On Sat, May 7, 2011 05:41, Jerry (Your DJ) wrote: > I'm a DJ that will, if clients ask, spin music videos in addition/instead > of > audio-only songs. To do this I've had to use various apps on a Windows > Install. While this works well, I've always wanted a linux-native > solution > to do the same type of shows. > > I'm pleased to say that Lives seems to fill 80+ percent of my needs. > > There are a few things that are either missing or hidden that I'd need to > use Lives as my exclusive VJing app. > > The one I'm writing about now is whether it's possible to have the > background clip playing even though it's not the current clip seen via > playback? The reason I'm asking is I might mix two songs/videos together > so > that I can do rapid transitions between them, and in effect create a new > rhythm. Or even a new hook. > > This doesn't work, though, if when I crossfade Lives pauses the background > clip. > > Another useful feature for VJing--I lied about having only topic in this > email--is to simulate two decks while in "VJ Mode" is to provide the > option > for only allowing two clips in a set, and when a new one is loaded, it > replaces whichever clip isn't in the foreground. > > Can't wait to put Lives through the paces. > > > > -Jerry >
Hi Jerry, thanks for your questions. Regarding your other email - I agree it would be very interesting to have this kind of functionality for VJs in LiVES. I am sure you have seen the Advanced option to play from a yuv4mpeg stream, which allows you to play the output from mplayer -vo yuv4mpeg, but as you mention the stream will pause when it is not visible. I did have the idea when I started LiVES that it should be possible to open clips during playback, but in practice I found it quite difficult to implement. Probably the simplest way to do it at the moment is to have 2 copies of LiVES, then use the vloopback output in one copy and open it as a webcam in the second copy. Of course you would need 2 monitors to do this. About crossfading two clips - yes this is possible at the moment, just apply a transition, find your background clip, and then press "x" to swap foreground/background - and make sure you have "audio follows clip switches" checked in preferences. If you can make some feature requests it would be useful: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=64341&atid=507142 Regards, Gabriel. http://lives.sf.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Lives-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lives-users
