@callie

You can convert the value using a Limit Scale Value module. For example this method can convert values (0~100) to values (-100~100) etc.

Best wishes

Russell

@woland

Thanks for your advice on this. I have looked into what kind of investment would be required to go with a single  computer solution or Datapath FX4’s but the reality is the MacMini M4 is a much better value proposition at this time. With 3 x MacMini I am provided a total of 9 potential discrete video outputs and greater long term flexibility, while remaining well under the current price point of Datapath FX4. At this point It appears to me worth the extra fiddling around with Isadora programming. I do take the point about reducing the over all number of Movie Players, that is a great approach!

Best wishes

Russell

@nic Hi - I have been having great success with Nintendo Switch Joycon controllers. They're pretty stable. There is no way to do Wiimotes anymore as all the software to make it work is now defunkt. I think switch joycons are a great alternative - they last a good while, have pretty accurate sensing and have a load of buttons. They also have lots of attachments to turn their form into other shapes, like guns. I've got a project at the minute with my students where we're using ninteno switch joycons in gun style cases to create a big screen shooter experience.

I've tried the VR path, Disguise does VR controllers really well, but it's not worth the effort in isadora, I havent found a way to connect them so far, and I'm a VR loon.

In terms of connecting Joycons to isadora, there are a few ways, there are lots of homebrew apps on git hub like joyOSCmapper which is great, but difficult to customise the parameters. I had much better success with Chataigne the other day. It's a timelining app for OSC messages (VERY useful) but also has native joycon support and you can map joycons to OSC values this way. It's very stable and actually applies some useful smoothing to the data so you get very smooth motion.

Hope that helps :)

(I bought a couple of joycons a few weeks ago at CEX (UK) and they cost about £32 each. Quite dear. you need a method to charge them too, so I had to buy a cheap dock as they only charge when attached to the switch itself..

@gelmystery said:

audio stream to be made available from the movie player

 *Currently this is not possible.  

Big things are coming on the audio side though. We are hard at work :)

@thedoger

Hi,

I am not clear on how many Thunderbolt ports are available on the M1 MacMini. The MacStudio I was using had three Thunderbolt ports. I think it may be important to use DisplayPort compatible Thunderbolt ports for video out. The standard USBC ports may not work for this.

Best wishes,

Russell

@dusx

Thank you so much Dusx for taking the time to check this. I will check it as well and come back with feedback

@gibsonmartelli said:

RAPOO keyboard

Given JFG works with Bluetooth keyboards on macOS without issue, it makes me wonder in there's anything unique about RAPOO keyboards or the specific model you're using that caused this issue. Any thoughts? Could you provide a link to the specific model you're using? I'd like to check out the specs and search online to see if anyone else has posted about issues with it and other software.

Been looking at getting one of these for awhile now, especially as they're such a good price at the moment.   

 I'm not sure if anybody else has got an experience of using them especially in larger spaces and extending USBC.

www.obsbot.com

@dbini

We have a version that should work for newer macOS operating systems that we are testing internally.

@dbini 

You can also see if changing the 'r/w mode' input on the Data Array to a different setting solves this for you.

@tr742 said:

<p>I’m using stages setup </p>

 Have you watched this? 

Isadora is very fast at projection mapping, although it takes time. It is one of the best.

I am not sure what you mean by 4x3 exactly. 4:3 is an aspect ratio? Is there some confusion here? Or do you mean something else?

Also Stage Output is where you set up your outputs - not to do the mapping itself. 

@colinbdclark

you're right. Sorry

Best regards, 

Jean-François

Hello, I am brand new to this and am working on an installation which will need live feed cameras that will not shut off. I was thinking of using Wyze security cameras and use together with OBS. They interact fine with OBS but Isadora doesn't seem to identify them. I verified that the virtual OBS camera is working (eg via VLC). I've done a bunch of troubleshooting (starting Isadora over again etc) but no dice. My question is twofold then, does anyone have any tips on getting this setup to work and/or what would be a good (cheap) camera to use for this type of situation (patch will stay on for multiple hours taking in video feedback).

@gibsonmartelli said:

<p>@citizenjoe Is there anything like that, that can be applied globally to all scenes? </p>

 I would put it in a user actor and use that in each scene.

OR you could broadcast to an activated scene that had a listener and projector in it. 

The user actor is more flexible.

Cheers,

Hugh

@gmk0318 Have you put any code into the Serial Watcher yet? (When you double click it?)

@bonemap said:

<p>@thatmattrogers</p> <p><br />It might be possible to do this with a spline path. Although I haven’t tried this myself with the ‘3D Stage Orientation’ module, I have a workflow for 3D paths implemented for 3D objects and particles etc. in Isadora.</p> <p>I start by making the shape with requisite number of points in a 3D software and export. I then open the 3D file in MeshLab and export as a JSON file. In Isadora the ‘JSON Parser’ (it might require multiple) is then configured to read out the point data (x,y,z). This is done simply enough with a ‘Pulse Generator’ and a wrapped ‘Counter’. The streams of x,y,z would then each be fed to a ‘Limit-Scale Value’ before linking to the ‘3D Stage Orientation’.</p> <p>The other thing to look at is the ‘3D Ropes’ as this has a follow path built into the module. You can limit the parameters to one rope and control curve etc. the actor has option to reveal coordinate xyz outputs that travel along the rope as a 3D path.</p> <p><br />best wishes</p> <p>Russell</p>

 I might have to give this a go! 

Hi all, I'm the creator of MovementOSC. I'm super excited to see that it's useful to you all.

First, @Armando, thank you so much for posting about it and sharing how you've set up Isadora with it. 

I actually designed the "Bundled Message Per Axis" format with @princeCarlosthe5 specifically for Isadora, and we used it extensively in a residency at Jacob's Pillow a couple weeks ago to track dancers (both from archival footage and live), visualize the data, and transform it into a format suitable for a cable robot. I'm not an Isadora expert (yet!), but as far as I know you should be able to use that format directly without having to use the JSON Parser actor or do any other kind of string parsing that might slow things down. Hopefully Carlos might be able to share what his configuration looked like.

I responded to @jfg in the other thread about how settings aren't yet saved when you quit the application, but it is a feature I'm planning to add when I have some time. 

@dbini, I'm glad to hear it was interesting to you, and I'd love to hear how your robotics students used it!

@lwebster said:

<p>@citizenjoe Apologies, my IT department hasn't been able to help me yet, and I wasn't comfortable downloading the shutter encoder to my personal laptop. Is HAP the only codec that works if I do need interactivity? That's a large reason why I use Isadora. I'll admit I'm not sure how to download and install something from github, it's always been a bit of a mystery to me. I think AfterEffects removed to option to export HAP.</p><p><br />I'm really glad to hear your machine works well and there's hope! So, just to confirm, your issue is purely because of the codec and needing HAP? Nothing to do with integrated GPU vs NVIDIA? Or external displays? </p><p>Thank you!</p>

 What @DusX means is that Isadora has HAP built into it for its own use... There's no reason to worry about installing Shutter Encoder (or HAP) on your machine! If you use it to translate the files to HAP, they will work in Isadora even if you haven't installed the Codec on the University machine. You just won't be able to play those files in any other software. As he mentions, PhotoJPEG will also work, and it is probably already installed on both machines and AE should see it. I didn't mention it because it very old. HAP is modern technology.

Cheers,

Hugh

@atissot

The M2 ssd here is fast enough for a few HD video streams, and the video card can handle a max of 4 displays (including the laptop screen... although it can be 'tricked' into more with additional hardware). Support for DisplayPort™ 1.4a means you can connect a range of video hardware.
For DMX, you only need USB wich it has (you will need a USB DMX interface as well, like: DMX interfaces)

I treid to serch for information on how this laptop manages the onboard ipu VS the dedicated gpu, and I didn't get a clear answer. It appears the laptop screen is wired directly to the igpu (very common), its just unclear how well it can deactivate the igpu to use the dedicated. Since its a newer model (has a rtx 4060) it should offer a tools for using only the dedicated GPU (this is the best option for Isadora). 
Are you able to test this machine?