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Re: Show HN: Make a video of any word forming out of candy

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Post by solarkraft »

Thanks to Captain Disillusion I know how this is done (obvious in hind sight, but cool to learn):

The movement of the marbles is pre-rendered and you can color the marbles in the end result right so at the beginning the distribution looks random, but everything falls perfectly into place.

Re: Show HN: Make a video of any word forming out of candy

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Post by huhtenberg »

Nicely done, but getting stuck at

    Waiting for GPU server slot, there are None 
    jobs ahead of yours...
with a progress bar not longer even crawling.

From the console:

    websocket open                                                                                    app.js:189:14
    Got text message: progress: GPU render server received target image...                            app.js:203:12
    Got text message: your ticket is xxx                                                              app.js:203:12
    Got text message: progress: Waiting for GPU server slot, there is one job ahead of yours...     4 app.js:203:12
    Got text message: progress: Waiting for GPU server slot, there are None jobs ahead of yours... 61 app.js:203:12
    onclose

Re: Show HN: Make a video of any word forming out of candy

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Post by kumarm »

BrentOzar wrote: post #5

I would cache the default animation. You’re doubtlessly getting hammered by folks just running it (like me) to see what it looks like, only to get stuck waiting for a GPU slot to render the same word again and again.

Yes. 90% of people are going to render Hello without changing text.

Re: Show HN: Make a video of any word forming out of candy

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Post by notelonmusk »

kumarm wrote: post #7
BrentOzar wrote: post #5

I would cache the default animation. You’re doubtlessly getting hammered by folks just running it (like me) to see what it looks like, only to get stuck waiting for a GPU slot to render the same word again and again.

Yes. 90% of people are going to render Hello without changing text.

Click on "example animation" to get this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyWqcY_oyo4
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