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Features & To Do List

OrangeJedi edited this page Oct 17, 2022 · 2 revisions

Features

  • Cycles through randomly selected Apple TV videos
  • Auto launch on startup & launch the screensaver after a set time
  • Easily select only the video you want to play
    • Select by video type (aerial, space, and underwater)
    • Save various profiles of selected videos
  • Control video playback settings (speed, brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, etc.)
  • Skip videos with the right arrow key
  • Simple dip to black transition between each video
  • Multi-Screen Support
    • Play a different video on each screen
    • Play the same video on each screen
    • Play videos on only the primary screen
  • Display text
    • Static text
    • Date and time
    • Display the location/description of the video
  • Change the font, size, and color of text
  • Sync to the time of day (mostly - not all videos have a 'day' or 'night' attribute yet)
  • Cache videos
    • Downloads videos in the background
    • Chose which video to download
  • Import your own videos
  • Lock the screen after running
  • Blank the screen or sleep the computer after a set time

To-Do

  • Full Multi-Screen Support
  • Display text
    • Sunrise & sunset
    • Custom image
    • Weather
    • Calendar and events?
  • More advanced video transitions
  • Auto update

Propose Enhancements

If you want to add an item you like to the To-Do list, please create an issue and choose Feature Request. We will get back to you and hopefully you will be part of helping improve Aerial!!