That's fabulous news.

Thanks guys.

J

neat solution to this problem

 As @Woland mentioned, I have a Pythoner solution to this problem. It was one of the first Pythoner examples I worked on. It is available in the first Pythoner example file at: TROIKATRONIX : ISADORA - Pythoner Example File

I am working on getting an updated version of this example file out ASAP (with regular updates), which will include some really fun new examples. If you think you want to start working with Isadora 4's new Pythoner actor, checking out the Example file regularly is a must.

@DusX is working on a Pythoner example file that will do exactly this.

Hey,

Im just wondering if you've found a neat solution to this problem. 

I know this post is quite old.. and I read somewhere that some solutions might not work on Izzy 3?

I did start to explore python last year ... but for now its a little beyond my skill-set.

Thanks

Jim

Instructions

1. Get the files at IzzyDynamicMediaBin.zip

2. Install the latest version of processing

3. Import the libraries that are required for the Processing patch (OSCP5 and Spout)

4. Open the Isadora file, set your port correct in Isadora and Processing (Izzy needs the port where it sends its commands to, Processing will respond on IP address 127.0.0.1 and the default Izzy port. You can change this in the settings section of the Processing patch)

5. Create a new folder at a location at your PC

6. Get the path of the Folder and paste it inside our 'Trigger Text' actor

7. Make sure that we get a valid OSC communication on channel 1 (Feedback of the Processing patch to izzy)

8. Drop your files inside and get patching :)

Hopefully this helps you out, if you need any changes hit me up at the forum or send me an email at hello@juriaan.me

Thanks !

@skulpture
I have a plugin I'm making that should load an image by file path. .. that's as close as I might be able to help out.
A python script could watch a folder and spit out OSC file paths to Isadora perhaps.

 Both sound interesting. I need to find a solution pretty quick.

I have a plugin I'm making that should load an image by file path. .. that's as close as I might be able to help out.

A python script could watch a folder and spit out OSC file paths to Isadora perhaps.

Thanks. A great little app. Unfortunately will not help my situation. Thanks for sharing though. 

@skulpture
Not currently.I have done things where I replace a file (same path and file name) via scripting, and 'trick' Isadora is a sense.
This is a pretty high ranking feature request, so....

 Yeah this has just jumped up the list massively for me. A HUGE job requires Isadora to automatically videos in a 'watch folder' type scenario. Do you think this would be easy to code? Javascript? C++? @Dux

spout slideshow

This will automatically cycle through all the photos in the given folder, dynamically loading any new files

Not currently.I have done things where I replace a file (same path and file name) via scripting, and 'trick' Isadora is a sense.
This is a pretty high ranking feature request, so....

Sadly since you can't give Izzy a Absolute path / relative path, we can't use something like 'Get all files in directory' (JavaScript) and output the file string to a 'Preload' image actor. Since Izzy works with media bins, we have to do something like a 'Auto clicker' or some sort that imports the media..

On Windows we can use programs like AutoHotkey for this, the thing is that it 'steals' our keyboard.. So if we are using our keyboard as input device for let's say a performance / installation, and the programs runs that wishes to re-import the media bin, then we have to wait until the action is complete.

I am basically thinking a 'watch' folder. @DusX do you know of a way?

My tutorial might be a bit old if you are on latest Mac OS, but the principle remains the same. You can probably just adjust it to the new operating system if so. Let me know if you do it, and I'll update my blog page with your info.
thanks
Jamie

best.....

rainbow