I would try to see if the external for PD called Flashserver works on OSX. i am not sure about this, but si far is the best way to get bidireccional communication between PD and director (at least under windows)
The latest version has a binary for OS X included. It seems to work but I only did some short tests, no 'real life' conditions. http://www.akustische-kunst.org/puredata/flash/
hi!
As soon as I get my new IBook I'm gonna try out the flshserver! Thanks! But isnt it possible to communicate between director and pd over the tcp protocol? I'm not sure what netsend/receive do, but shouldnt that be possible as well?
cu Fares
Hi
netsend/receive can communicate with any tcp/udp port. I have already used them to communicate with java,python,php. Just connect to the netreceive or open a socket waiting for the netsend.
But I do not have any idea what director,flash,.. can do... (If they support any more or less mighty language, they should be able to communicate via tcp or udp)
Michael
PS: u_pdreceive.c u_pdsend.c -> there should be 2 programs in the bin directory: pdsend & pdreceive. You can connect from the commandline with these applications
Am Mon, 2003-06-23 um 14.49 schrieb Fares Kayali:
I would try to see if the external for PD called Flashserver works on OSX. i am not sure about this, but si far is the best way to get bidireccional communication between PD and director (at least under windows)
The latest version has a binary for OS X included. It seems to work but I only did some short tests, no 'real life' conditions. http://www.akustische-kunst.org/puredata/flash/
hi!
As soon as I get my new IBook I'm gonna try out the flshserver! Thanks! But isnt it possible to communicate between director and pd over the tcp protocol? I'm not sure what netsend/receive do, but shouldnt that be possible as well?
cu Fares
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On Monday 23 June 2003 13:08, Michael Hackl wrote:
I'm not sure about Director but Flash doesn't understand 'normal' message termination. I came up with a workaround at some time but it didn't work quite right. It would ignore the first message and would screw up the order of messages. T'was wierd. Use Flashserver if Director is anything like Flash. There's no reason not to. It's a mighty good external.
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Hi
netsend/receive can communicate with any tcp/udp port. I have already used them to communicate with java,python,php. Just connect to the netreceive or open a socket waiting for the netsend.
But I do not have any idea what director,flash,.. can do... (If they support any more or less mighty language, they should be able to communicate via tcp or udp)
Michael
PS: u_pdreceive.c u_pdsend.c -> there should be 2 programs in the bin directory: pdsend & pdreceive. You can connect from the commandline with these applications
Am Mon, 2003-06-23 um 14.49 schrieb Fares Kayali:
I would try to see if the external for PD called Flashserver works on OSX. i am not sure about this, but si far is the best way to get bidireccional communication between PD and director (at least under windows)
The latest version has a binary for OS X included. It seems to work but I only did some short tests, no 'real life' conditions. http://www.akustische-kunst.org/puredata/flash/
hi!
As soon as I get my new IBook I'm gonna try out the flshserver! Thanks! But isnt it possible to communicate between director and pd over the tcp protocol? I'm not sure what netsend/receive do, but shouldnt that be possible as well?
cu Fares
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Le 23 Juin 2003 09:08, Michael Hackl a écrit :
netsend/receive can communicate with any tcp/udp port.
And the FUDI protocol is very easy to parse: a string of words and numbers separated by spaces, and terminated with ";" and a linefeed.
But I do not have any idea what director,flash,.. can do... (If they support any more or less mighty language, they should be able to communicate via tcp or udp)
There used to be a director xtra for tcp communication called xtranet. The source code was provided. But I can't find it anymore...
Marc
Fares Kayali schrieb:
But isnt it possible to communicate between director and pd over the tcp protocol? I'm not sure what netsend/receive do, but shouldnt that be possible as well?
It is possible and it's exactly what flashserver does. The only real difference is that flashserver is bidirectional, i.e. you can send data back to Flash (and maybe Director). Netsend and netreceive only work in one direction. In the end it's TCP/IP communication anyway (or - if you like - UDP in case of netsend/-receive).
Olaf
But isnt it possible to communicate between director and pd over the tcp protocol? I'm not sure what netsend/receive do, but shouldnt that be possible as well?
Yes you can but i would advise to use Flashserver instead. Far simpler than dealing with the Director Multiuserserver. However, if you are working on Mac OS 9 i would use the OSCar xtra. On Win or OSX you better use Flashserver external
Check this example for communicating Director to PD via flashserver: http://www.ixi-software.net/iua/dir_pd.zip
I am not sure how familiar you are with Lingo but if you have any programming background it shouldn't be difficult to modify this example for your own purposes. Its full with comments and ready for students to modify and reuse.
About video performance in director. i havent really work that much with video. check this out to see whats possible (only Mac OS9 !!). http://www.ixi-software.net/content/download/picker.sit
Its a tool developed by my colleague that uses video and pictures. It gets the rgb values from some points on the screen and sends them out to MAX/MSP and Supercollider using OSC protocole. Those variable numbers can be used to control different aspects of sound structures.
its not what you are looking for (its actually the oposite: control sound from a visual interface) but it mixes video and pictures applying different effects to the video and picts (transparecies, inks, blands, etc...). So you can get an idea if what can be done and how fast it performs
you could also check the macromedia website to see if there is any xtra that allows for more control over video, but i never heard of it.
there is also a tool for real time video manipulation called vvvv or somilar but i don't really know if its any good and i think its only for windows.
hope this helps
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