# Wled light show

**URL:** <https://wled.discourse.group/t/wled-light-show/6105>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [October 13, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/wled-light-show/6105 "2022-10-13T23:33:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Notavailable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@Notavailable](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Notavailable)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/wled-light-show/6105/1 "2022-10-13T23:33:03Z")

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My first attempt at using wled and pixels. I’m using 50 pixels each in 3 trees I made for my first attempt at all this fun stuff. I created a bunch of presets but I feel like I’m missing something. What I’m looking to do is have all 3 static on a solid color for a certain amount of time, then some effects, back to solid, etc. Is there a way to do that in wled?

Controller is a dig quad

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**Author:** ![divsys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@divsys](https://wled.discourse.group/u/divsys)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/wled-light-show/6105/2 "2022-10-14T01:08:37Z")

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Look up using a Playlist to sequentially play a series of presets.  
You can specify the duration, transition delay, and whether the series is cyclical or plays once.

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**Author:** ![Notavailable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@Notavailable](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Notavailable)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/wled-light-show/6105/3 "2022-10-14T23:53:32Z")

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Thanks for the response. I didn’t see where I could schedule a playlist. Saw scheduling for presets.

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**Author:** ![tonyno](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/tonyno/32/242_2.png) [@tonyno](https://wled.discourse.group/u/tonyno)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/wled-light-show/6105/4 "2022-10-15T00:27:02Z")

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Same thing. 😉

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**Author:** ![Notavailable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@Notavailable](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Notavailable)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/wled-light-show/6105/5 "2022-10-15T00:35:15Z")

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Haha seriously? 😬

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**Author:** ![divsys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@divsys](https://wled.discourse.group/u/divsys)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/wled-light-show/6105/6 "2022-10-15T01:22:58Z")

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Yep, a Playlist is just a special type of Preset that potentially calls other Presets.  
What version of WLED are you running?

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**Author:** ![Notavailable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@Notavailable](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Notavailable)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/wled-light-show/6105/7 "2022-10-15T03:00:30Z")

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0.13.1

I feel dumb not exploring that part more.

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**Author:** ![divsys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@divsys](https://wled.discourse.group/u/divsys)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/wled-light-show/6105/8 "2022-10-15T04:54:13Z")

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Hey there’s LOTS to find in this software.  
Something for everyone and then some.  
You might want to get up to 0.13.3, there’s a bunch of internal fixes for little problems that have cropped up.

Might save you some annoying issues when you get deeper into the setups.

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**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/wled-light-show/6105/9 "2022-10-15T13:03:21Z")

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Definitely will do, thanks. Am I at any risk losing presets updating?

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**Author:** ![divsys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@divsys](https://wled.discourse.group/u/divsys)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/wled-light-show/6105/10 "2022-10-15T15:53:44Z")

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Shouldn’t be, but you can always go to Config-\>Security&Updates and backup your preset and cfg files.  
Always a good idea to have a dated copy after you’ve spent some time creating stuff.

Those files are also a great source of info about how the internals of presets work.  
If you want to dig that deep…
