out, and time for all the kinks to be ironed out.

Come September-ish, I would assume that it would be time to make a purchase, and start getting to know the player.  Or do you think that's too late for a semi-technical noob?

[jnealand]

You can't say that the Pi3 is not supported as I have 2 of them running FPP using the developer branch and v1.8 was just released which officially has support for the 3 in it.  I am using mine to test P10 panels using the Pi matrix adapter from Ron's Holiday Lights.

I was Micro Center a few days ago.  I bought another Pi3 for $29.99 (only available for instore purchase).  A bunch of Pi2s were sitting there in a bin and marked at $34.99.  Considering that I would have to buy a wifi adapter for at lea st $10, the Pi 3 was $15 cheaper than the Pi2.

[bwinter]

I'm just going off what's posted here:
http://nutcracker123.com/nutcracker/rgb_controllers/fpp_comparison.html

Is this not up-to-date?

[Ebuechner]

You guys just sent me off in a whole new Direction I guess I'm going to have to learn something new

[Phrog30]

You guys just sent me off in a whole new Direction I guess I'm going to have to learn something new

If you truly want to leave lor, then yes, you are going to have to learn something new.

It makes it really hard when you still have the lor mindset. I jumped those same hurdles. I decided to quit lor like a bad habit. Best decision I made.

James

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[Ebuechner]

I just took a sequence and imported it into xlights at 25ms that made a huge difference. I'm thinking that was my problem while trying to create a shimmer effect within Xlights I was starting off at 50ms. Time to get rid of the LOR mindset. If I go in the FPP direction which one of the many units out there is a good starting point to learn from possibly with the most support. B B+ 2 or other?

[Phrog30]

I just took a sequence and imported it into xlights at 25ms that made a huge difference. I'm thinking that was my problem while trying to create a shimmer effect within Xlights I was starting off at 50ms. Time to get rid of the LOR mindset. If I go in the FPP direction which one of the many units out there is a good starting point to learn from possibly with the most support. B B+ 2 or other?

You will get the most help over at falconchristmas.com. That's where all of the fpp guys hang out. I believe the pi3 is supported now. I got mine, b+, at Amazon. It's really up to you. I would get the latest, up to date stuff.

James

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[Gilrock]

I have a Pi Model B, B+, 2, and 3.  I ran my show this last year from the B+.  I like the case it's in and haven't gotten a good case for the newer models.  I see no reason to wait for a 3.  My Pi2 and Pi3 are still sitting in the boxes.  You can get a $10 wifi dongle from Adafruit that doesn't even stick out more than a 1/4".  You definitely don't really need the extra horsepower.

[Ebuechner]

I just ordered a pi3 off Amazon $65 got me the board case power supply heatsink and 32 gigs of memory. I've been thinking about playing with one of these anyhow. For that price that's a lot of entertainment or frustration probably both combined into one

[jnealand]

I'm just going off what's posted here:
http://nutcracker123.com/nutcracker/rgb_controllers/fpp_comparison.html

Is this not up-to-date?

For the latest pi info you should always go to falconchristmas.com

[Gilrock]

I just ordered a pi3 off Amazon $65 got me the board case power supply heatsink and 32 gigs of memory. I've been thinking about playing with one of these anyhow. For that price that's a lot of entertainment or frustration probably both combined into one

Some of the SD cards that come with a bundle aren't any good.  You want to get a Class 10 SD card so check it when you get it.  Also need to get a good USB flash stick.  I get them at Walmart and they have a PNY one I really like because it only takes up the height of the USB port itself and is in a silver metal case.

[Ebuechner]

Well I think the light bulb finally clicked on. I took a previously made up sequence in  Xlights opened the XML file modified it from 50ms to 25ms opened it up and hit render all then played it. (I noticed a huge difference) I'd like to thank everybody for helping me out with this and I think it's time I start using the software made for the grown-ups

[Ebuechner]

I just ordered a pi3 off Amazon $65 got me the board case power supply heatsink and 32 gigs of memory. I've been thinking about playing with one of these anyhow. For that price that's a lot of entertainment or frustration probably both combined into one

Some of the SD cards that come with a bundle aren't any good.  You want to get a Class 10 SD card so check it when you get it.  Also need to get a good USB flash stick.  I get them at Walmart and they have a PNY one I really like because it only takes up the height of the USB port itself and is in a silver metal case.

   I ordered the SD card separate I'm pretty sure I got a class 10. I'm sure I'm going to have more questions but thank you for the advice

[Phrog30]

I think it's time I start using the software made for the grown-ups

That a boy! 

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[Gilrock]

Well I think the light bulb finally clicked on. I took a previously made up sequence in  Xlights opened the XML file modified it from 50ms to 25ms opened it up and hit render all then played it. (I noticed a huge difference) I'd like to thank everybody for helping me out with this and I think it's time I start using the software made for the grown-ups

Yeah I'm not sure about that one.  I don't believe changing an existing sequence from 50ms to 25ms is going to change the resolution of the existing effects.  They would still all be on their 50ms boundaries.