[request] Check AutoBPM option on startup [done]

[Light_user]

At this moment, you need to manually enable the autoBPM checkbox at startup. Can this be enabled by default?

[Light_user]

This can't be that hard i guess?

[support]

Not hard, but risky.
In case of any operating system problem (sound driver, audio configuration, ...), the "auto bpm" feature might crash the software.
If it is auto started, then the software will always crash, and you could not uncheck it.

[Light_user]

Can't this be catched by trying if the audio works when launching sweetlight?
I can't image an exception like this can't be catched.

[support]

No. As soon as the software will communicate with audio device, it will straight crash (if there is an OS driver problem for instance), or it will work (if there is no problem).

We presently consider this not a so heavy job to check this option one time at software start, and this will save from a possible big fright.

[Light_user]

I know, it's not a big job to check the checkbox at launch time. But we want to place the light-computer in a place where unexperienced users need to use it to control some lights. We want them to turn on the computer and everything is launched automatically. At this moment, everything starts automatically, the show starts, lights go on but the checkbox is not checked. We don't want to make our unexperienced users to do any extra steps than just turning on the computer.
Maybe you can implement the feature for 'advanced users'. For example make that you can enable the autolaunch autoBPMcheckbox option only in the .ini file and not in the GUI. In that way, unexperienced users won't have the problem that the software becomes unusable.

[support]

Done in "fix for version 8.2.13".

- open the file, "../YourLightshow/Live/live.ini"
- find the section "[live]"
- add the line "auto_bpm_on = yes" in that section