@mark got it thanks ( I was looking in Pref panel;-)

@mark said:

feedback that it's working

 Hi,

Brilliant! 

I will do some testing exchanging json files on the fly and see how that then propagates throughout a patch.

Best Wishes

Russell

@jfg said:

PS: Can I and how set this post to answered?

 We just edit the title of the post :)

All done <3

- Woland

@woland

Yea indeed the question is that float doesn’t output when number is the same...

Thanks for the moving trigger value hint!

Thank you for the knowledge base ( I always need some! ) and the veeery good advice about file management ! 

@montana

you may want to have the shuffle actor in an always active scene and pass the values with a broadcaster/listener actor or a set/get global values actor.

Best Michel

@erin said:

hope the mapping will look exactly the same tomorrow ;)

 Be sure to connect and startup the hardware and computer in the same order. Changing the order can cause projectors to be assigned to different display numbers.

@bonemap Hi Russel, great that works! Thanks you very much for the fast reply!

@craigw said:

Since the 3d projector doesn't have a second video input I double the amount of actors to achieve this look

 Why not change the video texture/picture player assignment of the 3d projector based on comparing the rotation degree e.g trigger change at 90° and 270° (you would need to use a flip actor with the image for the backface).

A thought about the rotation/anchor/pivot point, this has come up for me before and I don't believe there is any simple solution. However, one option is to try your 3D elements with their own Virtual Stage, you can then use multiple 3D Stage Orientation actors set to each virtual stage to extend the xyz translation while the 3D element retains its pivot point, therefore introducing the ability/potential to make independent translation and rotation.

[EDIT] I have come back to this and found that my proposal has some limitations in terms of the ability for Isadora to swap and redraw the textures at speed. So my sample patch linked below has two scenes that attempt the same thing in different ways - as a comparison.

With so many moving elements I can imagine that the patch and control are quite challenging and it sounds ambitious. I would love to see a video of the stage output.

Here is my solution I hope it is helpful. Flipping 3D 2.zip

Best Wishes

Russell

@bodo said:

is there a way to sync the (seperated) sound of a mov. between movie and sound player?

You could simply start them at the same time. In theory they should stay in sync, as long as you are not looping them. If you need to loop the material, you'd need to let them stop and then then restart them both. Whether this works in practice would need to be proven.

Best Wishes,
Mark

@bonemap

Great again! It works. Thanks!!!!

Now I will have to go over the process of creating a 3ds from Blender to obj and convert obj to 3ds (Wings3d/Meshlab/?) and see where the ship gets stuck on the rocks.

But I'm back to work now with your files! Thanks again.

Peter

@alfiek

The issues with object tracking has multiple levels.
The first is the physical. There are several discussions about this in the forum. Just search for tracking or especially 'infrared'.
I guess touchOSC or accelorometer data is kind of problematic, as you always have to have a reset point somewhere.
Kinect works well for a smaller stage scale. For bigger ones infrared tracking is probably the most unexpensive solution and kind of easy, if you have a black stage without ir sources or reflecting objects on it. But I have in mind, someone allready used several kinect in combination to extend the area.
Eyes++ supports multiple 'blobs'. As long as there isn't a specific combination of objects and followspots, this would support multiple 'targets' easily. Even a specific combination would be possible, but dependending on the initial circumstances, with different reliability.

If you google for 'isadora tracking tutorial', you'll find several videos about this topic.

Isadora does have DMX support, which could be used, but to be honest, this is not as intuitive as it is for other software, as it doesn't support fixture sets or similar approaches. There is a tutorial in the tutorial section anyway.
Another posibility would be to go via OSC and control another software like QLC+ which can translate it.

A different Idea could be to use one big video projector and just simulate a lightspot with the shapes actor of isadora.

@liminal_andy thank you for responding.

I think there is a learning curve here I have to sit down and dive into. So far I got to the point where I downloaded and installed Zoom OSC and got a solo Zoom session going. What I can't figure out is how to (without vmix) get the Zoom source directly into Izzy without using screen capture.

Ultimately the end result is actually blending the participants together on one screen via Izzy - mixing 2+ sources as cameras (one local, one remote) at minimum. 

I've gone through a few Zoom OSC tutorials, and can't seem to find one that does this (and again a learning curve in order to apply information I've learned in the other tutorials just yet).

@xlrstik

It might be a bug. @DusX and @Woland, let's work with the users to develop clear test case and determine if this a bug or not.

Best Wishes,
Mark

Dear All,

Isadora 3.0.8, which is compatible with Big Sur, has been released.

Best Wishes,
Mark

@woland  thanks for the tip - i did it🌝

The problem arose when I wanted to do that trick not on one 3d player but on a virtual stage where different players were combined. With “get stage image” I got the video back in Isadora, and there I wanted to do the mixing.

But anyway, it’s all good now. Thanks for the tips!

Peter 

@eamon

I did this once and settled on a basic core counting system based on a webcam>video in watcher>difference actor>brightness calculator>inside range>counter

This effectively works as a simple motion detector that counts when it sees motion. Put your camera in a clever place in relation to the floor traffic in the area you are in and you get a decent counter.

I can imagine one might do the same thing with a Kinect and then include a luminance key actor to help crop out things that move slightly and would otherwise be in the background of your video causing noise in the system

I set the one that I did to watch folks that would walk by - it helps a bit if people are somehow directed to walk by it so that they only pass going in one direction- and if it saw X amount of brightness/movement it would count a person. I used some reference video recorded from where it would actually be installed and messed around with the sensitivity of the counter until it was good enough.  I also ended up using something like a 10-30 second re-trigger barrier. Where it would only count one person every so many seconds. This helped cut down on individuals that lingered in front of the camera from registering as 100's of people in just a few minutes. A fun problem to try and figure out!

@joshqcc said:

Thanks, I can get back to that machine after Saturday.   That screen capture works for all my other windows, but it won't let me select the Zoom Meeting for ZoomOSC.   I did try to type into window list, but it redid it to the regular zoom meeting.   I'll try again this weekend, it is just so weird.

Since you don't mention it above, I want to emphasize #3 in my suggestion list: What if, instead of using the 'window list' input, you type zoom meeting into the 'window name' input. Please start with a fresh copy of the actor when you try this.

Best Wishes.
Mark

@aolis said:

I would feel guilty making a feature request knowing I can follow the method you provide here and get an index of names displayed. 

Did it for you. See here.

Best Wishes,
Mark