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BlinderKitten: Free lighting software

111 points by gdtfmaster 4y ago

gdtfmaster 4y ago
BlinderKitten is built on top of JUCE framework, with the OrganicUI. There are several open source DMX lighting consoles for desktop, this one seems particularly nice and with fresh controlling paradigm ideas.
- pabs3 4y ago
  Can you link to those other projects?
  - gdtfmaster 4y ago
    Sure. The device definitions come as GDTF files, see the spec and other projects that utilize GDTF here [1] Juce framework [2] OrganicUI [3] [1] https://gdtf.eu/docs/list-of-projects/ https://gdtf.eu/docs/list-of-projects/ [2] https://juce.com/ https://juce.com/ [3] https://github.com/benkuper/juce_organicui/ https://github.com/benkuper/juce_organicui/
    - pabs3 4y ago
      Is there a linter/checker for this file format?
      - gdtfmaster 4y ago
        There are xsd and schematron schemas [1], see docs generated from the xsd [2]. The GDTF editor on https://gdtf-share.com https://gdtf-share.com [3] also has deeper internal validation some of the data logic. [1] https://github.com/mvrdevelopment/spec https://github.com/mvrdevelopment/spec [2] https://gdtf.eu/gdtf/xsd/xsd/ https://gdtf.eu/gdtf/xsd/xsd/ [3] https://gdtf-share.com/ https://gdtf-share.com/
  - am_lu 4y ago
    https://www.qlcplus.org https://www.qlcplus.org
popcalc 4y ago
Very cool!
namok 4y ago
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SCUSKU 4y ago
Would love if the landing page had some screenshots, or if there were something in the navbar to link to a demo video. Looks cool though!
- gdtfmaster 4y ago
  I have no connection to the project, but in the navbar is a link to their YT page.
  - thih9 4y ago
    Sample video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AFV0ez8TPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AFV0ez8TPQ
hellojason 4y ago
No SSL certificate on the site, so here's the GitHub repo: https://github.com/norbertrostaing/BlinderKitten/ https://github.com/norbertrostaing/BlinderKitten/
- pabs3 4y ago
  Hmmm, I wonder what the license is for this.
  - fabrixxm 4y ago
    GPLv3 https://github.com/norbertrostaing/BlinderKitten/blob/main/LICENSE https://github.com/norbertrostaing/BlinderKitten/blob/main/L...
    - pabs3 4y ago
      That wasn't there before.
mintplant 4y ago
This is like QLab [0], right? If so, it's fantastic to see an open-source solution pop up in this space. That was very fun software to play around in when I was using it for an immersive tabletop roleplaying game I ran. Is the goal to focus exclusively on lighting control, or will other types of effects (sounds, video, HTTP) be included eventually as well? [0] https://qlab.app/ https://qlab.app/
- jcrawfordor 4y ago
  This is more of a lighting controller while QLab is a show controller. These are typically viewed as different layers of the stack: a show control system controls the light control system. I don't know much about BlindersKitten but the page says it can receive OSC. OSC was originally for sound applications but is common as a show control protocol today due to being fairly simple and open (much like MIDI-SC, a formerly common show control protocol based on MIDI). So conceptually OSC is likely how a show control system would send commands (cues) to BlindersKitten.
  - jcelerier 4y ago
    One such free OSC software you could use to control it (+ handle sound, video, etc as asked in GP) is https://ossia.io https://ossia.io :) (transparency report: i'm the dev)
- pabs3 4y ago
  I'm not seeing any open source license in the repo, so this is more "public source" than open source. You can't modify and redistribute the code for eg.
  - pabs3 4y ago
    Looks like it might also be GPL violating, some of the external deps included in the repo are copyleft.
  - bostonvaulter2 4y ago
    Looks like a PR adding a GPL 3.0 license was just merged: https://github.com/norbertrostaing/BlinderKitten/pull/1 https://github.com/norbertrostaing/BlinderKitten/pull/1
rkagerer 4y ago
Screenshot?
mnw21cam 4y ago
Does anyone else find it a little strange that the logo for Ubuntu is used in the download section against the Linux version, instead of Tux?
- berkes 4y ago
  I don't. And I cannot see their stats, but I can imagine those clearly show that their Linux users almost exclusively run Ubuntu. And if that's the case, why not lean into it?
norbertRostaing 4y ago
Thanks for the sharing and your comments You can view interface of the software with the youtube channel I've updated the license with your comments and also the linux logo :)

111 points by gdtfmaster 4y ago

BlinderKitten is built on top of JUCE framework, with the OrganicUI. There are several open source DMX lighting consoles for desktop, this one seems particularly nice and with fresh controlling paradigm ideas.

pabs3 4y ago
Can you link to those other projects?
- gdtfmaster 4y ago
  Sure. The device definitions come as GDTF files, see the spec and other projects that utilize GDTF here [1] Juce framework [2] OrganicUI [3] [1] https://gdtf.eu/docs/list-of-projects/ https://gdtf.eu/docs/list-of-projects/ [2] https://juce.com/ https://juce.com/ [3] https://github.com/benkuper/juce_organicui/ https://github.com/benkuper/juce_organicui/
  - pabs3 4y ago
    Is there a linter/checker for this file format?
    - gdtfmaster 4y ago
      There are xsd and schematron schemas [1], see docs generated from the xsd [2]. The GDTF editor on https://gdtf-share.com https://gdtf-share.com [3] also has deeper internal validation some of the data logic. [1] https://github.com/mvrdevelopment/spec https://github.com/mvrdevelopment/spec [2] https://gdtf.eu/gdtf/xsd/xsd/ https://gdtf.eu/gdtf/xsd/xsd/ [3] https://gdtf-share.com/ https://gdtf-share.com/
- am_lu 4y ago
  https://www.qlcplus.org https://www.qlcplus.org

popcalc 4y ago

Very cool!

namok 4y ago

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SCUSKU 4y ago

Would love if the landing page had some screenshots, or if there were something in the navbar to link to a demo video. Looks cool though!

gdtfmaster 4y ago
I have no connection to the project, but in the navbar is a link to their YT page.
- thih9 4y ago
  Sample video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AFV0ez8TPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AFV0ez8TPQ

hellojason 4y ago

No SSL certificate on the site, so here's the GitHub repo: https://github.com/norbertrostaing/BlinderKitten/ https://github.com/norbertrostaing/BlinderKitten/

pabs3 4y ago
Hmmm, I wonder what the license is for this.
- fabrixxm 4y ago
  GPLv3 https://github.com/norbertrostaing/BlinderKitten/blob/main/LICENSE https://github.com/norbertrostaing/BlinderKitten/blob/main/L...
  - pabs3 4y ago
    That wasn't there before.

mintplant 4y ago

This is like QLab [0], right? If so, it's fantastic to see an open-source solution pop up in this space. That was very fun software to play around in when I was using it for an immersive tabletop roleplaying game I ran. Is the goal to focus exclusively on lighting control, or will other types of effects (sounds, video, HTTP) be included eventually as well? [0] https://qlab.app/ https://qlab.app/

jcrawfordor 4y ago
This is more of a lighting controller while QLab is a show controller. These are typically viewed as different layers of the stack: a show control system controls the light control system. I don't know much about BlindersKitten but the page says it can receive OSC. OSC was originally for sound applications but is common as a show control protocol today due to being fairly simple and open (much like MIDI-SC, a formerly common show control protocol based on MIDI). So conceptually OSC is likely how a show control system would send commands (cues) to BlindersKitten.
- jcelerier 4y ago
  One such free OSC software you could use to control it (+ handle sound, video, etc as asked in GP) is https://ossia.io https://ossia.io :) (transparency report: i'm the dev)
pabs3 4y ago
I'm not seeing any open source license in the repo, so this is more "public source" than open source. You can't modify and redistribute the code for eg.
- pabs3 4y ago
  Looks like it might also be GPL violating, some of the external deps included in the repo are copyleft.
- bostonvaulter2 4y ago
  Looks like a PR adding a GPL 3.0 license was just merged: https://github.com/norbertrostaing/BlinderKitten/pull/1 https://github.com/norbertrostaing/BlinderKitten/pull/1

rkagerer 4y ago

Screenshot?

mnw21cam 4y ago

Does anyone else find it a little strange that the logo for Ubuntu is used in the download section against the Linux version, instead of Tux?

berkes 4y ago
I don't. And I cannot see their stats, but I can imagine those clearly show that their Linux users almost exclusively run Ubuntu. And if that's the case, why not lean into it?

norbertRostaing 4y ago

Thanks for the sharing and your comments You can view interface of the software with the youtube channel I've updated the license with your comments and also the linux logo :)