Currently there are three main components to xlights
- xlights Menu (common program for all other program in xlights, allows you to configure your networks and location for file storage)
- xlights Tester (gives multiple test for testing you network and hardware)
- xlights scheduler (sets up you show, a schedule for your show, and runs your show)
Then there is also a common library that sends the outputs the the hardware.
My ideas would add two more main components to xlights
- xlights console (will allow you to create channel groups, effects, and run a live light show)
- xlights scheduler (will allow you to place groups and effects on a time line to music to create a sequenced show)
My goal to go about this is as follows:
1) update xlights menu I want to add
- A button to launch console
- A short cut section (allows the user to define other programs they want to accesses from the xlights menu, such as LOR, Vixien, Light show pro, Prancer, audacity, ect)
2) Create lights console. (full plan will be coming soon)
3) Createx lights sequencer. (full plan will be coming soon)
Future ideas for xlights (these are not ideas I have a plan for creating at this time, but are things that I think would be nice to be included in xlights and maybe some one else would like to code and contribute)
- 2D Visualizer (think of the LOR visualizer but with more advanced drawing options)
- 3D Visualizer (allow you to create 3d primitives, import 3d models, and map out a lights show in a 3D space. )
- Music to Lights (real time analyzes of audio waves, creating a show on the fly)
- Power Calculator (help you calculate how much power your display will need and how to map out you power needs)
- Light Inventory (how many lights / controlers do you really have in you display?)
- Coast calculator (how many channels will you need for your display / new idea for you display, and how much will it coast you to make)
Fell free to give feed back on the ideas, and to give your own ideas.
