Ebuechner Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I was just wondering if I missed something. To queue up a special request song in the middle of a show I've been shutting the show down and opening up sequence editor. Then I have to restart the schedule. There must be a better way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 When you say "shutting the show down" and "restarting" I assume you mean "disable" and "enable"? I don't know of another way. All I know is the show and the sequence editor cannot play at the same time. Hit "disable".Play the sequence editor.Hit "enable". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 Yes I did mean disable and enable. That's what I've been doing I was just hoping there was a better way. Maybe that's what the LOR people can work on for the next release. (Hint hint) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santas Helper Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Yes, that would be a nice feature to have (echoing the Hint Hint). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Show on Demand. Create a show with just the sequence you want to run. Queue it up with Show on Demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 Can that be done without disabling the current scheduled show ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMassey Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Take a look At Bob'O's MIIP. Lets you or your guests play any song they like from their smartphone. http://itsmebob.com/SD.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 I think I just answered my own question. I set up a show with just one song used show on demand and it started immediately. When I do this in the middle of a show will it interrupt the current playing sequence or will it queue up next in line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 A musical sequence will always finish. It will then go to the Show on Demand. When you end Show on Demand, your regular show will start from the beginning. (If you have a start up sequence, I forget if it would play again, but I suspect it will.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 Take a look At Bob'O's MIIP. Lets you or your guests play any song they like from their smartphone.http://itsmebob.com/SD.html I seen that and I found it interesting. But I don't need that sort of thing right now. And with Windows 10 my computers in a time out from the internet until such time has somebody at Microsoft gets their head out of their rectum. (It's the only way you can keep automatic updates from happening and downloading) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 A musical sequence will always finish. It will then go to the Show on Demand.When you end Show on Demand, your regular show will start from the beginning. (If you have a start up sequence, I forget if it would play again, but I suspect it will.) that's not ideal but it's a workaround. If Bob o is able to do it you should be able to do a simplified version (hint hint). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I haven't used BobO's software ... but if it is stopping a musical sequence in the middle of a song, I'd have to wonder if he has a script running to somehow stop the show in progress (disable shows) and start the new song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I can confirm what Don suspected - after the show on demand ends, the existing show will start at the beginning (including a startup sequence if present). I created a show on demand for every song, but not for actual shows. I did it for testing in the time period from getting at least most of the stuff is up and before I have show opening night. It was an easy way to interrupt the running landscape lighting show and run one of my Christmas songs. The other advantage of a show on demand rather than playing through the Sequence Editor is that SE takes far more CPU horsepower, and may not keep up on a slower show computer (mine is ancient, but plays the shows fine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 I think this is something that should be looked at. Almost every type of media software out there has the ability to change the order that things are queued up on the fly. Restarting the show from the beginning isn't ideal but I guess that's the best we have. I'm actually quite surprised that this hasn't Ben thought of already. Special requests seem to be quite common with my show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmienLightFan Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I had an idea for a "show remote".A webpage that can be opened on any device, tablet, phone or PC, and is easy to use both with a mouse and touch screen, that allows the show to be controlled.It could play any sequence on demand, can do it "gracefully" or immediately and loads more. Of course I have no idea how to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMassey Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I had an idea for a "show remote".A webpage that can be opened on any device, tablet, phone or PC, and is easy to use both with a mouse and touch screen, that allows the show to be controlled.It could play any sequence on demand, can do it "gracefully" or immediately and loads more. Of course I have no idea how to do this.See the link in my post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmienLightFan Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 See the link in my post above. I don't get enough visitors to make MIIP any good. None have stayed and watched for more than 2 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebuechner Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 I've played with the show on demand it works. And it's fairly easy to do and setup. But it sucks that the show restarts at the beginning. My show is roughly an hour and a half long and I've had a few people watch through the whole thing and then some. If I do a special request 45 minutes in they don't get the benefit of hearing the remaining songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmienLightFan Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Actually I think that the whole show editor and schedule editor need to be rethinked, if that is a word. I think that they could be put into one program. And an easy way to start a single sequence either immediately or after the current one needs to be added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Just my two cents (which are worth nothing.) It is easy to start a single sequence. Show on Demand. For as long as I've known the LOR Software (late 2004) a musical sequence has always been allowed to finish. If you want one to stop in the middle, then shut down shows immediately (From the menus) and start up the Show on Demand. I know none of my corporate customers have requested something like this. If I had to guess, not many residential ones do either. Again, just my two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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