How to setup timing marks for multiple targets

[smeighan]

Here is a short video tutorial that will explain the process of being able to enter timing marks into a file without having to go through the GUI. I find it faster when I am i am reading timing marks from Audacity and loading them into Nutcracker


https://vimeo.com/69479085


One thing i forgot to mention in the video, spaces and new lines can be in any order. I find if i make a file with one line per row, it goes the fastest.


For example, using the video's example of 3 models per timing mark


<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>


instead of


<tr>
<td>11.5</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>




So I would edit the file and add say 20 new lines
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>
<tr><td>11.5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr>


Now i go through and edit the old value of 11.5 seconds and put in what i really want. makes editing very fast. Save the xml file and reopen it in xLights and you will see all the new rows show up.


As I mentioned in the video, i will be building some utilities to help do this for you. I am not sure if i get it done before the Academy July 12th.


thanks
sean

 

[neilric99]

Sean, so a blank table column data <td></td> will let the effect that was set on a previous timing mark continue (without restarting the effect) and if so how do you set the effect to null/stop for a element on the timing mark.

 

[smeighan]

Sean, so a blank table column data <td></td> will let the effect that was set on a previous timing mark continue (without restarting the effect) and if so how do you set the effect to null/stop for a element on the timing mark.

Select the effect "None" and update the cell with that. None will turn everything off.


thanks