Trying to pick this up from another thread....I've since botched my preview in Vixen 3 two times now..including the recent 3.0.7. I'm hoping since I've posted my data folder over at the Vixen support forum that someone can pick up the source of the problem and squash that bug. It's so frustrating to try to get the sequencing done when all of a sudden the preview goes poof!!
I'd go back to HLS but that software has about the worst flow that I've come across. The features within HLS are simply amazing and I think the software has some great potential but I guess I can't complain both HLS and Vixen are wonder gifts from the community.
I've been thinking about trying LightJams, but it's a bit intimidating (and doesn't look like many in this hobby use it) and LSP is $250 and I need to finish investing in HW before I can dig deep into the pockets for that.
I guess I'm just overall grumpy....as I also managed to bugger up a piece of PVC this morning when I was trying to make an arch and using some hot water try to take the tension out of the 3/4" pipe. ended up making a funny looking pear shaped arch. I'm still not even sure what I want to do with the arch is a good idea...i'm thinking of drilling 15/32 holes ever 3" apart and pushing in the 12mm smart nodes (about 40 will do nicely in the arch of 10' length) through and just having the node stick out. I'm thinking that will make for a neat looking arch. Anyways, $20 down the toilet on the PVC, i'll get some more pipe next weekend and try my luck again....hopefully by then the SSCs will arrive and I can get one arch fully built and film up the prototype for all to see here....and I'll see if Vixen3 problems are fixed by then.
Some days I just think I'm not cut out for this hobby.
Quote from: ghethco on August 04, 2013,
Hey Rick. Very interesting rambles, thanks for sharing. I'm still just trying to get something basic working. I'll probably get into the details of the various software options later. One of the things that looked appealing about Vixen3 is the built-in effects for RGB. The preview seems much improved also. Does Vixen2 with xLights/Nutcracker give you the same functionality? If so maybe I should give it a whirl.
Gary
I agree with Jim, for hardware testing and or trying different effects. xLights is a great option that is well supported here along with the awesome videos that Sean has done and he weekly online classes for it (thursday nights).
That still allows you to try different software for sequencing. Please don't let a old timer (me) sway you not into trying Vixen 3.0, I am just set in my way with Vixen 2.1 I think Vixen 3.0 RGB effects are nutcracker effects.
Not to plug my own silly program but Colorfinder (in the wiki software page) is really easy to setup and just has sliders to play with. Not much of a learning curve there (setup : USB dongle(DMX or Pixelnet) or Etherdongle. How may total channels do you want to send out with the Etherdongle - colorfinder does require .net ver 4.0 since it was written in visual basic 2010.
Rick R.
