@tincho-genosha said:

@Woland where can I find a Python example on how to "load" files to the media bin?

I cannot point you to an example unfortunately, I was just saying that it is possible to write external code that clicks on things, simulates key-presses, etc, to import your media for you at set intervals or something similar.

@christopheve

This may not suite your needs, but I know that Canon has a c++ sdk, and there is an addon for openframeworks which I have used before to take photos which I then passed to Isadroa via Spout.

https://github.com/elliotwoods...

In my case, I created a small Openframeworks project that I controlled from Isadora by OSC, and received images via Spout.

The upside was I had access to the camera flash as well as the exposure etc..

@Dako-Ark 

The issue is the addresses you used are special in Isadora and do not need to be set up in the Stream Setup. 

You only need to enter '4' in the OSC listener to receive from /isadora/4

But, as @Skulpture mentioned, switching to 'izzy' or another path name will allow you to set these up in Stream setup in the standard way.

thanks so much! very helpful!

@roberto2022 said:

do you advise me to transform the videos into mp4 or can I leave them in wmv?

 Leave them as-is unless you have any problems.

@tincho-genosha Are on Windows or Apple? I might have some tips for you!

@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 !

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

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

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

@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

@mr_j said:

In 2016 Apple changed their filing system from HFS+ to APFS so, if you're using MacOS 10.16 or higher, when you copy a file a clone of that file is created, taking very little additional space, so long as you don't modify the clone. Helps if you use the HAP codec and your movie folders are large.

 Good to know, thanks for the correction :)

@citizenjoe said:

 Okay, so strange. When I went back to check today, it did just that. Ugh.

 I blame ghosts.

@dusx yes, at this moment, NDI seems the most interesting way to do this 

Thanks 

@woland Oh! looks like I miss this one!! Thanks Woland.

Olivier

@notdoc

Also, I apologize if I over-explained and covered things you already know, I just wanted to make sure the post would be informative for anyone in the future with a similar question.

Best wishes,

Woland

@citizenjoe said:

 It gives me a headache

 Me too. After I finish the User Actor, I never want to have to do this math again.

@jfg ooooooooh, thanks for this. 

That's really helpful.

@barneybroomer

Happens to the best of us Barney! Glad that you got it working.

@jfg just a heads up it's totally possible to do this with one less actor if you want a slightly tidier plot.

I also changed the volume scale to 0-100 so that it would make more sense to an operator as a percentage, but it's essentially the same as what you did.

It's working fine now, I can now have a control for each individual sound source on each individual scene that I can either control through the on screen faders or by using a midi interface without them conflicting with each other, and the values put in each scene are retained when I leave the scene and then go back. ideal.

My goal of making this intuitive and idiot proof is coming together nicely.

Thanks again I would have been struggling through the brain fog without you.