Document AStop

[Kevin-OConnor]

Add documentation for new DS AStop to DS article and beta testing task

[Kevin-OConnor]

Added the imgconverter extension to make sure it works properly in CI, but if we go this direction I should also add the ImageMagick dependency to the Build Instructions page before merging. With it being an easily available open source tool and only needed for PDF I don't think it's a big deal to add. Thoughts @Daltz333 or @sciencewhiz ?

[sciencewhiz]

There's a similar discussion happening in #2774

[TheTripleV]

I think no one builds pdf locally so a new dep for pdf is fine.

This affects Sam's pr with gifs too.
Is the repo standard to use mp4 instead of gifs everywhere for filesize?

[sciencewhiz]

Is the repo standard to use mp4 instead of gifs everywhere for filesize?

Both for filesize and for accessibility. It's not possible to disable an animated gif. If someone were to be sensitive to the blinking in this screenshot, they wouldn't be able to disable it, unlike a video.

[sciencewhiz]

whoops, meant to push to my fork for testing, guess we'll see if mp4s with only directives works here. mp4 is 1/4 the size of the gif

[sciencewhiz]

Everything looks to be working with mp4

[jasondaming]

I think the visualization is a great idea and we should do more of that.

For this one however I had trouble following it mostly because I didn't understand when it stopped and where it began. Because it auto replayed and there was little difference between the start and end states it looped seamlessly for me. Two solutions I can think of: is there a way we can make is wait 5? seconds before repeating? or make is a little longer at the end so that it is more obvious when it repeats.

[Kevin-OConnor]

For this one however I had trouble following it mostly because I didn't understand when it stopped and where it began.

Re-recorded longer and with showing the practice timing at the beginning so the loop is more obvious. Does that help @jasondaming ?

[jasondaming]

Was it shorter than 7 seconds before? That is the video I see currently.

Not a big deal the orange blinking is the primary thing you are trying to highlight.

[Kevin-OConnor]

Was it shorter than 7 seconds before? That is the video I see currently.

Not a big deal the orange blinking is the primary thing you are trying to highlight.

That might be a cache issue? I see the updated 14s video showing here: https://frc-docs--2816.org.readthedocs.build/en/2816/docs/software/driverstation/driver-station.html