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Branding flash monetization: full-frame 'made with ytLlive!' every 300s replaces the always-on watermark

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Llama Chile Shop
2026-08-06 09:04:20 -07:00
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MainWindow.xaml
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@@ -376,6 +376,39 @@
<Ellipse Width="26" Height="26" Fill="#e94560" Stroke="White" StrokeThickness="2"
HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Margin="0,0,-13,-13"/>
</Grid>
<Grid x:Name="BrandFlashLayer" Width="1920" Height="1080" IsHitTestVisible="False" Opacity="0">
<Grid.Style>
<Style TargetType="Grid">
<Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0"/>
<Style.Triggers>
<DataTrigger Binding="{Binding BrandFlashActive}" Value="True">
<DataTrigger.EnterActions>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
From="0" To="0.25" Duration="0:0:0.25"/>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</DataTrigger.EnterActions>
<DataTrigger.ExitActions>
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity"
From="0.25" To="0" Duration="0:0:0.25"/>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</DataTrigger.ExitActions>
</DataTrigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Grid.Style>
<Viewbox Stretch="Uniform" MaxWidth="1600" MaxHeight="800"
HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<TextBlock Text="made with ytLlive!" FontWeight="Bold" Foreground="White"
FontSize="180" TextAlignment="Center"/>
</Viewbox>
</Grid>
</Canvas>
</Grid>
</Viewbox>
@@ -622,7 +655,7 @@
<TextBlock Text="Live streaming for YouTube — simple enough that even the most right-brained person can intuit it."
Foreground="#a0a0b0" FontSize="13" TextWrapping="Wrap" MaxWidth="380"
TextAlignment="Center" Margin="0,16,0,0"/>
<TextBlock Text="Free forever with a watermark. A one-time unlock removes the watermark and adds alerts."
<TextBlock Text="Free forever — live streams carry a brief &quot;made with ytLlive!&quot; flash. A one-time unlock removes it and adds alerts."
Foreground="#888" FontSize="12" TextWrapping="Wrap" MaxWidth="380"
TextAlignment="Center" Margin="0,12,0,0"/>
<TextBlock Text="Made by gramps · llama chile shop" Foreground="#a0a0b0" FontSize="12"
TASKS.md
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4. **Chat box** — rendered from the live chat poll (right panel is the same feed, raw)
5. **Scene compositing** — per-scene source layering (z-order = sources list order, top-to-bottom
back-to-front), preview rendered via D3DImage or MediaElement
6. **Drag/drop placement & reorder** — intuitive, visual (per design principle):
6. **Branding flash** — the topmost full-frame "made with ytLlive!" layer at ~25% opacity, ~1s on /
300s off (see Monetization in `ai.md`), gated on `BrandFlashEnabled` + live/recording. Lives in the
preview compositor now (`BrandFlashLayer` in `MainWindow.xaml` CanvasGrid, driven by
`BrandFlashActive`/`BrandFlashTimer` in `MainViewModel`); the encoder output renders the same layer,
and v0.2 local recordings carry it too
7. **Drag/drop placement & reorder** — intuitive, visual (per design principle):
- **Preview:** click-drag a source in the center panel to reposition it; resize via handles
- **Scenes list:** drag rows to reorder scenes
- **Sources list:** drag rows to reorder sources (this *is* the z-order) — implemented
@@ -231,6 +236,6 @@ Preview shows the transition too (WYSIWYG). No wipes/slides/LUTs beyond the four
## Backlog (future versions)
- v0.2 — Recording to local file
- v0.2 — Recording to local file (recordings carry the branding flash — see TASK 3 / `ai.md` Monetization)
- v0.3 — Stream scheduling
- v0.4 — Multi-destination restreaming
ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
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@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ public class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
private DispatcherTimer? _saveDebounce;
private bool _isLoading;
// Branding flash (monetization): a full-frame "made with ytLlive!" shown
// for ~1s every 300s on the live output, ~25% opacity. Paid unlock sets
// BrandFlashEnabled = false. See ai.md "Monetization".
private readonly DispatcherTimer _brandFlashTimer;
private readonly DispatcherTimer _brandFlashOffTimer;
private bool _brandFlashEnabled = true;
private bool _brandFlashActive;
private const string SupportEmail = "gramps@llamachile.shop";
private const string ChannelUrl = "https://youtube.com/@llamachileshop";
public static string AppVersionLabel => $"Version {typeof(MainViewModel).Assembly.GetName().Version?.ToString(3)}";
@@ -135,6 +143,33 @@ public class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
public bool ShowPreviewPlaceholder => !ShowEmptySceneHint && ActiveBackgroundImage == null;
public bool ShowSourcesEmptyHint => ActiveScene == null || ActiveScene.Sources.Count == 0;
// Paid unlock flips this off (see ai.md "Monetization"). When disabled the
// cadence timer is stopped and any active flash is hidden immediately.
public bool BrandFlashEnabled
{
get => _brandFlashEnabled;
set
{
if (!SetProperty(ref _brandFlashEnabled, value)) return;
if (value)
{
if (IsLive) StartBrandFlashTimer();
}
else
{
_brandFlashTimer.Stop();
_brandFlashOffTimer.Stop();
BrandFlashActive = false;
}
}
}
public bool BrandFlashActive
{
get => _brandFlashActive;
private set => SetProperty(ref _brandFlashActive, value);
}
private void UpdateActiveBackground()
{
var background = ActiveScene?.Sources.FirstOrDefault(s => s.Type == SourceType.Background);
@@ -356,6 +391,12 @@ public class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
_saveDebounce = new DispatcherTimer { Interval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(1500) };
_saveDebounce.Tick += (_, _) => SaveLayoutNow();
_brandFlashTimer = new DispatcherTimer { Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(300) };
_brandFlashTimer.Tick += OnBrandFlashTimerTick;
_brandFlashOffTimer = new DispatcherTimer { Interval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(750) };
_brandFlashOffTimer.Tick += (_, _) => { _brandFlashOffTimer.Stop(); BrandFlashActive = false; };
Scenes.CollectionChanged += OnScenesChanged;
AddSceneCommand = new RelayCommand(_ => AddScene());
@@ -852,15 +893,44 @@ public class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
LiveElapsedText = "00:00:00";
LivePulseOpacity = 1.0;
_liveTimer.Start();
if (BrandFlashEnabled) StartBrandFlashTimer();
}
else
{
_liveTimer.Stop();
_brandFlashTimer.Stop();
_brandFlashOffTimer.Stop();
BrandFlashActive = false;
LiveElapsedText = "00:00:00";
LivePulseOpacity = 1.0;
}
}
// First flash shortly after go-live, then every 300s (the cadence resets on
// the first tick so the interval is 5s only for that one shot).
private void StartBrandFlashTimer()
{
_brandFlashTimer.Stop();
_brandFlashTimer.Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
_brandFlashTimer.Start();
}
private void OnBrandFlashTimerTick(object? sender, EventArgs e)
{
_brandFlashTimer.Stop();
_brandFlashTimer.Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(300);
_brandFlashTimer.Start();
ShowBrandFlash();
}
private void ShowBrandFlash()
{
if (!IsLive || !BrandFlashEnabled) return;
BrandFlashActive = true;
_brandFlashOffTimer.Stop();
_brandFlashOffTimer.Start();
}
private void OnLiveTimerTick(object? sender, EventArgs e)
{
_liveElapsed = _liveElapsed.Add(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
ai.md
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- Visual/drag-and-drop scene building over property panels
- Every action produces a visible outcome — no dead ends
## Monetization (design decision — the watermark is the sword)
## Monetization (design decision — the branding flash is the sword)
Free forever: all streams unlimited, no time caps, no subscription, no per-feature paywalls. The
**one paid line is a one-time unlock** (delivered via itch.io — they handle hosting, payment, and key
delivery; we never own a server or a key shop):
- **Free:** a small "made with ytLlive" watermark is always on, every frame, every stream — the sword
of Damocles. Standard practice; only Streamlabs runs watermark-nagging to a capitalist extreme.
- **Paid (one-time):** watermark removed + **Alerts** (Super Chat / membership / subscribe pop-ins).
- **Free:** a periodic full-frame branding flash — "made with ytLlive!" rendered big and centered at
~25% opacity for about one second (soft 250ms fade in/out), repeated every 300s, on the live output
(and on v0.2 local recordings). Implemented as `BrandFlashLayer` in the preview compositor
(`MainWindow.xaml` CanvasGrid) + `BrandFlashTimer` in `MainViewModel` — cadence 300s, first flash
~5s after go-live, only while live or recording. An always-on watermark can be cropped or covered;
an intermittent full-frame flash can't be cropped and is impractical to edit around on a live feed.
- **Paid (one-time):** branding flash removed (flips `BrandFlashEnabled` off) + **Alerts**
(Super Chat / membership / subscribe pop-ins).
Deliberately rejected: hard stream-time cutoffs (the worst dead end — a stream dying mid-broadcast
reads as broken, and YouTube streams routinely run 2-4 hours), soft-limit nagging, freemium tiers,
and donation-only (relies on the kindness of strangers). Resolution/quality ceilings are **deferred** —
that decision belongs to the resolution & streaming-constraints conversation, not monetization.
Deliberately rejected: always-on watermark (obscurable — replaced by the flash), hard stream-time
cutoffs (the worst dead end — a stream dying mid-broadcast reads as broken, and YouTube streams
routinely run 2-4 hours), soft-limit nagging, freemium tiers, and donation-only (relies on the
kindness of strangers). Resolution/quality ceilings are **deferred** — that decision belongs to the
resolution & streaming-constraints conversation, not monetization.
## Auth gates Go Live, but not exploration