Image Playback

There are 2 nodes dedicated to still image playback in Lightact:      Image reader and Image slideshow reader. Both of them can play images in the following formats: .jpg, .png, .bmp, .jpeg and .gif. Image reader node Image reader node displays either one of the Image assets, or, if None of Filepath is selected as the Source, […]

Video playback in Lightact is very straightforward yet quite flexible. It is all done with 4 nodes:           Video reader, Video playlist reader, Hap reader and Hap playlist reader. The first 2 nodes can play videos in a variety of containers and codecs. A more detailed list is available in Supported codecs and […]

If you want to play several video files at the same time or want to play video files with a very high resolution you might want to consider using Hap codec. You often won’t be getting the video files in this format from the start, so you’ll need to convert them. Lightact doesn’t have any […]

Lightact’s Layer Layout system can be used in a very flexible variety of ways. However, we’ve also integrated functionalities which enable you to create your show in a more traditional way. For example, by fading the content in and out based on layer, sequence or marker times. In this guide, we’ll go through some of […]

Lightact can play video files in a variety of different codecs and containers. They are divided into 2 groups: Codecs and containers supported by the Windows Media Foundation include the most common containers and codecs. We’ll refer to them as General Purpose Codecs. A more detailed list is available in the table below as well […]