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2019.18 Released

2019.18 March 25, 2019 — enh (dkulp) DDP outputs can record the controller type (hat/cape) and upload menu item only shows it — enh (dkulp) “Discover” button on setup tab to discover and automatically add/configure FPP instances — enh (dkulp/keith) Add “Visualise” option for DDP/FPP controllers to see layout of models on controller (work in…

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2019.3 Released

2019.03 January 6, 2019 — bug (scott) Dont persist some not useful FPP connect settings — bug (dkulp) Fix xLights does not handle system audio device change on OSX — bug (dkulp) Remove non-functioning scroll bars on layout — bug (keith) Fix model group per model default is not rendering correctly — bug (keith) Fix…

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2018.23 released

Relase 2018.23 released 13 bug fixes, 8 enhancements Latest releases are found at www.xlights.org Videos tutorials are found at videos.xlights.org Forums are located at nutcracker123.com/forum Issue Tracker is found here: www.github.com/smeighan/xLights/issues XLIGHTS/NUTCRACKER RELEASE NOTES ———————————2018.23 July 27, 2018 — enh (gil) Increase DMX Effect/Panel to 40 channels. — enh (gil) Changed the default channel assignments…

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2018.9 released

Latest releases are found at www.xlights.org Videos tutorials are found at videos.xlights.org Forums are located at nutcracker123.com/forum Issue Tracker is found here: www.github.com/smeighan/xLights/issues XLIGHTS/NUTCRACKER RELEASE NOTES ——————————— 2018.9 Apr 2, 2018 — enh (gil/dkulp) Added ability to render a waveform range selection. Fixes #489. — enh (keith) Add xCapture for capturing E131/ArtNET data from the…

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2018.1 released

XLIGHTS/NUTCRACKER RELEASE NOTES ——————————— 2018.1 Jan 04, 2018 — enh (k.mojek) Add “Print Layout” option to Layout popup menu — enh (dkulp) Add WRGB 4 channel node type — enh (keith) Add xSchedule output process which can scale pixels from 3 channel to 4 channels per pixel — bug (keith) Fix xSchedule output processors not…

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Tip Of The Day #062

Sequencing on a single screen computer can be a real challenge in xLights … there are so many things you want on the screen at the same time. This is where the play controls on the House Preview window and the auto show/hide of the house preview can really help. On the settings menu: Auto…

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Tip Of The Day #061

While we offer several ways to specify start channels and they all work just fine in my view a combination of the #universe:startchannel, >priormodelname:1 and output:startchannel methods are the most resilient in the face of change. So at the risk of starting a flame war here are the principles I use for start channel numbering and…

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Tip Of The Day #060

While there are lots of ways you can structure your folders I believe there are better and worse ways. It does somewhat depend on your requirements. I am going to assume you want to keep your folders separate year to year. I also am going to assume you want to keep holidays separate (although you…

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Tip Of The Day #059

Some effects really care about the order of the colors you select in the color panel … here are a couple of them. Faces Effect 1. Mouth 2. Eyes 3. Outline Piano Effect 1. Main keys 2. Sharp/Flat keys 3. Main key pressed 4. Sharp/Flat key pressed 5. Main key separation line

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Tip Of The Day #058

xLights has a random effects feature that basically fills your sequence with exactly what the name suggests. To use it … lay down some timing marks … with a reasonable separation … say 5 seconds. Now click and drag to highlight a range of cells. You can select several models in this process and even…

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