@dusx

Hi Ryan,

I was super curious to try your UDP actors—Thanks for generously providing them! I immediately set up an interface between Isadora and the software ZigSim to send JSON messages via UDP from my iPhone. The UDP receiver actor worked effectively for this data stream. 

Great work and thank you!

Best Wishes,

Russell

The issue with Smart home devices is that all devices are speaking a different language; ZigBee / Matter / Infrared / Bluetooth LE to just name a few. And all those devices have their own app / or their own way of 'working'.

What I did in my own house, is I used a 'in between' product that allows me to use a mixture of different devices. Some people are using HomeAssistant for this; others will utilize a Raspberry Pi or a Cloud based solution.

I use a Homey Pro for that purpose, which is the 'heart' of the operation. Within that I have flows, to control all the machinery / lights / blinds / etc in my home.

Since we now have one interface, and one machine to control it becomes 'easier' to trigger those operations, by using their SDK / Web API. Which can be a great solution for the idea that you have.. Just takes a hot sec to setup / verify before you enter the rehearsal space.

Oh and please, a theater is very different than a 'home', there can be much more signals in the air / or other factors causing things to fail. Smart Home products were never meant for the theater, and require a lot of testing. Please do not use them as 100% fail-safe operations for a practical effect in theater, or an important scene where something 100% has to work. If that is the case, use the products that were designed for that purpose / and the protocols that were designed for it.

@woland

You are, as ever, amazing.

Thanks so much for the comprehensive answer: looks like I’ll be able to do what I want to do. Which is great. Thanks for the offer of further assistance. Much appreciated and I’ll take you up on that if and when the time comes.

many thanks 

Mark (not…)

@dusx

Thanks for doing that bit of digging. Seems the basic kit isn't available here in the UK. The just announced pro kit has been getting a lot of coverage, so maybe that'll be more available. Since it does claim to interface directly with PC, and claim to be for professionals, hopefully it'll work with Isadora one way or another. Looks promising.

@woland

Some of us work on different planes...!

Your quick whip up is testimony to your skills in this arena. I have no knowledge of javascript and the layout inside the actor would be greater than what I could have achieved or even in my thought process.

A countdown actor for all. I have been playing with the time code comparotor and colour actors to flash red etc at certain timings. It is working out excellent so far. Far greater than I could have managed.

Thanks again. It is still very much appreciated.

eamon

@ignitesomerset

It is quite easy to do using the Capture Camera to Movie Actor. I can make you an example, but some more details would be helpful, because the tricky thing here is neither playing a video nor recording the response, but rather the more complex part will be the logic of how to trigger the question video to play and building the logic for whatever it is that you want to do with the answer after it is recorded, as well as preventing certain actions from being possible to trigger during other actions (example: you likely don't want whatever the triggers the playing of the question video to be triggerable 1) when playing the question video, 2) when question video has played and we're waiting to record the answer video, 3) when recording the answer video, 4) when playing the answer video).

What is triggering the video question to play? Is a random question played?The Shuffle actor makes it easy to pick a random question video. This example file of mine that shows various ways to select random media and random durations.Do you want the participant to be able to choose from a number of different questions?Option 1: Use Shapes and Text Draw actors to make target areas on a Stage shown on a secondary touchscreen display, then use a Stage Mouse Watcher and Inside Range actors to make trigger areas for the questions that trigger a specific question once someone touches the display in the location of the shape with that question's text is shown.Option 2: Use a Control Panel with Button Controls and a touchscreen display (though giving the public access to the main display is not advisable)Is it a sensor that triggers a random video question when it detects someone? Sensor options:Quick and dirty solution for a sensor is Video In Watcher > Calc Brightness > Inside Range to trigger something when there's a significant change in the brightness of what the camera can see, i.e. when someone puts their face in front of it. (Skin color doesn't matter, you can define the upper and lower bounds based on what the Calc Brightness's output when the camera sitting idle with nobody in front of it, then use the "exit" output on the Inside Range actor to trigger something when the Calc Brightness registers a value that leaves the set range.)Another option would be to go Video In Watcher > Eyes (obj size output) > Comparator and trigger something when it sees an object of sufficient size.Another option would be to use the Freeze background removal method from this motion tracking tutorial of mine (I think the Scene is near the end) to be able to easily tell when somebody is in front of the camera.What are you doing with the videos you record of the participant's answer(s)? Is it played back to the same person, then recorded over for the next participant to do the same thing for them? Is it added to a bank of answers for that specific video question and selected at random to show to another participant once they give their own answer to that question?Is it being added to a looping idle mode where if nobody triggers the installation for a while, it plays a random question by itself, then plays one of the random answers it has recorded?

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@shahaf if you go down the python route go pro have a pretty good SDK that is well documented and has some examples for low latency streaming over wifi.

Here is the SDK: https://github.com/gopro/OpenG...

Fred

@woland

Thanks a lot. Just what i needed!

best

@wjmackwood

If you follow the instructions on pg 90 of the manual, you'll see that you can use the CueMix FX software to create groups of the individual channels - which you can match to the channels you're outputting from Isadora - which you can then control using the CueMix FX software OR the Master Volume knob on the MOTU.
That would solve your problem of outputting too high a level to the speaker, as you can then use the Master Volume knob on the MOTU (or the CueMix FX software) to control the master volume of your chosen channels. You can then refine the levels in Isadora, and not have to worry about setting the level of the sound player actor. Which you should not have to do anyhow, as there ought to be an overall level control from the Mac to the MOTU. As @JJHP3 suggests, not having control over volume is most unusual.

@fred

Hello, a very good and free solution for me is node-red. It runs on any platform, including Raspberry Pi, you can easely make an interface running on any navigator and it use perfectly OSC on a nodal, javascript and json ready platform.

Have a look,

Jacques

Hello Troikatronix,

I use the 2D slider to move and record the position of my moving lights. Right now I use the limit/scale value actor to move the lights proportionally to my studio, but because I use "show value of linked properties" the value coming back from the 'record file' does not reflect the actual position of the moving light. 

I'm wondering if there is a 2D slider that allows you to input a separate min/max for the X and Y. This would be very helpful.

William

Isadora: 4.0.2 (arm)

Chip: Mac Studio M2 Max

Mac OS: Sequoia 15.1.1 (24B91)

@mark_m Got it !

I had a T-shirt from the Werkstatt I wore to death. Sticker on my MacBooky Definitely would love to have more merch

@citizenjoe

That could be a nice approach. Each layer object having a blur setting. I think I can understand how that might work.

@mark_m

Not a bug. The online file that Isadora checks against to see if it's up to date intentionally hasn't been updated yet because we generally let the release sit for a little bit before changing the file which will notify everyone on launch when a new version is available.

@webmammuth

Please take a moment to fill out your signature as outlined in this post. Knowing your Isadora version, computer specs, and OS is very helpful when troubleshooting.Does accessing the dialog via this menu option and making a selection result in different behavior for you?This issue is very unusual. The most likely thing I can think of that might cause this is that somehow the directory where the file is stored (the same place as Isadora Preferences) is somehow extra-protected on your computer, if the security settings on your computer prohibit applications from creating .plist files without being given explicit write permissions, or if the "Preferences" folder somehow has a different name or file path then Isadora is expecting (or maybe contains non-ASCII characters in the file path that Isadora can't handle for some reason). On a personal computer, this would be very usual, but it's more likely if you're using a computer that belongs to a company or educational institution since they often have increased security, reduced permissions, and/or are re-imaged regularly. Any of these would result in Isadora being unable to record your choice into the proper file and therefore every time you launch Isadora it would check if the file exists, not find it, think it has never asked you before, and show you the dialog again. It could also happen if your computer gets re-imaged regularly (thus wiping the file) or if you're running Isadora in a virtual machine that doesn't save new files, (perhaps for cybersecurity purposes). All of the options I've mentioned in this paragraph would mean you have a highly unusual setup (which most people wouldn't use because it would be very impractical for this kind of work). TLDR: Isadora could behave like this, (asking over and over even after you make a selection), if the file that records your choice is getting repeatedly wiped, isn't allowed to be created, or can't be found by Isadora.

Best wishes,

Woland

@woland thanks a lot !

Best,

Maxi- RIL

@axelartes

it is always going to start out low res and low quality, but you can smooth out the image slightly if you are OK with losing some definition. I use Scaler to increase the resolution of the image, that gives me more pixels to work with, even if the source image is still low res. A combination of Gaussian Blur and Threshold will produce smoother outlines that match your scaled image.

Thanks Woland and Mark for speedy clarification and resolution

Love the supportive Izzy community

Rgds, Mr J