Well, by "database" (in quotes) I meant a system to organize your clips. Yes, you can do it in PD, it just takes some doing. Personally, I use different dataflow objects like [coll] and the iem_matrix objects to organize data into some kind of table or list, along with [makefilename] or [sprintf] to create filenames based on this data to open files for [pix_film] and [pix_image], for example. Have a look at the helpfiles for all these objects to get an idea of what they can do.
best, d.
Donal Carey wrote:
Hi Derek
Thanks for the reply - to follow on from your info, can I create the "database" in PD or would I have to use some other program and then read from that using PD ?
Cheers Donal
----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Holzer" derek@umatic.nl To: "Donal Carey" donal@lunasadesign.com Cc: pd-list@iem.at Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [PD] Object to store images and movies.
If you are using GEM, then look at [pix_image], [pix_film] and [pix_movie]. You'll need to develop some sort of rudimentary "database" to catalog and access the images and clips, of course...
best, d.
Donal Carey wrote:
Hi This is my first post to the list so I'll do a quick intro and backround. My name's Donal Carey and I'm currently studying for a Masters in Multimedia Systems in Trinity College Dublin (Ireland). I'm starting work on a PD project for use by DJ's in a live performance context. The basic premise of the project is that the PD patch will select and display media (still images & video) automatically based on the tempo and complexity of the music. So at the start of the performance when the music is minimal the patch will select and display only black and white still images, as the tempo and complexity increases the patch should start displaying black and white videos also. After a certain threshold is reached the patch should display only colour videos. Hopefully the effect will be that as the night progresses and the music gets faster and more complicated the images displayed should move from B&W stills into B&W video and from there into colour video, all automatically of course. My question is, is there a PD object (like an array) that will store these sets of media for me? Thanks and regards Donal
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