@chimerik

Sammy, this is lovely. I noted his birthday today and even though I never met him, we communicated often - we shared a Prairie vibe - and he was kind enough to share his latest book with me. He seemed to me a kind and generous soul and I was saddened by his death. Thank you for remembering him in this way.

Cheers,

Hugh

@davide445

A few seconds before that - @11.47 - there is an explanation of it which says that it's a user actor. 

I'd expect to find that at the session materials link, but that doesn't work... 

I expect that what he's done is wrapped a video in watcher and a movie player into a user actor for the sake of ease. Try the first if you want to use a live input and the second if you want to use a movie, as he is doing.

Cheers,

Hugh

Hello Team Troikatronix,

I seem to be experiencing an issue with video input after updating to Isadora 3.2.2 for windows 10.

I had previously been using 3.1.1 for quite some time with a Blackmagic 4K extreme card coupled with a Quad Link Card.  Video Input on all four channels has always worked great, preview in the setup showed as it should; but the 3.2.2 update no longer shows video in the preview window nor in the live scenes.  It seems to recognized both cards as they appear as options to select, but nothing happens when then are selected.  I have rebooted the computer, updated the firmware on both Blackmagic cards and rebooted again.  No luck with video.  

I do have a USB capture card that when selected does show video, I have to set it to windows modern for that to function, and then I only can do one camera at a time instead of four.

I could try and revert back and see it the video is restored, but thought I'd check here first to see if there were other options to try.

This forum has always been fantastic help, thank you for this great software and forum.

@woland @Eva

I run the same procedure. i have a project folder containing the izzy file. And within this folder i create 3 subfolders. Sound, media, and pictures. 

Which leaves me save on transfer projects to other computers or pass the project via external drives or options like "Wetransfer" 

I would try NDI Monitor: NDI Monitor on the App Store (apple.com).

Cheers,

Hugh

@olivier-proulx

Hi,

Here is an updated example patch that has been submitted to the Add-ons page. Thanks for sparking this idea, I have been looking for a solution like this for current collaboration work with a writer.

text2particles-2.zip

@ril No, pero no creo. Estoy esperando que me mande el resultado dl reporte de msinfo, que tiene que decir todo, la tarjeta gráfica inclusive. En la pestaña de sistema dice: 

Edición    Windows 10 Home
Versión    21H2
Instalado el    ‎2/‎5/‎2022
Compilación del sistema operativo    19044.1766
Experiencia    Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4180.0

Gracias, abrazo!

Hello @mark,

We have a specific working condition:
1. The Mac running the application is not connected to the internet.
2. The operation is all done by a console with buttons, without keyboard or mouse.

This project is a theme park attraction: a simulator.

Isadora controls and manages many things:
- 6 serial ports with MCUs (console, hydraulics, PLC, LEDs)
- 2 MIDI ports (lighting table and audio processor)
- 3 video outputs (console monitor, pre-show TV and show projector)

The operating room (OCC) contains the console and console monitor, and the technical room (MCC) contains all the equipment in use.

The attraction operates from 11 am to 8 pm, 4 days a week.

Eventually there are problems in the hydraulics that generate a stop in the system, which has to be restarted. Everything shuts down and when it restarts, Isadora shows this message.

The operation monitor has this window on top and the operator cannot do anything, as it is necessary to click SEND or DON'T SEND for it to exit. The operator and maintenance staff do not have a mouse. The system is fully automatic.

Perhaps a timeout in that window can resolve this issue for us.

Best wishes

Dear All,

In case you missed it...

Isadora's creator Mark Coniglio gives us a glimpse into long ago, showing the innovative technology he handcrafted with Dawn Marie Stoppiello to fuel the works of their dance company Troika Ranch (http://troikaranch.org). From "SandyCam" to "MidiDancer", you'll see and hear how these devices allowed them to translate the organic into the electronic, and helped to shape the future of dance and technology.

@whitefly

I'd say the best way right now is the one I outlined above. (We're working on making a much easier way, but I can't officially give a timeline for that.)

Best wishes,

Woland

@oscarcassamajor said:

Do you have an idea of what is going on?

 At the moment, no, but we're investigating.

Hi there, the all time novice on hardware here:)
I imagine that a Mac Mini can do my job and am looking for a suitable solution to run: 2 projectors, a kinect camea, a leap motion, more than one live camera and also having an input for my Korg Nano controll.
Can any more experienced kind person help me with what would be minimal, to make it smooth? And if there is anything to take into consideration?
Thanks for any help:)
Eva

Here's what I made: https://troikatronix.com/add-ons/auto-launch-isadora-and-enable-serial-ports-workflow-for-macos/

There's a read-me file that should walk you through everything.

Best wishes,

Woland

@Elena

Hi there Elena, 

In your message you say that you get an certain message, we do not see any image attached. Could you show us what type of message you see ?

And like Woland already suggested, please update your machine to the latest stable and see how that goes.

Thanks!

Dear Isadora Community

I have a question regarding websockets. For a show next year the audience will get Augmented reality glasses that are connected to a pocket computer. 

The glasses were successfully used in previous shows but where controlled with a Panthea web server, via so-called "websockets". So the glasses are all synchronized in near real time. With the Panthea tool you normally drive subtitles. They have then added to the subtitles corresponding technique commands for the glasses. These were things like:

1. which piece
2. which object or effect should be seen
3. special commands for the objects, for example 3-D coordinates in space or speed of movement in space.

Would this also be possible with Isadora? Se pictures below for a few example commands.

Best Michel

Guru Session #21: Dance-Tech Archaeology!

Join us on Thursday June 30th at 6pm CEST (12pm EDT, 9am PDT) as Isadora's creator Mark Coniglio gives us a glimpse into long ago, showing the innovative technology he handcrafted with Dawn Marie Stoppiliello to fuel the works of their dance company Troika Ranch (Troika Ranch). From "SandyCam" to "MidiDancer", you'll see and hear how these devices allowed them to translate the organic into the electronic, and helped to shape the future of dance and technology.

YouTube link

(I use this with Mac, rather than Win, but...) NDI is notoriously heavy on CPU. I tend to use Vingester to create preview windows and then Screen Capture them into Isadora. It seems to work better than NDI or Syphon. It helps to have an external monitor set up for the Vingester stuff so that I keep the system based on GPU.

I wanted to lift up a project done in collaboration with my friend David Paskin, which uses Isadora and ZoomOSC to create chat overlay graphics that you can bring into your streaming workflow. The process outlined here, shown with Ecamm Live as an example, could be used with OBS, vMix, Wirecast, etc. via the NDI outputs from Isadora, or if you use hardware workflows like the ATEM, you could use the hardware output options from Isadora to do this as well. In fact, with the built-in Isadora RTMP streamer, or syphon virtual camera, you could do all of this streaming / sharing entirely within Isadora. It's really up to you!

Check out the video:

Under the hood, the Isadora file uses the new bounding box info from the Text Draw Actor. Using that data I can slide the question away from the name, pinch in the question from the bounds of the background rectangle, vertically adjust the question to center to the name, scale the rectangle to fit the question text inside, and move the entire graphic to minimize the screen space, all on the fly, based only on the input text. 

Enjoy!

@juriaan

Thank you very much. Comments are really helpful. Very kind of you to take time for this.

Limit scale value to gates and value change actor after triggers were the things i missed when trying to do it.

Damn. It's so simple when you see it. I should not have dropped school that soon :)

Best !

Hi,

First of all - I have a show where I need to run 2 projectors in august, and I am trying to solve how to get a smooth experience as my pressent situation is not stable. I work live and would like to include live camera, leap motion and Kinect, if it is possible.

I am seeking some advice for figuring out to find the best hardware solution, in terms of which computer (I am on a mac) that makes sense to invest in. And if this is the right thing to do? I might just be doing something else that is not a good solution, so if anyone more experienced than I would be helpful, I am very thankful:)

1: I am having continuous troubles having more videos playing at once, in e.g. a formation of a caleidoscope. This happens both with live feed but also with video and using depth cameras. Is this simply not possible? Is my computer too old? Or should I update? maybe someone else than me has done the same?

2: I am running Mojave on my Macbook pro from early 2015. Could this be a reason for the slow performance? Or is that elsewhere? (I have plenty of space)

3: If I am to invest now (for a performance in august) What will make most sense? Getting a mac mini with M1 for running things smoothly? Getting a Mac studio (the small version) - it is my impression that there is an update comming up around october, so this might not be a wise desicion in terms of investing now and seeing the new labtops being both smaller and better 2 months later? The studio version is quite the top of my budget, and it takes more space, so is this worth it?

My need for now is to be able to run with 2 projectors and getting something that can run my video and live feed smoothly. Also I would like to be able to develop my work, but maybe it is better to get a mini to get a mini to run this and wait longer term to upgrate? - I am asking all these questions, because I am trying to figure out the capacities of these machines, and looking through reviews I am still not quite sure what is right.

Any help will be very apreciated.
All the best to any helpers and readers:)
Eva