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I've got a 24hour disco coming up at the end of February for a registered charity, which for various reasons, is quite important to me. There are due to be plenty of dancers, sponsored for the various slots from start to finish.
Now, I dont run music videos any more, but I do run visuals on widescreen LCD screens on the overhead rig.
What I'm looking for is a full screen 24 hour countdown to run off a cheap n cheerful lappy - I'm assuming that this wont be too taxing a task for it.
Throughout the event, I want the screen to show an Hours and minutes countdown display right across the middle of the screen, with a few words of text above and below eg:
"There's only..."
"18 hours: 36 mins --"
"left to go..."
Obviously, if the screens were plasma, I'd have to worry about screen burn etc, but they're LCD so thats not an issue here.
The problem is, I cant find a decent bit of freeware, or even shareware, to get the screen display above. So far the nearest contenders are...
Xntimer And Timeleft.exe
Anyone know any others? The venue doesnt have good wifi either by the way, so I'm reluctant to look at web-based countdown.
Larry B Entertainment
17-01-2012, 11:31 AM
Theres a few good programmers around the forum that may be able to knock you something up if youre struggling to find any thing on the internet.
Jiggles springs to mind.
There was a thread here ....
http://www.forum.mobilediscodirectory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34607&page=2&highlight=countdown+clock
I have one that runs on my Ipad that does exactly what you want .... free too.
discomobiledj
17-01-2012, 11:32 AM
Tried these?
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/download-stopwatch/
Cowlinn
17-01-2012, 01:59 PM
There was a thread here ....
http://www.forum.mobilediscodirectory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34607&page=2&highlight=countdown+clock
I have one that runs on my Ipad that does exactly what you want .... free too.
What's the app called?
What's the app called?
Countdown to an event
Pretty sure it was free or 59p at most
Jiggles
17-01-2012, 10:34 PM
Theres a few good programmers around the forum that may be able to knock you something up if youre struggling to find any thing on the internet.
Jiggles springs to mind.
Someone call! :D
Jiggles
18-01-2012, 10:31 PM
<html>
<head>
<title>24 Hr Countdown</title>
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
#message {
color: black;
font-size: 30px;
font-family:"Comic Sans",Georgia,Serif;
}
#timeLeft {
color: red;
font-size: 50px;
font-family:"Comic Sans",Georgia,Serif;
}
</STYLE>
<script type = "text/javascript">
var totalSeconds;
function initiate(seconds)
{
totalSeconds = parseInt(seconds);
setInterval("timeUpdate()", 1000);
}
function timeUpdate()
{
var seconds = totalSeconds;
if(seconds > 0)
{
totalSeconds--;
var hours= Math.floor(seconds/3600);
seconds %= 3600;
var minutes = Math.floor(seconds/60);
seconds %= 60;
var timeIh = ((hours < 10) ? "0" : "") + hours;
var timeIm = ((minutes < 10) ? "0" : "") + minutes;
var timeIs = ((seconds < 10) ? "0" : "") + seconds;
document.getElementById("hour").innerHTML = "" + timeIh;
document.getElementById("min").innerHTML = "" + timeIm;
document.getElementById("sec").innerHTML = "" + timeIs;
}
else
{
document.getElementById("timeLeft").innerHTML = '';
document.getElementById("message").innerHTML = 'Time is Up! '; // Edit between the commas as a end message.
}
}
initiate(24*60*60); // Set the time here this is for 24 hours. If you want two days it would be (2*24*60*60)
</script>
</head>
<body>
<span id="message">There are: <span id="timeLeft"><span id="hour"></span> Hours <span id="min"></span> Minutes and <span id="sec"></span> Seconds</span> left.</span></body>
</html>
Pop that into notepad and save as a HTML file. Editing the messages as needed. If you want something more fancy I can mod it to a theme.
Marc J
19-01-2012, 07:15 AM
Everyone seems to have forgotten about the "full screen" part of the OP.
Press f11 :)
Thanks for that coding above - I'll give it a try over the weekend :lol:
Larry B Entertainment
19-01-2012, 07:47 AM
Thanks for that coding above - I'll give it a try over the weekend :lol:
See, I said Mr Jiggles would come good :)
I tried the program/coding a few days ago at home and it does what my original thoughts were for it.
I'm now going for the "miracles happen" wish list ...
Is it possible to store the coding file in a folder with say 20 x JPG picture files called "picture1.jpg", "picture2.jpg" etc and have the program display full screen as follows:
Picture1 for 30 seconds
Picture2 for 30 seconds
Picture3 for 30 seconds
Picture4 for 30 seconds
The live full screen countdown for a minute
Picture5 for 30 seconds
Picture6 for 30 seconds
Picture7 for 30 seconds
Picture8 for 30 seconds
The live full screen countdown for a minute
Picture9 for 30 seconds
Picture10 for 30 seconds
Picture11 for 30 seconds
Picture12 for 30 seconds
The live full screen countdown for a minute
Picture13 for 30 seconds
Picture14 for 30 seconds
Picture15 for 30 seconds
Picture16 for 30 seconds
The live full screen countdown for a minute
Picture17 for 30 seconds
Picture18 for 30 seconds
Picture19 for 30 seconds
Picture20 for 30 seconds
The live full screen countdown for a minute
And then repeat all the above steps ongoing until the countdown ends?
Jiggles
31-01-2012, 11:40 AM
I tried the program/coding a few days ago at home and it does what my original thoughts were for it.
I'm now going for the "miracles happen" wish list ...
Is it possible to store the coding file in a folder with say 20 x JPG picture files called "picture1.jpg", "picture2.jpg" etc and have the program display full screen as follows:
Picture1 for 30 seconds
Picture2 for 30 seconds
Picture3 for 30 seconds
Picture4 for 30 seconds
The live full screen countdown for a minute
Picture5 for 30 seconds
Picture6 for 30 seconds
Picture7 for 30 seconds
Picture8 for 30 seconds
The live full screen countdown for a minute
Picture9 for 30 seconds
Picture10 for 30 seconds
Picture11 for 30 seconds
Picture12 for 30 seconds
The live full screen countdown for a minute
Picture13 for 30 seconds
Picture14 for 30 seconds
Picture15 for 30 seconds
Picture16 for 30 seconds
The live full screen countdown for a minute
Picture17 for 30 seconds
Picture18 for 30 seconds
Picture19 for 30 seconds
Picture20 for 30 seconds
The live full screen countdown for a minute
And then repeat all the above steps ongoing until the countdown ends?
To have it like that flash is the way forwards and I detest it! I could do it in Javascript but the timer would be on top and the images randomly changing underneath.
"on top" do you mean "overlayed" ?
What I want to achieve is a 20 picture slide show, with the slides keeping in order (slide 1, slide 2 etc) but with the live countdown shown inbetween every few slides.
Other options .... I could find/use a pre-written slide show application which has in its playlist a picture called "countdown.jpg" and that file (screenshot) is saved by the countdown program every minute with the same file name (dodgy idea).
Does virtual DJ have any sideshow option which cross fades into a live timer?
Or ... Any program's that flip-flop between a running AVI movie file and the coded countdown?
Jiggles
31-01-2012, 12:57 PM
"on top" do you mean "overlayed" ?
What I want to achieve is a 20 picture slide show, with the slides keeping in order (slide 1, slide 2 etc) but with the live countdown shown inbetween every few slides.
Other options .... I could find/use a pre-written slide show application which has in its playlist a picture called "countdown.jpg" and that file (screenshot) is saved by the countdown program every minute with the same file name (dodgy idea).
Does virtual DJ have any sideshow option which cross fades into a live timer?
Or ... Any program's that flip-flop between a running AVI movie file and the coded countdown?
What I mean is:
|-------------------------------------------|
|......Count Down timer here..............|
|................................................. .|
|............Image changer here............|
|................................................. .|
|................................................. .|
|................................................. .|
|................................................. .|
|-------------------------------------------|
A movie wouldn't be a too good idea as the time it would take to make it and then render it would be a few hours!
Ok so, countdown timer above the picture area.
That would be ok if the pictures could be displayed in numerical order (picture 1.jpg, picture2.jpg etc for the times mentioned
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