Amazing initiative, tenacity and kindness sharing Sarah

Note i have submitted the following post to be placed in the HTML5 Toys & Gizmos topic and asked SG his opinion on if it should be there. Seeing SiTV numbers i know there is a lot of swf fireplaces out there. The method below is an alternative to the great solution Sarah has graciously shared her work with others. Sincere TYSM for that Sarah

The following various methods can be done with youtube or the hosted video files i have shared, the benefit of video vs GIF is in the clarity and length of the fireplace loop.

It can also be done as a regular fireplace or by choosing a Holiday theme one both of which are available at Youtube.


Try full screen at Youtube to see deco setting details better

This is not something i wanted to post in the HTML5 Toys and Gadgets topic
because what i really want to share next is how to do video/transparent using free software. i have to test the free software first since i use Adobe premiere

This i am sharing because of Christmas & SiTV has fireplace swf files out there a lot
that people used (i never minded that) but they will need replacing.

In the video above it is using youtube to do the fireplace video which i used to do things like that using youtube as video scenery out of a window and such. But Youtube in the past was fussy would change/not work so i prefer using my own hosted videos gives better control, no ads, and can do more like transparency. Hosted small video loops might be better also not use bandwidth as much once in the disk cache.

In the video i used the pedestal prop to do the fireplace cover, i like that prop because you can do a little thickness on the png images.

i am not the best deco and sure others can create nicer images but the links to the fireplace overlay in front of the video are.

http://sitv.us/sharedbySiTV/CM/FPOVERLAY2.png change the 2 to 3 or 4 to get the other ones.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/iGwawktAMRg?autoplay=1&loop=1
That is the url and syntax used in the chromium browser script don't forget to turn up the emissive to 255 in the state tab

Of course, you can change the 11 character youtube code to other videos, there are plenty of fireplace ones.

Also, i did 6 short looping ones that are https://sitv.us/sharedbySiTV/FPV/FPV5.html

Change the 5 to 1-6 for the other ones and if you add a "m" after the number
https://sitv.us/sharedbySiTV/FPV/FPV5m.html
The "m" is to mute the sound

All the white that shows on those links is transparent to they fit fine.

The dancing Mr. & Ms. Clause

This is why i want to do a post on how to do the video part so people can create their own, being able to host the videos and the HTML, CSS and .JS. SiTV can help on if members who can do the videos need hosting.

The dancing Mr. & Ms. Clause is not one of my best but if it spreads JOY you are welcome to it

The link is https://sitv.us/sharedbySiTV/CM/Si-Mr-MsSanta.html

Put that in the chromium browser script again don't forget emissive to 255 in the state tab

Play with the scale in the script tab size it to 1280 width 720 height. Careful when changing the scale, don't do that fast using the up-down arrows it can get you stuck/crash RLC

Also, Mr Clause cuts the rug deeper so have to find a happy medium in the Y position.

As always those who can help back to cover cost on SiTV it is always appreciated


https://sitv.us/sharedbySiTV/CM/Si-Mr-MsSanta.zip

Source files to the Mr-MsSanta hopefully soon i will find the right free video software to do a How-To post on the transparent video, maybe some can figure it out before with those files





Peace

* Going to be looking at the realistic water swf and providing some clocks also see what can be done soon. Those too are out there in high numbers done in flash.

Great find! The scripting is sort of like a light version of AS3. Basic timeline editing for the animations with keyframes and tweening. This can save loads of time and make some nice interactive basic apps.

The .wick files seem to be ok to use as html


https://forum.wickeditor...esults-in-txt-file/2225

It's been work and plenty of it last 48hrs but the puzzle pieces are all coming together.

i will always do my main live smexy music video channel and enough naughty/tv/films to get things going on the new player. But it is my wish that more people do their own channels.

Anyone who has uploaded a video to youtube will be able to upload anything they choose and have it play all see same, same time. You are a Mountain on the A list each month making SiTV possible... Different, new things to get used to but i hope the new player helps keep people together and sharing their content with each other.

Don't worry bout it. Pffft we got this Mountain. Go over to RLC Street Century Theater - no flash.

Flash? We don't need no stinkin' flash badges!


Peace

What i mean by we got this is kind of like on a few occasions the nieces and nephews tore the house up. It is going to be a mess BUT eventually, we will get through it, IMO better than new.

There is not going to be multiple screens at a property for a month or months after the Jan 1st. It is possible through peer to peer networking and WebSockets. There is an open-source to do that with and UV/Brian used it to do the Townhall.

None of those types of platforms are very user friendly to do what we always have had here Video Players. They are written for video conferencing.

This is the reason i didn't choose to go that way. Here is the thing some might choose to go that way, i'd help them if they needed to, had that working over a year ago.

It's all about the limited video codecs in Chromium i can not say for sure but real good chance the devs will get us back the codecs in chromium. There are open source builds of chromium with the codecs now.

Big When and small if the Devs make that happen, 1 to 6 months we will have easy ways of doing Real-Time Streaming (HLS/M3U8). What we have now, Nginx and a gazillion HTML5 video players out there be easy to do. Real-time light on resources should be no audio/video echo on multiple screens. Why i chose the platform i did we get codecs/real-time light on resources back, that will plug right into the new player SiTV has now.

RQ was very correct when asked about if the equivalent of flash copy could be done with Ajax/PHP asynchronous requests, which works fine for data apps but not so good on video/audio.

OK in the best plain english version, what SiTV has working now is just like what Drake and Iceware had in flash SYNC all see same same time but SiTV new player is HTML5.

Flash and Flash copy made it possible for multiple screens, flash was made to handle video and audio.

Haven't talked to Kesha in a while last time i did she was impressed with SiTV new player. YEARS of friendly competition and exchange of knowledge, but knowing Kesha she doesn't quit and curious is an understatement on what she is up to.

BUT i will be glad for the people first when the Devs get the codecs back, players will be a lot easier LIVE not just sync.

Plus what i been working on (way to upload mp4 convert to WebM on SiTV player) won't be needed. BUT we got that on SiTV working already, nothing left to do but make it pretty next few weeks and get us through till the devs get the codecs back.

If you could work a Drake or Iceware sync player and able to upload a video you can run a SiTV HTML5 player. If you can't that is OK plenty of others will have them for all to still have video in RLC.

Happy Bird Day All

Peace

To pick up on a semi-tangential thread of this discussion: transparency.

I had created a variety of signs (beer neons, etc) in flash with transparency. My preliminary investigation is that the transfer from Flash could be quite challenging. GIF will not support transparency (as per my understanding), and I cannot get any on-line converter to convert my old SWF files from Macromedia Flash 8 that contain tweening effects to MOV, M$P, WEBM, or whatever, successfully. I chased the Wickeditor option, and although a cool free program, that program seems to insist on a solid background as well.

I understand from Selesa's previous post that Adobe Premiere would work, but would prefer to avoid locking into $40 USD a month for an item that is only an ancillary item in the bag of tricks.

Any guidance, thoughts or suggestions would be most helpful. I would be happy to look at anything in the concept or alpha stages to try to contribute to the common cause. This may not be the change for which we asked, but it is a chance to build back better.

At your service,

D

Thank you for your reply. What software do you use to create the GIF?

Asking what appears to be a stupid question: When I tried plugging in my Youtube address in the looping fireplace example, my video ran once and failed to loop. Is there a setting internal to Youtube that needs to be set?

Any help would be deeply appreciated.