/// <summary>
/// This is a thread worker. It performs the continuous animation until Stop is called.
/// </summary>
private void AnimateContinuosly()
{
IsPendingStop = false;
var startFrameTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
using (var tickLock = new ManualResetEvent(false))
{
while (IsPendingStop == false)
{
startFrameTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
FrameNumber = (FrameNumber == UInt64.MaxValue) ? 1 : FrameNumber + 1;
lock (SyncLock)
{
CurrentAnimation.PaintNextFrame();
LedStrip.Render();
}
var elapsedToFrame = MillisecondsPerFrame - Convert.ToInt32(DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(startFrameTime).TotalMilliseconds);
if (elapsedToFrame <= 0)
{
$"Frames are lagging. Increase the frequency or simplify the rendering logic.".Warn(); // typeof(LedStripWorker));
continue;
}
else
{
tickLock.WaitOne(elapsedToFrame);
}
}
}
IsPendingStop = false;
}
