@roberto2022

No problem :)

If anyone has files of their own that they want to share, feel free to post them here (or preferably, post them on the TroikaTronix Add-Ons Page and then put the link here).

@woland said:

 If you ever end up documenting your discoveries online in the form of a tutorial or their results in the form of a showcase, let us know and we'll happily signal-boost it on our socials :)

 I am afraid that the python work is exciting to me but a bit on the boring side: 

I am migrating 20 years worth of studio archives on LTO5 and HDD. I had been using Tolis BRU for the LTO archives which is now, of course, out of business. I've upgraded to LTO8 and don't ever want use a proprietary system again so I moving to completely open standards for the tape archives - Python, Linux, CSV, SQLite and GNU PAX TAR. (LTFS has show stopping limitations for me)

I am finding it a really rewarding project - I'm getting a better understanding of modular multi-layer development in python and have really been excited about what you can accomplish with Github Copilot. It's a bit buggy, but it is so much better than copy/paste/repeat from an LLM. You can really refine the context, have it asses your modules and codebase when building and refactoring etc. Up to this point, I've spent most of my time planning, building GUI drafts and developing the architecture to make things super clear for me and for co-pilot.

The crossover with Isadora is learning more about python and about programming concepts in general. I have done lots of bits of Javascript for AfterEffects/Isadora and Python for Resolve and Blender on my own and using Claude and GPT. I can't wait to use VS Code and Copilot to continue that work - there is so much less back and forth when the context is clarified. I am also excited to work with the Pythoner actor, too.

@woland Thanks L much appreciated!

Best wishes,

Simon

@dusx said:

 I have added this to our feature request database.

Noooo it was already in there once as FR-67 😭

(I deleted your duplicate entry)

@woland

that's great, thanks you so much !

@dusx said:

more for shutter status? 

%1AVMT ?

Class 1 command.

@bennnid

for that purpose you can use the "Add password protection" in menu "File".

Here from the User Manual:

Saving Files as Run-Only

Isadora allows you to save your files as “run-only”, so that others can use the file but can only modify it specific ways. One place this might be useful is when Isadora is used to create installations that will be maintained by others. Making a document run-only means that only you will be able to modify the file.

Jean-François 

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

@liminal_andy said:

 clever, I wonder if there is a simple way for me to re-use the JS code that culls the dynamic list to act upon a copy database, simultaneously pruning it so the list and the database remain in sync.

There is. You just need to store the index of the items with the lines in JS, do the filtering, and then split the outputs to give a list of the indexes and a list of the text. You can then use the list of indexes to look up the item in the original list.

Sending the test file that includes this functionality to you now.

function main()
{
    var outStringIndexes = "";
    var outStringLines = "";
    var inputLines = arguments[0].match(/[^\r\n]+/g);
    var i;
    var indexedLines = [ ];
    for (i=0; i<inputLines.length; i++) {
        var rec = [ i+1, inputLines[i] ];
        // print(rec[0] + " " + rec[1] + "\n");
        indexedLines.push(rec);
    }
    for (i=0; i<inputLines.length; i++) {
        var needle = arguments[1].toLowerCase();
        var haystack = indexedLines[i][1].toLowerCase();
        if (haystack.includes(needle)) {
            outStringIndexes += indexedLines[i][0] + "\n";
            outStringLines += indexedLines[i][1] + "\n";
        }
    }
    return [outStringIndexes, outStringLines];
}

Best Wishes,
Mark

@woland Excellent, now I have to develop the habit. Thanks.

@hollyjw

it works. You must link the monitor ID to the video out of the video In Watcher.

Click on video to get this panel and enter the ID of the Monitor Control (in the picture it is 1)

best

Jean-François

je vous remercie beaucoup pour votre réponse, je l'ai essayé et il fonctionne. 

@Juriaan said:

Still wondering why this is default on and not off ?

Because when it's off, if you duplicate/copy+paste Controls within a document because you want more of a particular Control or set of Controls, it doesn't increment the Control IDs of the new Controls. Copying Controls within a document and wanting them to get their own Control IDs is a more common use case than wanting to copy Controls between documents while preserving the Control IDs, which is why it's enabled by default.

@Juriaan said:

Mark as Solved.

 Just renamed the thread and moved it to "How To" ;)

IDEA 1: TouchOSC + Tablet/iPad

As I stated on the other post, you can move some of your controls to a tablet/iPad and use TouchOSC.

IDEA 2: One Isadora Patch, Two Control Panel Scenes

You can click in between Scenes in the Scene List to split the Control Panel, giving each Scene its own Control Panel. Using one or more background Scenes for your content, (activated with Activate Scene or Activate Scene Amount actors), you can use as many Scenes as you want to make individual Control Panels that all affect your content Scenes. Putting labeled Button Controls connected to Jump Actors will allow you to easily navigate between your Control Panel Scenes. Each Control Panel Scene needs to have an Enter Scene Trigger connected to an Activate Scene actor to activate your background content Scene. 

Here's an example patch with multiple (primary [dark blue]) Control Panel Scenes and just one (secondary [light blue]) content Scene

Scene 1 (Effects) & 2 (Snapshots) are separate Control Panels that both affect Scene 3 (Content)Scene 1: Video Effects Control (Primary [dark blue]) uses Control IDs 1-29 (30 and 31 are used to navigate between Control Panel Scenes)Scene 2: Snapshot Control (Primary [dark blue]) uses Control IDs 995-999 (30 and 31 are used to navigate between Control Panel Scenes)Scene 3: Content Scene (secondary [light blue]) uses Control IDs 1-29 and 995-999 (30 and 31 are used to navigate between Control Panel Scenes)

If you use multiple content Scenes, you'll need to make another background Scene for scene control with Activate Scene Amount actors and Envelope Generator actors so that you can fade the different content Scenes in and out from each Control Panel Scene.

Here's an example patch with multiple (primary [dark blue]) Control Panel Scenes and multiple (secondary [light blue]) content Scenes.

Scene 1 (Effects) & 2 (Snapshots) are separate Control Panels that all affect Scenes 3, 4, & 5 (Content). Scene 1: (Video Effects Control) uses Control IDs 1-29 and 33-46 Scene 2: (Snapshot Control) uses Control IDs 995-999 Scene 3: Scene Control (secondary [light blue]) uses Control IDs 33-46 to adjust the intensity of the content scenesScene 3 is a background Scene, controlled by Scenes 1 & 2, that adjusts the intensity of the Content Scenes.Scene 4: Content Scene 1 (secondary [light blue]) uses Control IDs 1-29 and 995-999Scene 5: Content Scene 2 (secondary [light blue]) uses Control IDs 995-999 Control IDs 30 and 31 are used to navigate between Control Panel Scenes

IDEA 3: Two separate Isadora Patches on Two Screens

Control IDs work across Isadora patches, so if you've got:

Display 1: VJ Patch (with actors using Control IDs 1-999) and Control Panel (Control IDs 1-450, for controlling your bin pickers)Display 2: A second Isadora Patch with your second Control Panel (Control IDs 451-999, for controlling your video effects)

The split of Control IDS I gave was completely arbitrary, but this should work if you don't want to put it all in the same patch and use multiple Control Panel Scenes.

@Woland thanks for you responses, they're appreciated

i haven't disabled snapshots since i use it often and i keep the status bar open so i can measure the load whilst live mixing. i know i can feed FPS to the control panel, is there a way to do the same with LOAD and CYC?

i've been considering putting the video bin on a separate screen, maybe using bin picker and stretching the control panel over two screens... if this will work then would be easier than using Touch OSC and OSC over WiFi to extend the control panel.

rgds, Mr J

@tomthebom

Yes that's true it works without the trigger value actor, but only to activate the button, except you invert the values of the button. Trigger value gives you direct control to what state the button should be.

Best Michel

A number of systems (youtube included) simple give you a predefined selection of thumbnails to pic from.
So perhaps a default of position 0% as it is, but with the option of changing a thumbnail to use 10% 25% 50% or 75% as alternative thumbnails.

@mark

Belated thanks for this session, and thanks so much for answering my questions. Really appreciated. Look forward to seeing you again when the Guru sessions resume!

@martin_kemner said:

ZIP-Download doesn't work, I get redirected to Youtube...

 The download link has been fixed. But this will also work: https://troikatronix.com/files...