@jfg

I have two small suggestions for you.

First is @DusX updated  python tools, in the add-ons here. Like you I couldn't understand the first video, but this did help me get started.

And the other thing which has really helped me with Python is using AI. Specifically Claude Sonnet. I like that model particularly because it is good at explaining, which helps me to learn the process. 

When I'm starting a chat I:

ask it to add detailed comments to every line of code explaining what it does in plain English (am sure it's equally capable in other languages!).ask it for a "Step-by-step environment setup guide," including how to install the necessary libraries for my OS.

I just did this for Windows, and Claude Sonnet gave me verbose instructions. Including how and where to install all the necessary libraries, etc. I don't have time to try that all out right now, but will certainly give it a go later.

Meanwhile maybe this is useful...

best regards

Mark (not that Mark, in rainy London)

@ray sent you a chat message.

@jrhooker

Goodness me...

What happens if you connect the projectors to your MBP rather than the Mac Studio? Same result? 

@armando Hello Armando, thank you so much for your detailed reply. I am away on summer vacation but as soon as I’m back with Isadora and my ambisonic mic I’ll be pouring over your advice and I’ll let you know how things are progressing. Best wishes Simon

@michel

Late thanks for that: it opened just fine in the new version of TouchOSC and I've been poking about a bit, understanding how you made it. When we start work on the show again in a few weeks what you sent will be very, very useful! Thank you!!!

Absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much for the demo patch. It works just great.

@bodo said:

should be able to play one mp4 (i know hap is better) ....???? are there any known incompatibility with izzy

Yes, but there are various ways that different software can spit out mp4 files. There are known issues with certain quirky things like embedded timecode tracks and the h265 codec (though that problem may be limited to Isadora 3 and older) that can cause issues in Isadora, which is why our first suggestion is always to transcode any media files that are misbehaving in Isadora.

@craigw said:

I used to be able to have a Videos and Pictures Tab at the top of the bin picker.

I don't think this was ever possible. I tried with 3.2.6 and 4.0.0 and it wasn't do-able in either of those.

It also wouldn't make sense functionality-wise because then the same Control ID would be used by Picture Players and Movie Players, but they use different kinds of media and those media have different index numbers that don't matter to the other kind of Player actor.

@zimt said:

is there a reason to run it in Rosetta ?

 The only real reason to run Isadora in Rosetta mode is to use the 'OpenNI Tracker' actor which is EOL.
The core libraries used for the OpenNI tracker, haven't been and will not be updated for use with Apple Arm processors, so the OpenNI Tracker can't be updated either unfortunately.

@zimt said:

is there a way to make numpy and openNI work in ARM mode?

Maybe, this configuration isn't tested. You may be able to install a python virtual environment via terminal forcing the process to run under x86_64.
That will give you an 'intel' version of Python, and if the version is exact (it is 3.12.10 currently) Isadora (running under Rosetta) may be able to use it, and when you install the required modules via PIP, you could use something like: 

arch -x86_64 /path/to/python3 -m pip install --only-binary=:all: numpy==2.5.2

to force the intel version of numpy to be installed.

...As I said, this is untested, and definitely a more advanced install/config. I would avoid it to be honest.

@bonemap

I have discovered that the issue is with Mac OS and that this is a common problem with touchscreen overlay devices using a Mac.

I have found this utility on Github that identifies and attempts to fix the issue:

https://github.com/shueber/Tou...

Best Wishes

Russell

@mark_m said:

Can I achieve this by hacking the preferences somehow?

 Unfortunately not. I believe Isadora binds to the first available device, which on PCs can change depending on config/build.

Do you want to start a support ticket, and I can dig into see if I can workout a workaround?

I think this add-on might be what you need: TROIKATRONIX : ISADORA - DX – Rotate Canvas

It uses Matte to create a new canvas at the required 'rotated' dimensions, and then drops the image into this new canvas. 

@woland

Sure, here we go:

Liveaudio 2 OSC:
https://alexxaudio.gumroad.com...

Audio-Automation 2 OSC:
https://alexxaudio.gumroad.com...

@jaio

If you can find a suitable cube LUT, for converting rec 2020 to rec 709, you could use my 'color grading' shader (TROIKATRONIX : ISADORA - DX – PY – Cube2LUT – ColorGrading).

This should allow you to convert the color, but will not be as true to source as making the conversion in something like Davinci Resolve (my recommended option).

a workaround is to use a font with a capital version like Bodoni 72 and Bodoni 72 small caps and to switch between both.

Best regards

Jean-François

Honestly this confused me too when I was buying my first projector. Lumens measure total light output from the projector itself, while lux measures how bright that light appears on the screen - lux depends on both lumens and screen size. So same projector will have higher lux on smaller screen and lower lux on bigger screen. For comparing projectors, always use lumens since that's the consistent measurement regardless of screen size.

I use an Optoma projector and when I was evaluating, I focused on ANSI lumens specifically - that's the standardized measurement. Some cheap brands advertise "LED lumens" or "peak lumens" which are inflated numbers, not real brightness. For dark rooms 2000 ANSI lumens is fine, ambient light rooms need 3000+. Don't get fooled by high lux numbers on small demo screens in stores - always ask for ANSI lumens rating before deciding.

@emullis

Actually, if you humor me one more time, there's one thing we didn't try. Based on the fact that you stated this same setup used to work for you with an older version of Isadora, we should try that.

Can you:

In Isadora, go to Help > Open Plugins Folder > TroikaTronix Actors PluginsSelect everything in that folder, then right-click one of them and select "Compress"You'll get a .zip file that you can later unzip and use to restore the contents of this folder later if need beDelete everything except the zip from that folderQuit IsadoraInstall an older version of Isadora using our Legacy Downloads Page (I'd suggest starting with 4.1.1 and working backwards)If you want to keep the recent version of Isadora on your computer too, see this article on how to install multiple versions of Isadora on your computerTry streaming data from Rokoko again with each older version of Isadora and see if any of them are stable with your v2 suit.

One other idea, that unfortunately requires different hardware, is seeing if a Windows computer running Rokoko Studio and Isadora is stable for you. I know this worked for an artist I collaborate with in the UK who uses a v2 suit.

@dusx

Thank you. Managed to do this with the help of Claude Sonnet 4.6  which showed me how to retrain the data using something which has the same landmarks as in your Mediapipe pose tracking examples.
This seems to work very well, thank you. 

Not sure how to share the process? 

I took maybe 25 photos of each of 14 poses (yes, different handstand shapes, of course!)

Then organised them into this folder structure

training_data/
    arms_crossed/
        photo1.jpg
        photo2.jpg
        ...
    arms_raised/
        photo1.jpg
        ...
    lunge_left/
        ...

And then followed Claude's instructions. 

Here's my Colab notebook:
https://colab.research.google....

After I'd successfully trained that and got the files out the other end...

It then gave me the python mediapipe code. 
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi...

And that outputs the OSC into Isadora. Two streams, one telling me which pose it is, and the other giving me the confidence about it.

Hope this is useful to someone!!!

Cheers

Mark (not that Mark, who I'm sure doesn't use Claude to do his coding!)

@woland Thanks a lot. That makes sense... ;o)