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MVR-xchange - Internet-Based Implementation

Working on a lighting project and sharing data with other designers can be supercharged with the MVR-xchange protocol.

After implementing the local version of the MVR-xchange protocol, which is suitable for local networks, this release of the BlenderDMX Addon adds an initial implementation of the internet-wide MVR-xchange. It allows cooperation between parties in different locations. It requires a publicly accessible coordination server, which is now available for testing purposes on BlenderDMX.eu. The maximum file size is limited to about 8-10MB, which should be sufficient for testing.

BlenderDMX Testing MVR-xchange Server

BlenderDMX.eu provides a test server for the MVR-xchange and will offer it for a few weeks to test and confirm the MVR-xchange implementation in the BlenderDMX Addon.

You should NOT share private data via the server. The data is not publicly visible or available, but it is visible to the operators of the server. We will not share the data, but we want to be sure that a random mistake will not result in private data exposure.

Privacy information disclosure of the MVR-xchange coordination server

We save the provided MVR file - it is a function of the server to receive the MVR file and to distribute it in the same group to other clients who request this file. We log IP addresses in order to prevent abuse of the system. We clean the data (the MVR files and the logs) weekly.

Privacy of the MVR-xchange groups on BlenderDMX server

Groups in MVR-xchange on BlenderDMX.eu are organized via subdomains, where each domain is a very long string in the form of a UUID v4. There is no authentication, as the randomness of the UUID guarantees (discussion) that the chances of someone randomly guessing a v4 UUID are infinitesimally small. It's so tiny that it's not worth serious consideration, as it would take about 103 trillion guesses if the UUID creation is truly random. The choice of the group to be an UUID is our implementation choice, it could potentially be any string, but UUIDs contribute to the robustness of system.

You can get a random group to be filled into the BlenderDMX Addon settings in the v1.9.0 blog post here.

Report your findings in the BlenderDMX Discord.

Fix SVG loading

Many thanks to Lily Hopkins for the fix of SVG 2D symbol loading.

List of changes

• MVR-xchange - initial websockets implementation
• Fix SVG import on some systems [Lily Hopkins]
• Translated using Weblate (Chinese (Simplified Han script))

Changelog

See the changelong for more information, or developers can look at git log for full details.

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1.8.3

• MVR-xchange networking working also on Windows:
  • Tweak networking to get port number on Windows hosts
  • List only MVR-xchange clients with at least minimal required data
  • Do not allow empty mDNS service group
  • Add network interface selection

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MVR-xchange sending and receiving support

Translations

Numerous translations have been added. Many thanks to all contributors.

GDTF Imports

The pygdtf library has received several improvements.

MVR-xchange sending and receiving

Previously, only file receiving on MVR-xchange has been available. With the fixture export to MVR added this summer, the sending part of MVR-xchange has been implemented in this release. It has been tested and confirmed working between two Linux stations, but the implementation will need more work as file transfer between machines on Windows still does have some issues.

Changelog

See the changelong for more information, or developers can look at git log for full details.

• Update pygdtf to pygdtf-1.0.5.dev8
• Translated using Weblate:
  • (Czech) (origin/main, origin/HEAD) [vanous]
  • (Italian) [Fede Pre]
  • (Tamil) [தமிழ்நேரம்]
  • (Chinese (Simplified Han script)) [大学没毕业]
• MVR-xchange update:
  • Add serving part of MVR-xchange
  • Show date time of commits, ensure mDNS groups have no dots
  • Add search to MVR-xchange panels
  • Change mDNS sub service naming
• Add confirmation dialog Allow selecting geometries
• Improve message of dialog Clear custom data
• Print extension version to the terminal on startup

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Blender 4.3 now supported, Updated pygdtf/pymvr, Drivers keyframe recording

Translations

Numerous translations have been added. Many thanks to all contributors.

MVR and GDTF Imports

The pygdtf and pymvr libraries have received several improvements. These, together with some other changes in BlenderDMX Addon, should further improve GDTF and MVR imports.

MVR Import can now be adjusted to utilize (or not) Focus Points as device Targets.

Blender 4.3 support

SVG imports and some other documented and undocumented changes to the Blender API had to be handled to support the 4.3 release of Blender.

Key-frame recording and playback of #bdmx drivers

There are new options to allow recording of #bdmx drivers. In order to re-play them, the drivers need to be disabled, which is not easily supported in Blender but a workaround has been found and implemented.

Remove BlenderDMX Addon from a .blend file

A new option in Setup - Extras: "Remove DMX from blend file" tries to clean up BlenderDMX Addon device specific data from a .blend file.

Other changes

• Ensure that gobos and iris work without zoom (again)
• Add keymap preference screen

Changelog

See the changelong for more information, or developers can look at git log for full details.

• Translated using Weblate (Tamil, Literary Chinese, Chinese Chinese (Simplified Han script), Polish, Spanish, Turkish)
• Handle some essential MVR import errors
• Add MVR Target import option
• Update pygdtf and pymvr - improve imports of GDTF and MVR files
• Add support for Blender 4.3
• Add possibility to record objects with #bdmx drivers and disable/enable them to allow playback/rendering
• Add 'Remove DMX from blend file' option
• Ensure that gobos and iris work without zoom (again)
• Add keymap preference screen

Changelog

For full details, read the blog post here.

Support for second gobo wheel, iris, continuous pan/tilt, CTC and more

This release contains support for new attributes (Gobo2, Iris, CTC, CTO, CTB, PanRotate, TiltRotate) and more. The Shader three had to be completely re-organized and gobo loading needed to be refactored. There is a migration procedure in place, but very likely, older .blender files will not project gobos correctly. Re-editing fixtures might be needed. It is also possible that previously recorded keyframe animations will not work right away and will need re-adjustments. Sorry for the inconvenience. Read more details in the blog post here.

Complex fixtures can now be controlled via the new Subfixtures menu, allowing precise selection of fixtures' geometries and controlling of only attributes attached to these geometries.

Changelog:

• Updated translations
• Add support for pan/tilt rotation, add GDTF fixture with continuous rotation
• Add support for Iris
• Add support for Gobo 2 and for Gobo1/Gobo2 combined gobo projection
• Add support for static gobos (Gobo(n) without Gobo(n)Pos or Rot)
• Add support for CTC
• Add display device label also in 3D
• Add subfixture based controlling
• Programmer: show fixture type name if multiple selection is one gdtf type
• Fix: Ensure working Pan/tilt control for fixtures without target
• Fix: Fix keyframe cleaning after addition of PSN
• Fix: Adjust share profile path after changes for custom user data path
• Fix: Ensure that World - Scene - Background exists

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1.7.7

• Adjustments and fixes after path changes

1.7.6

• Adjust timing for first run event

1.7.5

• Allow using user writable directory associated with an extension (extension only)
• Show fixture name in Align panel if it is a selected active object
• Fix count of selected fixtures in Programmer, Align, and other panels
• Ensure that the beam has full diameter at the lense in Cycles for Blender 4.1 and up
• MVR import:
  • Deselect all objects before import to prevent issues
  • Add support for MVR classing to show/hide MVR classes
• GDTF import:
  • Add constraints for multiple heads and yokes
  • Apply transformation after joining the objects
  • Check dimensions with safer method
  • Allow import of existing files
  • Use DMX break overwrite only for Geometry References
  • Transfer root geometry attribute to children for complex fixtures
  • Improved creating constraints and removed pixel factor
• Import_3ds: Fix texture color
• Increase time for collection auto-creation in import/export dialogs
• Update translatable language strings
• Add testing files download and basic testing scripts

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1.7.6

• Adjust timing for first run event

1.7.5

• Allow using user writable directory associated with an extension (extension only)
• Show fixture name in Align panel if it is a selected active object
• Fix count of selected fixtures in Programmer, Align, and other panels
• Ensure that the beam has full diameter at the lense in Cycles for Blender 4.1 and up
• MVR import:
  • Deselect all objects before import to prevent issues
  • Add support for MVR classing to show/hide MVR classes
• GDTF import:
  • Add constraints for multiple heads and yokes
  • Apply transformation after joining the objects
  • Check dimensions with safer method
  • Allow import of existing files
  • Use DMX break overwrite only for Geometry References
  • Transfer root geometry attribute to children for complex fixtures
  • Improved creating constraints and removed pixel factor
• Import_3ds: Fix texture color
• Increase time for collection auto-creation in import/export dialogs
• Update translatable language strings
• Add testing files download and basic testing scripts

Changelog

• Allow using user writable directory associated with an extension (extension only)
• Show fixture name in Align panel if it is a selected active object
• Fix count of selected fixtures in Programmer, Align, and other panels
• Ensure that the beam has full diameter at the lense in Cycles for Blender 4.1 and up
• MVR import:
  • Deselect all objects before import to prevent issues
  • Add support for MVR classing to show/hide MVR classes
• GDTF import:
  • Add constraints for multiple heads and yokes
  • Apply transformation after joining the objects
  • Check dimensions with safer method
  • Allow import of existing files
  • Use DMX break overwrite only for Geometry References
  • Transfer root geometry attribute to children for complex fixtures
  • Improved creating constraints and removed pixel factor
• Import_3ds: Fix texture color
• Increase time for collection auto-creation in import/export dialogs
• Update translatable language strings
• Add testing files download and basic testing scripts

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New Align and Distribute panel, Reworked MVR import, and import/export in Blender menu

To make fixture placement simpler, new Align and Distribute panel has been added. MVR Import has received a lot of loving care thanks to @nrgsille76 . The MVR Import/Export and GDTF Import are now available in Blender's Import/Export menu, the GDTF import allows to patch fixtures right away. When working with differently bright devices, it is sometimes useful to set the spot light to a brighter level - new "Multiply beams intensity" settings allows exactly that.

• Add Fixture Align and Distribute panel
• Reworking MVR import
• Add global option to Multiply BlenderDMX Spot Lights Intensity
• Add GDTF/MVR Import/Export to Blender menu
• Add Multiply beams intensity settings
• Other small fixes, improvements and translations

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Update zeroconf and io_scene_3ds to pypi available packages.

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Update wheels to eliminate some scanning issues.

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v1.7.1

• fix imports

v1.7.0

Add Initial MVR Export

New MVR Export allows export of fixtures (only fixtures, no other 3D objects yet) with their patching info, color and focus points, into a single layer, which is sufficient to move the patch from DMX for Blender to consoles like BlinderKitten.

• Initial MVR export - fixtures and focus points on one layer
• Ensure fixture name is unique when importing from MVR
• Fix dimmer if only one beam geometry exists

Changelog

Add Initial MVR Export

New MVR Export allows export of fixtures (only fixtures, no other 3D objects yet) with their patching info, color and focus points, into a single layer, which is sufficient to move the patch from BlenderDMX to consoles like BlinderKitten.

• Initial MVR export - fixtures and focus points on one layer
• Ensure fixture name is unique when importing from MVR
• Fix dimmer if only one beam geometry exists

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Support additional additive colors: Amber, Lime, UV, White, WW, CW

NRGSille has helped to include updated version of the 3DS file importer. This, together with import parameters adjustment, results in better import of GDTF and MVR files with 3DS models. New additive colors like White, Amber or Lime are now supported.

• Add icon 'Center to selected' to Programmer
• Add icon 'Clear mixing colors' to Programmer
• Add support for additive mixing: Amber, Lime, UV, White, WW, CW
• Update io_scene_3ds to LTS version and adjust GDTF and MVR to this LTS version
• Show error and a traceback on load3DS error
• Ensure that fixtures can be removed even if their data is broken
• Add RGB versions of the provided source4 fixtures

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Adding support for PosiStageNet (PSN) protocol

• Internal file reorganization, license headers, reformatting
• Make internal programmer to set values for Live DMX view
• Fixtures name autogeneration adjustments
• Add PosiStageNet (PSN) protocol with up to 10 PSN slots
• Add warning message for Blender 4.2. Add link to help to Extras
• Add Blender logo as gobo image to bundled beam
• Improve vectors of BlenderDMX logo gobo in bundled beam fixture