Visual Companion™️

[iamjohnbarker]

Is this a feature relevant to companion itself, and not a module?

• I believe this to be a feature for companion, not a module

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Describe the feature

I'd love to see Companion take full advantage of all the data that it holds and create a useable set of outputs to have on displays during productions.

I made a little proof of concept app since I planned to make this as a third-party app, but I figure it would be even better if it was a part of

Screen_Recording_2022-10-21_at_15.56.45.mov

Usecases

This could be used on displays, Raspberry Pis and extra computers during productions.

[Julusian]

I think this is asking for the same thing as point 3 of #1429

Having something like this built in would be great, the main challenge is having a good way to design/build these views.

[1v4r]

I'm looking for this exact feature. Hoping something like this get's implemented shortly.

[dnmeid]

There are several developments in progress or about to start which can make this request happen and usable in a consistent and elegant way.

1. There is the graphics-overhaul, which will give you layers graphical elements, so you can combine different variable readouts, static text, icons and so on on one button. Also it will ultimately be resolution independent, so the graphics system can not only feed small buttons but areas of any size.
2. Surfaces will be modularized even more. It will be possible to have a surface which has basically one giant display and use an emulator of that surface.

[rob-fi]

Chiming in here to lodge my support of this feature. It's something I've been wanting to have for a long time. There's many situations where the limited display options of a tiny square streamdeck button just isn't enough, and having some information on a large display to augment the Stream Deck would be beneficial. The most common examples for me include lower-third title selections and video filenames.

As someone who's quite comfortable with HTML and CSS, personally all I look for is a custom control page that can be edited on disk, with defined element ID/classes that I can style as I wish. I've considered looking into trying to override the CSS on the existing buttons page client-side but that's a bit messy.

@iamjohnbarker Is your PoC application available somewhere? Or could you give a hint as to how you implemented it and I'll attempt to hack something together myself?

[hadphild]

Would be amazing to have these like home assistants cards.

You could create a card and add the feedback string.

[BasilChessman]

[iamjohnbarker]

I made a little proof of concept app since I planned to make this as a third-party app,

John, did you ever develop this app any further?

[metawops]

[iamjohnbarker]

I made a little proof of concept app since I planned to make this as a third-party app,

John, did you ever develop this app any further?

Maybe if we mention @iamjohnbarker he sees this question? 😳

[BasilChessman]

Maybe if we mention @iamjohnbarker he sees this question? 😳

I was able to contact him outside of GitHub. He said he never did anything more with it beyond what he showed. I asked if he would be wiling to share what he had. He said he thought he deleted it. 🤷‍♂️

[peternewman]

See also @tomhillmeyer efforts in #2575 (comment)

https://github.com/tomhillmeyer/companion-dashboard

[tomhillmeyer]

See also @tomhillmeyer efforts in #2575 (comment)

https://github.com/tomhillmeyer/companion-dashboard

Thanks for the mention @peternewman! I've actually re-built the app since you commented, seeing that more people are looking for something like this.

It is now much more functional if anyone on this thread hasn't checked it out since then: https://github.com/tomhillmeyer/companion-dashboard