Pd-list December 2003

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nForce chipset
by Malte Steiner 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Hello, beside me is a box from Shuttle with a nForce chipset. It features somehow 5.1 sound and I wounder if its possible to use these channel as actual ones from PD, either under Linux or WinXP. So far I can only use 2 channels with PD. Anyway, this barebonesystem seems a decent solution for media exhibitions, the SN41G2 features apart from the soundcard a ready installed graphic system with 2 vga outputs, one of them also as TV/Video out. I managed so far running two instances of PD and GEM on 2 monitors although only one seems to be hardware accelareted. Later I try to have GEM and Framestein running, maybe GEM takes OpenGL hardware and Framestein direct x, if anyone interested I can report. I am not related to these companys and get nothing for the praise but maybe it can be changed :). This system is rather cheap, has small footprint and looks beautiful, sort of Apple Cube ripoff in aluminium. I evalute with WinXP so far, a Mandrakeinstallation failed a bit, refusing to use the onboard LAN. Right now I am downloading the Knoppix CD to give it a further try. My goal is to have a decent rig of machines for an upcomming exhibition. But as a 'private' artist, budget is a concern. I would like to have some Apple computers around me but they are still to expensive. I considerd buying some stuff on ebay but prices even for older G3 boxes went close or higher as the new silver box beside me. Apple seems to be pretty solid investment. Besides that the midsize tower formfactor is of course big and so expensive to ship to a remote gallery. In my personal dreamland Apple Cubes where a big success, wide spread and you can get them used for 50 bucks. I see I start babbling :) So I stop that and wish a nice weekend. Malte -- Malte Steiner media art + development -www.block4.com- next events Elektronengehirn: 13.October - ... exhibition netart Javamuseum.org online, germanfeature 24.November - ... netart slowtime http://www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/mediacentre/ Das Kombinat: 27.December Video presentation Ausklangfestival Hoerbar Hamburg, Germany

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midi clock for pd on NT?
by e skogen 14 Mar '04

14 Mar '04

hi kids, i'm running pd on windows XP and i'd like to get midi clock in. does anyone have an example patch for the midirealtimein or midiclkin objects? do these work? is there any hope for a midiin for windows? thanks, --eric ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! ------

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writesf~ buglet(?) re. dsp on/off
by Larry Troxler 01 Feb '04

01 Feb '04

hmm, it seems that writesf~ only works correctly for me when the "open" message is sent when DSP is already on. For example, this works: ; dsp on ( send open message to writesf~) (send start message to writesf~) (wait some time) (send stop message to writesf~) (wait some time) ; dsp off .. but this doesn't (starting with dsp off) : (send open message to writesf~) ; dsp on (send start message to writesf~) (wait some time) (send stop message to writesf~) (wait some time) ; dsp off In the second case, a file does get created, but it captures only a portion of the total recording time. I Haven't looked through the source yet to trace this, but this raises a larger issue I think: how do we know which messages on objects work with dsp off, and which of them require dsp on? Best Regards Larry Troxler

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playing a video with an offset
by natacha Roussel 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

Thanks a lot But for some reason translate does not affect the position I am not sure I use it the right way I have uploaded my file at this adress: www.natacharoussel.com/patch27-un-ecran.zip if you have any chance to check it out and tell me what obscure thing I forgot -----Message d'origine----- De : pd-list-admin(a)iem.at [mailto:pd-list-admin@iem.at] De la part de CK Envoyé : 27 décembre 2003 07:46 À : natacha Roussel Cc : PD-list(a)iem.at Objet : Re: [PD] playing a video with an offset I read: > but I want that small video on the bottom right corner of the screen > (the other video still playing full screen with an alphachannel..) how > can I indicate that offset??????? [translateXYZ] ? regards, x -- chris(a)lo-res.org Postmodernism is german romanticism with better http://pilot.fm/ special effects. (Jeff Keuss / via ctheory.com) _______________________________________________ PD-list mailing list PD-list(a)iem.at http://iem.at/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pd-list

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pthread_setschedparam problem on OSX + fix
by cgc 17 Jan '04

17 Jan '04

I've been meaning to post this change for a long time, and have been negligent about it. The pthread_setschedparam() hack that helps pd's audio not drop on OSX is absolutely fatal when used with GEM. The reason for this is that OSX uses OpenGL for the entire UI and GL requires context switches to handle multiple applications sharing the hardware. When Pd sets it's pthread priority higher than the UI, this context switch can be blocked resulting in a complete lockout of UI events as GEM grabs all the CPU resources and refuses to relinquish the context. The fix is to add the -rt option as prerequisite and not make this the default action (a check to make sure GEM is not loaded would be good to have as well): #ifdef MACOSX if (sys_hipriority) { struct sched_param param; int policy = SCHED_RR; int err; param.sched_priority = 80; // adjust 0 : 100 post("pd: real-time mode - using pthread_setschedparam\n"); err = pthread_setschedparam(pthread_self(), policy, &param); if (err) post("warning: high priority scheduling failed\n"); } #endif /* MACOSX */

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gui makes noises / threaded gui
by Tim Blechmann 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

hi all i've got a problem with gui objects in devel_0_37. when i move the mouse across some of the gui objects (sliders, grid ...) i can hear some clicks ... pd runs in realtime mode, i reniced pd-gui to 19, but still i hear some clicks... i had similar problems with 0.36, but solved them using yves degoyons's patch ... is there a similar patch for 0.37? or is there any other solution (renicing the windowmaker / x server) ? thanks... Tim mailto:TimBlechmann@gmx.de ICQ: 96771783 http://www.nyds-exp-discogs.tk -- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!" Jack Kerouac

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gop's and labels
by mik 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

hi there seems to be going something wrong with the labels in gop's. they disappear from the properties box and as a consequence from the gop too. at least, that is the case for bangs (latest pd). i also still have this "bad screen distance" problem with plugin~ which nobody else seems to have experienced up to now (yes, i keep whining about it, because i can't use all those beautiful ladspa-gui's i made anymore). greetings m

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pidip (imagemagick error)
by andre schmidt 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

hi list i'm trying run self compiled pidip-0.12.11 on my debian/sid machine but i get ... /home/andre/src/pidip/pidip.pd_linux: libMagick.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory ... when i try to load pidip. i've tried with Imagemagick 5.5.7-15 and 5.5.8beta, both compiled with --enable-shared and make & make install seemed to work what should i do ? cheers and happy new year -andre ps. compiling pidip didn't give any errors

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OT: c soundfile import
by Olaf Hochherz 31 Dec '03

31 Dec '03

I write a programm in C and i have a problem to import a soundfile into an vector(in C). what is the easyest way to import a soundfile? what soundfile format ist simple, more simple than .wav? thanks olaf -- +++ GMX - die erste Adresse fÃ¼r Mail, Message, More +++ Neu: Preissenkung fÃ¼r MMS und FreeMMS! http://www.gmx.net

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debian packages
by andre schmidt 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

hi, i finally got the nvidia.com kernel module installed on my main machine using debian sid/unstable. (was a g*dd*mn typo that costed me nights of frustation) so, my question is how often are pd+external debs updated ? or, how many externals are even available as debs ? i found apt-get install -> pd (0.37.cvs-10) pd-pdp (00.20030718-5) gem (0.87cvs20031031) sadly i didn't found pidip :( or, now that i know how to use cvs, would that be a better solution ? cheers -andre

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