<![CDATA[How do I extract text from TERMINAL and input into isadora?]]>I'm using traktor, which I can setup to broadcast a stream and its metadata (arist, title), which I want to display as text in isadora.

I have this app: http://www.disconova.com/utu/traktor-metadata/ which is a terminal app that sees this metadata and gives me something like this:

[04-02-2013 23:19:31] Received metadata from "127.0.0.1,50216"...

  • ARTIST => "Alvin Risk"
  • TITLE  => "Pray feat. Jason Aalon Butler"

Is there a way I can extract this info and get it into izzy as text? ( Alvin Risk - Pray feat Jason Aalon Butler) I'm familiar with using quartz (a bit) and have core.

Can quartz monitor the metadata directly from traktor perhaps?

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/489/how-do-i-extract-text-from-terminal-and-input-into-isadoraRSS for NodeWed, 17 Jun 2026 04:21:22 GMTTue, 05 Feb 2013 16:17:05 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How do I extract text from TERMINAL and input into isadora? on Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:01:14 GMT]]>Thanks, Skulpture! I've managed to write my first Applescript that takes the clipboard text (from an app that automatically copies the name of the artist-tracktitle into the clipboard) and gets it into isadora as text and I can trigger the script with osculator, hopefully.

I'll continue looking for a more efficient way. It would be nice if the clipboard could be monitored so the script would run on every change.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6050https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6050Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:01:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I extract text from TERMINAL and input into isadora? on Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:08:03 GMT]]>Just searched the old forum;

http://forum.troikatronix.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1068;search_string=text;guest=21859754&t=search_engine#1068
Might help?
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6044https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6044Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:08:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I extract text from TERMINAL and input into isadora? on Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:19 GMT]]>I was sure the data array did text too?

I need to check... very sorry if I am wrong. 
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6043https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6043Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I extract text from TERMINAL and input into isadora? on Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:34:23 GMT]]>There's another program that automatically copies the track name to the clipboard... is there a way to monitor the clipboard and paste automatically?

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6042https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6042Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:34:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I extract text from TERMINAL and input into isadora? on Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:35:09 GMT]]>Doesn't the data array only read numbers?

I'm a sh*t coder, nick, but I've been messing with the TCP IN watcher... I've got it watching the same port that traktor is broadcasting on, but have no idea if I'm getting anything.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6038https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6038Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:35:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I extract text from TERMINAL and input into isadora? on Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:22:59 GMT]]>looks like that program is just monitoring a port on your machine - the isadora ip actors may be able to read it directly

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6025https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6025Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:22:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I extract text from TERMINAL and input into isadora? on Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:05:41 GMT]]>Oh and as for importing the text file....

http://vjskulpture.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/isadora-data-array-actor/
:-)
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6022https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6022Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:05:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How do I extract text from TERMINAL and input into isadora? on Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:04:50 GMT]]>You can save a text file from terminal to your computer;

For example: I run this code every time a computer starts up at work (it then syncs it via dropbox)
last> ~/Dropbox/Public/reports/myrebootcycle.txt
"LAST" is like a small system report but the " > " and the " ~ " make the report save to a location as .txt file.
[some more info here: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=989100](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=989100)
Maybe then you can import the text file (or refresh it) for each track?
Hope this gets you started.
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6021https://community.troikatronix.com/post/6021Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:04:50 GMT