As Mentioned (delete preferences): https://support.troikatronix.c...This will at least ensure defaults are reset.

Hope you're all doing well as well! I am using the new ledmxpro that can accept sd cards. I haven't dis-assembled them yet to install one, but, its on the docket. In theory the SD cards are the the show fail-safe with a copy of the show stored and able to run controller free. I'll do a follow up post once that part either works or doesn't. Ian

Hello Izzy users !I didn't post a lot these last times but here is the occasion.I know that software development has to follow an economic model to let it grow and pay the team at its fair and right value, what is all I wish for the fantastic tech staff, but I would like to express my point of view with regard to the different fees announced.The thing is that I use Isadora since 2012 and I really love the sofware and its great community. I decided to buy a licence because I wanted to develop video installations and make personal researches, so with the first upgrade to V2, the total amount I payed is around 500€. Unfortunately I didn't succeed to find the necessary funds to realise my ideas, but I don't lose hope of doing things... Alongside I used Izzy one time on a show for a theatre company. So the question of non-profit / non-commercial use is important for me because I would like to keep training (and saving projects) on up-to-date versions with new features, but having to pay for each new upgrade can be a brake for low budgets... As mentioned in posts above, this is a very complicated point because of the lake of control and the honesty involded by users. I don't know how to solve this question, more inspections on potential commercial uses ? Maybe, not sure, we are already surrounded by restrictive rules. But if a non-commercial use can be considered with a significant different price, I'm in favour.And what about the next Mac OS X Mojave and the specific 64 bits system ? I'm not for Mac updates (still on 10.9 Mavericks) because new OS are more and more heavy with few interests, but if I have to update for 10.14 Mojave, I will have to switch on Isadora V3 and I hope the upgrade will be as low as possible.The subscription can be a good idea (even if I prefer the Buy-to-own model for myself) to allow companies to use Isadora when needed without paying the full price, even if once again the actual full price is not overvalue in most cases. I think it's good to keep the free trial version without save possibilty.Here is just my point of view and I'm not a typical user, I would like to use Issy more than ever in my work. I hope you will find the most relevant economic model and the best way to pay correctly all the team.Best wishes. Clement

@michel I can usually capture camera to disk (both audio and video as one file). I know capture stage to disk does not include sound though.

@mark said: 1) timecode inputs the movie players  Thank you Mark, that's great. Can I also redraw your attention to this connected feature request?https://community.troikatronix...Thanks!Mark

@davidI meant the Texture Map, since its defined in Cols and Rows, I think of it as a tile. (basically a sprite sheet: https://gamedevelopment.tutspl...)Anyway, I was just suggesting that it could be made dynamically within Isadora. 'Matte++' might be a good actor to use to build such a grid.

@topherbb Found a solution - for some reason my Mac was hiding the preference files, so I had to download a separate app called "App Cleaner" in order to find the file and get rid of it.

Excellent thread!I once created a burglar deterrent at my studio. I recorded myself stomping towards the door, and playing music, and then used a contact mic attached to the door itself as a trigger.I also ran a 'seance' in an old peoples' home using skype and isadora video effects. The residents would roleplay dead celebrities by skyping through the next room, looking ghostly with motion blur etc, and we'd ask them questions.

Love it mate. It is a nice track got to say.A similar vibe but using 3D Model Particles (with no 3D model!) 

hello Didier, This is more for the sake of community feedback. Following our exchange it seems I may be doing this if all goes well. Thanks for the opportunity.

@anibalzorrillaI'll take a look asap.

@kathmandale That is an exciting idea! It would be a lot easier to explain to less technologically understanding designers as well, to show them that it is merely an intelligent fixture like any other. I have not had much, if any, experience with Artnet. I agree that OSC and Midi are both a bit clunky.At our theatre, the LD is often the Projection designer as well, and is not always understanding of my words when I talk about the technical side of projections.I look forward to looking at the actor you made and I am going to look into seeing if I can do something similar myself before I look at yours.

@woland I do SDI and it is my preference, but I use a lot of CAT as well, but the cat based extension systems differ a lot, there is some cheap stuff and then real HDBaseT. The cheap stuff is not really worth using. The only problem with HDBaseT is that is re-encodes the video and gets rid of data. You will see that almost all HDBaseT is fixed at 4:2:0 colour compression. SDI conversions will not do any comprression, they just re-wrap the data, and if you send 422 or 444, that is what comes out at the other end. Cable is a bit more picky, although HDBaseT at 75m is also pretty picky and good tactical cat6 sftp (the sheilded kind) that has a good rubberized cover and does not kink will cost the same or more than the equivalent 3GSDI cable. The biggest advantage of the HDBaseT systems is the good ones (eg lightware) can be powered from either end and they can also carry a network connection so you can control the projector as well. Some projectors (late model panasonic) also have a direct HDBaseT input (but these models often have HDSDI as well), which also carries the network signal for control which is pretty cool, there are even HDBaseT matrixes. As a rule pretty although you can get functioning systems, HDMI or DVI should not go over 5m passively, active stuff is mostly consumer orientated and although some of it is good, with cat or SDI you can put a new tip on a cable in less than 5 mins, this is important for pros, and makes it worth investing in good cable.

This is a brilliant concept. I look forward to trying it out.Cheers,Hugh

I've been using OSC transmitters/receivers for something similar - except sending the data over the internet between two theatres. The patch is essentially a multi-channel vision mixer with virtual PTZ controls and a cue recall system, and all of the control can be operated either locally or remotely. There's also a couple extra computers in one location with a different patch to run live subtitling (also via OSC). I imagine you could do the same with Net Broadcasters and a VPN - OSC is just a little more convenient, because you can point it directly to the other computer's public IP address. Running Isadora on multiple machines is great. Especially with NDI and TCPsyphon to send video around as well as controls. I hope the licensing changes make it a little easier to deal with, but it's a great feature either way.

@mark Thousand thanks for the beta3! I've now tested it for a bit longer, and found that there's still a small leak. I ran a patch (with Capture Stage to Disk actor) for eleven days with my MacPro, and the RAM was filling up about 30MB/hour, which really is not much, but for a longer term... I repeated running the patch for another 4 days with similar results. I also ran the patch on a MacBookPro, which gave same outcome, but I did not have a chance to run it more than overnight.Also, on MacPro (late 2013, trashcan)and Isadora v.2.6.2b3 the cycles go down strangely after some time. With my patch, it runs around 460-515 for about 7mins, then starts to decrease slowly down to around 100, and then jumps fast back to around 460-515… Did not notice this phenomenon on my MacBookPro.So, the leak is a minor one. However, if you are not able to fix this memory leak for Isadora v2.x, I hope you could ensure it's gone with the coming version Isadora 3.x?Thanks in advance,Lauri