nutz4lights
Full time elf
Hey all (posting this here and LSP forum in case folks don't hit both),
I am running into some odd issues with the Sequencer & Scheduler, version: 2.8.5288.34152
Let me preface this by saying that, I don't know that I've ever really gotten LSP to run smoothly with my entire display hooked up. The display consists of 9,000 WS2811 pixels and another 6,000 dumb RGB elements, as well as 2-3 old fashioned LOR PC series controllers. I have so far in the last 2 years limited myself to strictly animation sequences because I didn't feel like doing the music approach and being let down by the results after investing so much time. I have two computers that I have tried all of this from, Core i5 (3 years old) with 16GB RAM, gigabit NIC, 2GB video, Samsung Pro SSD, and then a 5 year old Core i7 with 6GB RAM, 1GB video, gigabit NIC, SATA HD. The effects of what I see when I run the Sequencer are pretty similar on both machine, although, the older Core i7 does a horrible job when I try to run the lights in Scheduler mode (so I use it for sequencing).
I have linked a video I recorded tonight that consists of roughly 4 minutes of animation... I made a 2 minute animation sequence and then a separate 1.5 minute animation sequence and have them running in scheduler. Again, no music, just animation. These were sequences that I created after running some shorter tests of the macros and seeing what looked "smooth" since so much of what I have tried to run is jittery.
https://vimeo.com/113674103
The first thing you will notice from the video aside from the jitteriness is the apparent change in speeds... I created a macro that runs between 0:34 to 2:09 with 4 separate color segments that were all supposed to be the same speed and duration... they definitely are not the same speed and I have no idea why that is... need help. Also, in the Sequencer, that segment was only supposed to last 60 seconds, but runs for nearly 95 seconds... how could that be? Again, need help.
The red effect that lasts from 2:09 to 2:28 was supposed to be 20 seconds but seems to be moving slowly and there was supposed to be a similar 20 second (but green) segment after the previous 20 second segment, but that second 20 second segment only lasts for 2 seconds. THEN
there was supposed to be another 14 seconds of sequence that is completely missing when played back through the Scheduler.... HELP?!
At 2:36 in the video, the second sequence (90 seconds long) is supposed to start. There is a series of red/green/white macros initiates that is supposed to last for 60 seconds... at 4:00 in the video, that "60 second set of macros" is still going and the Scheduler shuts off (I ended the video as well), but the last 30 seconds of that second sequence NEVER plays... HELP?!
So, the sequences I created were supposed to run for 4 minutes total. The Scheduler actually plays for 4 minutes total... but the content it plays only represents a portion of what was actually in the sequence in the sequence editor.
Something is obviously wrong with this picture and I'm hoping someone here can help me understand what that is. Again this is a big part of the reason that, for a second year in a row, I won't have any music in my display after doing well orchestrated music since 2006...
Thank you,
-Louie
I am running into some odd issues with the Sequencer & Scheduler, version: 2.8.5288.34152
Let me preface this by saying that, I don't know that I've ever really gotten LSP to run smoothly with my entire display hooked up. The display consists of 9,000 WS2811 pixels and another 6,000 dumb RGB elements, as well as 2-3 old fashioned LOR PC series controllers. I have so far in the last 2 years limited myself to strictly animation sequences because I didn't feel like doing the music approach and being let down by the results after investing so much time. I have two computers that I have tried all of this from, Core i5 (3 years old) with 16GB RAM, gigabit NIC, 2GB video, Samsung Pro SSD, and then a 5 year old Core i7 with 6GB RAM, 1GB video, gigabit NIC, SATA HD. The effects of what I see when I run the Sequencer are pretty similar on both machine, although, the older Core i7 does a horrible job when I try to run the lights in Scheduler mode (so I use it for sequencing).
I have linked a video I recorded tonight that consists of roughly 4 minutes of animation... I made a 2 minute animation sequence and then a separate 1.5 minute animation sequence and have them running in scheduler. Again, no music, just animation. These were sequences that I created after running some shorter tests of the macros and seeing what looked "smooth" since so much of what I have tried to run is jittery.
https://vimeo.com/113674103
The first thing you will notice from the video aside from the jitteriness is the apparent change in speeds... I created a macro that runs between 0:34 to 2:09 with 4 separate color segments that were all supposed to be the same speed and duration... they definitely are not the same speed and I have no idea why that is... need help. Also, in the Sequencer, that segment was only supposed to last 60 seconds, but runs for nearly 95 seconds... how could that be? Again, need help.
The red effect that lasts from 2:09 to 2:28 was supposed to be 20 seconds but seems to be moving slowly and there was supposed to be a similar 20 second (but green) segment after the previous 20 second segment, but that second 20 second segment only lasts for 2 seconds. THEN
there was supposed to be another 14 seconds of sequence that is completely missing when played back through the Scheduler.... HELP?!
At 2:36 in the video, the second sequence (90 seconds long) is supposed to start. There is a series of red/green/white macros initiates that is supposed to last for 60 seconds... at 4:00 in the video, that "60 second set of macros" is still going and the Scheduler shuts off (I ended the video as well), but the last 30 seconds of that second sequence NEVER plays... HELP?!
So, the sequences I created were supposed to run for 4 minutes total. The Scheduler actually plays for 4 minutes total... but the content it plays only represents a portion of what was actually in the sequence in the sequence editor.
Something is obviously wrong with this picture and I'm hoping someone here can help me understand what that is. Again this is a big part of the reason that, for a second year in a row, I won't have any music in my display after doing well orchestrated music since 2006...
Thank you,
-Louie