hello all,
first I want to offer thanks to this forum for being a great place to share information and ideas. although I have not posted much I certainly have benefitted from the knowledge base this forum represents. that being said I am hoping the vast knowledge available here can answer my questions
I would like to make some props using triggerable video. haunting painting or maybe some atmosfx "hologram" type scares. the heart and sole of such a project is a triggerabel video player. I am sure there is a way to do such a thing with a raspberry pi but the learning curve is a little steep for me at the moment. (just don't have the time for the learning part and programing)
I have run across the sprite box and the brightsign box both available on fright props. the sprite box looks interesting but the brightsign player looks better because from what I have seen it allows more options for video clips and such with a little simple software work in bright author. the videos that I watched make it look not too complicated. the problem is the price of the brightsign player. so I went looking on ebay for used ones. the problem is I don't know which of the older models would work for the project. is it just ones that have a GPIO? that seems to be the common denominator between the sprite and the brightsign boxes on the frightprops website. seems like some the entry level units on the brightsign website don't include such a port.
has anybody used any of the older brightsign units? I did notice some forum posts mentioning brightsign players going back several years but no model numbers were listed.
any guidance would be appreciated...
first I want to offer thanks to this forum for being a great place to share information and ideas. although I have not posted much I certainly have benefitted from the knowledge base this forum represents. that being said I am hoping the vast knowledge available here can answer my questions
I would like to make some props using triggerable video. haunting painting or maybe some atmosfx "hologram" type scares. the heart and sole of such a project is a triggerabel video player. I am sure there is a way to do such a thing with a raspberry pi but the learning curve is a little steep for me at the moment. (just don't have the time for the learning part and programing)
I have run across the sprite box and the brightsign box both available on fright props. the sprite box looks interesting but the brightsign player looks better because from what I have seen it allows more options for video clips and such with a little simple software work in bright author. the videos that I watched make it look not too complicated. the problem is the price of the brightsign player. so I went looking on ebay for used ones. the problem is I don't know which of the older models would work for the project. is it just ones that have a GPIO? that seems to be the common denominator between the sprite and the brightsign boxes on the frightprops website. seems like some the entry level units on the brightsign website don't include such a port.
has anybody used any of the older brightsign units? I did notice some forum posts mentioning brightsign players going back several years but no model numbers were listed.
any guidance would be appreciated...