@vidasonik said:

@dusx wow i've done it - I copied the code into the GLSL Shader !

 Great! Feels amazing when you do something new and it works :)

Hi Gina,

This sounds like an interesting interactive installation! For triggering Isadora cues from the Arduino magnetic sensor, here are a few thoughts:

Use the Arduino Firmata actor to receive the sensor data into Isadora. You'll need to initialize it and set the input pin accordingly.Then route that input to a Switch actor to control the scene changes. For example, set it to switch to Scene 2 when the input goes HIGH (door closed).You can use a Timer actor in each scene to transition back to Scene 1 after a set duration.For automatic start up, you may be able to use something like a Powershell script that launches Isadora on boot up. Just need to make sure it opens in fullscreen.For shutdown without mouse/keyboard, look into remote login software so you can SSH into the Mac and shut down calendar 2024 from another computer.

Definitely try testing the Arduino > Isadora communication first. Once you have that working reliably, the other automation should be very achievable. Let me know if you have any other questions! Excited to see how this project develops.

@rodgy_fr See attached example and in this case hit timer run! And indeed it is a great tool:)

best

f61ae8-timer.izz

@Javier
The texture actors listed are something you can ignore, simply replace themm with standard Movie Player / Projectors.
However the ReadTextFromFile actor is a custom actor available as a download in the forum here. 
http://troikatronix.com/troikatronixforum/discussion/comment/5466

I have used this plugin and it works well for me.

Yeah I don't know whats up with it. It worked for a while but has since stopped.

I wish that the codec allowed the compression to be set.
I did not like this about DXV either.

Dear @alex,

I do have something that will allow you to get the camera on the retina, but there are also several bugs associated with it. (E.g., you can't use more than one camera.) I am working on this and should have it in the next couple of weeks, but if you urgently need to get the FaceTime camera into Isadora, and are OK with working with a buggy version, please PM me and I'll send you a like. I don't want to put up this link publicly until I work out the bugs. Best Wishes, Mark

Still I think it needs a good actor for this. There is already an movie to disk actor, I need to capture only 1 frame....Still working with Syphon capture and import it into Izzy

Dear @rainbow,

Please see my private message. I will fix this if you can send me the file that causes the problem. Best, Mark

Yeah, well, this problem is really a hassle, especially for anyone who wants to create an installation that doesn't require daily maintenance. I wish Apple would just fix it already!

I actually wrote some code that can identify the make/model of the display/projector, so Isadora might be able to figure this stuff out itself. But unfortunately it doesn't help if all the displays/projectors are of the same make and model. (There is actually a serial number field associated with the device, but no device I tested actually implemented that feature.) Good Luck! M P.S. If you need to share screens, use Apple's built in screen sharing if possible. Totally seamless and easy.

@vanakaru

please don't try any work arounds, keep your patch setup the way it 'should' work .. and hold on a little longer ;)

@ vanakaru

this is an excellent solution!! thanks 

@fred

Last Year I had a similar issue on Windows. Isadora crashed incomprehensible when the Input of the Decklink where chosen or shortly after. I had contact with Ryan Webber about this, but we couldn't find a solution. This wasn't about record to disk, but the input settings itself. As it was a rental Windows machine, and time ran out for the project we decided to switch to another system and could not investigate further. On the same Hardware Watchout and Resolume worked flawless with the decklink Duo 2, even with 4 inputs in parallel. The fun part: Izzy where working fine on a 2009 Mac Pro, with very low Hardware specs and the very same Decklink. Though with very low frame rates, it was rock solid!

I think it would be good to have deeper investigation into the compatibility with this card!

Best
Delil

....and the funnyest,

Also the video in watcher is gone.

After delete all prefs with the .bat from forum.it works again.

Then about a hour later ptojector and video in watcher are gone again.

?

Thx. R

@Juriaan - that looks like a good option for Windows users

@catfergusson @Aolis and thers.

OK -- the plans have changed again. I'm going to Prague for 2 days of the PQ -- 14th and 15th, leaving on 16th.

Let's find each other. PM me on FB and we can exchange phone numbers.

Best Wishes,

Mark

@mark

Happy New Year Mark and many thanks for the IK patch. I was able to reconstruct it for Isadora 2.6.1 and it is working fine with a Kinect and NI-mate. So far I have built IK for the lower arms(elbow-hand) and lower foot(knee-foot), but I have some questions about the following JS code within 'Macro JS Quaternion Calc angle':

// create v1 from the x1/y1/z1 arguments
// this should be one point on a rigid body such as a hand
     var v1 = new THREE.Vector3(arguments[0], arguments[1], arguments[2]);
// print('v1 = ' + v1.x + ' ' + v1.y + ' ' + v1.z + '\n'); 
// create v2 from the x2/y2/z2 arguments
// this should be the second on the rigid body such as an elbow    
       var v2 = new THREE.Vector3(arguments[3], arguments[4], arguments[5]);

QUESTION 1: Is it correct that v1 is the end-effector(or target), and v2 is the rotating joint? I am asking because the IK works for the arm link when v1 is the hand's xyz coordinates and v2 is the elbow's coordinates, but for the foot link, the IK works when v1 is the knee's xyz coordinates and v2 is the foot's xyz coordinates.

QUESTION 2: when the arm link is moved to vertical with the hand straight up, the link rotates 360 degrees around its Y axis(around the spine of the link). Is this normal, or perhaps I have made an error?

QUESTION 3: see below for the orientation of my link. When this link is used for the left or right arm, the IK works correctly when +180 is added to the x rotation provided by the JS Quaternion Calc actor, but this modification is not needed when the link is used for the lower leg. Does this seem normal, or perhaps I have made an error?

many, many thanks Mark,
Don

I have been running on 10.8 for a long time (most of us here on Mac have also) all fine. Download the latest version of Isadora for best results.

Hello everyone.

Sad news. As in many of these projects, another one fell because of the lack of funding.  Well, if anyone is going to explore Active RFID's, I would be happy to share what I found. Thank you all for your comments.

@Mehdi are you using a vanilla version of opencv? When you say you get better performance is the image quality better with opencv? Does it use less resources? Or give you higher more stable frame rates with more or the same resources? The default built in windows library for capturing with open CV is the ancient VFW video for windows. If you don't use that (set with a flag) you are using directshow in opencv anyway.