Geektoolkit
patreon
July release imminent!
🕑 Added 2022-07-18 20:40:42 +0000 UTCThe July release is looking good and should be out in the next few days. I'm working on some last minute bugs. The progress on plugin work is progressing also.
The July release will include fixes for rotation (for those that have the beta, you already have these fixes) as well as a rework of the video engine to fix full video playback.
There will be two 'experimental' features on a new experimental page to help with those that want to develop plugins, but also for those that want to play web content.
1) "Show web page" - This will let you put in any web page and click a button...the image will clear and the web page will show. This will be handy for those that want to show say a home automation dashboard, a security camera feed, weather page, etc. It'll currently be limited to a page you copy/paste into the field, but we'll be working hard to make that experience smoother (fades, better performance, etc) in upcoming releases.
The button currently works as a toggle, so hitting it once will show the page, hitting it again will go back to the playlist.
2) Play web video - This will let you put in a URL for many web video platforms (youtube, vimeo, instagram, even facebook has worked if it's public). This is similar to the above...you copy a video URL into a textbox, hit the button, and then Dynaframe plays that one video. This will support the 'zoom' function as well as play full video. I've tested this with some of the virtual windows and they're quite fun to play with.
The other part of this release will be documentation for the various APIs that Dynaframe supports, including 2 new ones for the above features. These APIs will get us closer to the vision of community developed plugins, but will also help those of you making custom buttons/home automation setups.
August will expand on this greatly. The main piece that we need next is the web page 'configuration' system so that a plugin developer can have a page they can add/ship to have users customize their experience.
The Discord will have links that we've tried that we feel work well for the frames for dynamic artwork and such, and will allow us as a community to share things together that we like or think is cool.
I'll post when it's ready for now each night is a late night working to finish it up!
Thanks a ton for the support, and welcome to all of our new supporters for July. You came at a great time :)
