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Emulator Videos / Re: livefromButler's Emulations

« on: July 04, 2014, 12:17:25 PM »

My new release for today is my July 4th Special, it still has quirks but not as many!

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/8lzQDpf45u4" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/8lzQDpf45u4</a>

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Emulator Videos / Re: livefromButler's Emulations

« on: July 04, 2014, 12:16:06 PM »

My first video was made on the first day of summer.  It has some quirks but doesn't look bad:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/qIt34KPl5II" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/qIt34KPl5II</a>

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Emulator Videos / livefromButler's Emulations

« on: July 04, 2014, 12:13:51 PM »

Hello all, I've decided to start a new topic to store all my emulation videos!

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Programming and Graphics / Re: The Weather Channel - LIVE ON YOUTUBE

« on: July 02, 2014, 08:18:43 PM »

As of 7:51 PM EST, the stream has stopped streaming.  You can still watch the buffered content, but it is no longer streaming.  This just makes me curious as to why it was there in the first place.

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Programming and Graphics / The Weather Channel - LIVE ON YOUTUBE

« on: July 02, 2014, 03:42:32 PM »

UPDATE: DISCOVERED AT 3:10 PM EST.
UPDATE: Video made private at 4:15 PM EST .
UPDATE: Available again at 4:50 PM
Hi guys, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but, today I spotted on TWC's YouTube Channel that they are running a livestream of the National HD feed!

I quickly ran downstairs and turned on my screen recorder.  I was one of the first five users tuned in!  I managed to capture the first Local on the 8s segment they played, as well as the Hurricane Central intro, the first one played on TWC with the new graphics as far as I know.  I'll be placing this recording on YouTube soon.

As of 4:50 PM EST, the stream is still running here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmPN3n_SVPw&feature=youtu.be
 

I really hope this isn't just a temporary thing due to Tropical Storm Arthur, but if it is, I'm grateful to be able to watch the HD feed for once, as Armstrong doesn't provide TWC in HD.

Here's a link to my recording: http://youtu.be/ICHbXmae8us

UPDATE: So now the question is, is this a sign of things to come?

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Emulator Videos / Re: IntelliSTAR "All the Time" Emulator

« on: June 24, 2014, 10:41:28 AM »

Alright, I'm back after a bit of a break.  I've continued working, and got all of the graphics remade and compiled into a video.  I did this in PowerPoint and created several PowerPoint "layers", then used Sony Vegas to overlay them and compile them. 

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/qIt34KPl5II" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/qIt34KPl5II</a>
TWC Intellistar 2 HD Emulation - Local on the 8s - Butler PA 6/21/14

You can see the final product, plus my "Weatherscan Prototype" at the end, which is essentially a modified version of the lower and sidebars, or, to use Marconan's words, "Box graphics".

All of the graphics I developed can be exported to high quality images.

So, now the question is, how do we create a computer program that can produce the same outcome, and run automatically to retrieve weather data from the Internet.  I've looked briefly at wunderground.com's "Weather API".  Do any coders want to weigh in and try to help us out?  I know a little code, but not enough to start something like this.

UPDATE: Whoops, I forgot the temperature arc on the Summary, and I forgot narrations.

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Local Forecast / Re: February 2014 Playlist

« on: January 31, 2014, 09:11:45 PM »

9:08 PM EST:
Called Out in the Dark by Snow Patrol
9:18 PM EST:
Tonight is the Night by Outasight

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Emulator Videos / Re: IntelliSTAR "All the Time" Emulator

« on: January 31, 2014, 05:06:12 PM »

What font is that out of curiosity?

It is the Calibri Light font that comes with PPT2013.  It's not exact to the real thing (it's a bit more rounded) but it works.  The shadow is enabled on the text in the picture.

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Emulator Videos / Re: IntelliSTAR "All the Time" Emulator

« on: January 30, 2014, 06:02:12 PM »

I'm not quite sure yet, I'm thinking along the lines of one of the Visual Studio Programs, maybe Java, or even XNA like the WS4000 emulator.  I'll keep you posted as I play around a bit...  I've created a primitive PowerPoint version just to get into the mindset the new graphics.  I can send you a link to the file or a video if you want to take a look... I hate PowerPoint emulators though so I definitely want to take this project above and beyond that.  Thanks for your interest!

This picture is a screenshot from my PowerPoint Emulation

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Emulator Videos / IntelliSTAR "All the Time" Emulator

« on: January 28, 2014, 01:11:18 AM »

Is there anyone who still uses this forum and is willing to work with me to create an IntelliSTAR emulator based on the new "Weather All the Time" IntelliSTAR theme?