Nutcracker: LOR file now ready to test

I have finished code to create a LOR S2 file.


Pick any effect and then choose LOR S2.


Then right click on lms file name and then load up.


The file loads with no errors, but i think it is skipping every third channel.


Maybe someone can look over the file and see what i might have done wrong?


These files, BTW, are almost 20mbytes each.


thanks

 

yes, I did. I only read my email tonight, thus maybe the clipboard file would be better than a full lms. Oh well, I learned something of creating xml.


I will look at the clipboard stuff later tonight or tomorrow. It looks like it would be simpler?


thanks

 

A separate board might be good. I feel guilty taking up multiple threads here.

 

I think a Home at ACL would be good

 

Phil;


There is now another file to select for lor, Lor Clip board (*.lcb).


I dont know how to test it so please give it a try and post results back.


thanks

 

ItsMeBob highlighted several errors in my lms file. I have corrected all of them. We are now ready for a second pass check.
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ItsMeBob wrote:

There are several things wrong with the output LMS. [/size]The circuit numbers are not starting with 1.. its every third instead. <channel name="R1-P3-R" color="16711680" centiseconds="10000" deviceType="LOR" unit="1" circuit="3" savedIndex="0"><channel name="R1-P3-G" color="65280" centiseconds="10000" deviceType="LOR" unit="1" circuit="3" savedIndex="1"><channel name="R1-P3-B" color="255" centiseconds="10000" deviceType="LOR" unit="1" circuit="3" savedIndex="2">I have fixed thisThe tracks for RGB groups should name the group index, not the individual R or G or B indexThis is not right<tracks><track totalCentiseconds="10000" timingGrid="0"><channels><channel savedIndex="0"/><channel savedIndex="1"/><channel savedIndex="2"/>...</channels><loopLevels/></track></tracks>When you define the RGBs as you did this way.. <rgbChannel totalCentiseconds="10000" name="R1-P3" savedIndex="1582"><channels><channel savedIndex="0"/><channel savedIndex="1"/><channel savedIndex="2"/></channels></rgbChannel><rgbChannel totalCentiseconds="10000" name="R1-P4" savedIndex="1583"><channels><channel savedIndex="3"/><channel savedIndex="4"/><channel savedIndex="5"/></channels></rgbChannel><rgbChannel totalCentiseconds="10000" name="R1-P5" savedIndex="1584"><channels><channel savedIndex="6"/><channel savedIndex="7"/><channel savedIndex="8"/></channels></rgbChannel>Specify the rgbChannels index instead in the track. <tracks><track totalCentiseconds="10000" timingGrid="0"><channels><channel savedIndex="1582"/><channel savedIndex="1583"/><channel savedIndex="1584"/>...</channels><loopLevels/></track></tracks>I have fixed thisThere is a superfluousness unnamed RGB set<rgbChannel totalCentiseconds="10000" name="" savedIndex="1581"><channels><channel savedIndex="0"/><channel savedIndex="0"/><channel savedIndex="0"/></channels></rgbChannel>i have not fixed this yetThe defined grid is a one tenth of a sec.. <timingGrids><timingGrid saveID="0" name="Fixed Grid: 0.10" type="fixed" spacing="10"/></timingGrids>but your effects are half of that. 0.05 <effect type="intensity" startCentisecond="0" endCentisecond="5" intensity="0" /><effect type="intensity" startCentisecond="5" endCentisecond="10" intensity="0" /><effect type="intensity" startCentisecond="10" endCentisecond="15" intensity="0" /><effect type="intensity" startCentisecond="15" endCentisecond="20" intensity="0" /><effect type="intensity" startCentisecond="20" endCentisecond="25" intensity="0" /><effect type="intensity" startCentisecond="25" endCentisecond="30" intensity="0" />i have fixed thisThe file is HUGE because each 5 centisecond is output. The above could be aggregated into a larger time slice like this. <effect type="intensity" startCentisecond="0" endCentisecond="30" intensity="0" />Each effect translates into a network command so they should not be output unless it changes. Unneeded Network overload possible.I have fixed this
Really you dont need the OFF intensity="0" at all. Here is an example from a sequence showing the file has just has the on intensity="100". Each effect already has the duration specified by endCentisecond so you dont need the off. <effect type="intensity" startCentisecond="16" endCentisecond="86" intensity="100"/><effect type="intensity" startCentisecond="109" endCentisecond="158" intensity="100"/><effect type="intensity" startCentisecond="197" endCentisecond="224" intensity="100"/><effect type="intensity" startCentisecond="1650" endCentisecond="3095" intensity="100"/>I have fixed this


Did I do intensity correct?

I took the r,g,b values and calculated intensity as

r_intensity = (r/255) *100;
g_intensity = (g/255) *100;
b_intensity = (b/255) *100;

 

I have fixed a number of bugs that were in my lms file produced by the Nutcracker.


I did a 10 second, butterfly animation and it loads with no errors now.
Here is what it looks like inside Nutcracker



Here is that animation in the LOR screen.


Maybe someone could try this lms file in LSP?


http://meighan.net/nutcracker/sequences/ZZ_ZZ+FLY_0_0.lms

 

Here is a performance comparison

When i loaded the 20 mbyte file in LOR it took 8 seconds
When i load the same file into LSP it took 37 seconds (16 secs to load, 20 secs to optimize)

I have an HP desktop computer
Windows Experience Index of rating of 5.9 (right click computer, properties to see your number)
Processor: Intel i7 4 core, 8 threads at 2.67hz
Windows 7, 64 bit
Memory: 12gigs

 

That makes sense, in my timings it would have been 16 seconds to do the conversion and then 20 seconds to do the load.


I have made a video of my importing into both LOR and LSP. Is the way I am doing it for LSP correct?


http://meighan.net/nutcracker/tutorials/LOR_LSP.swf