Re: [PD] GEM on Linux netbook

2009-03-17 Thread errordeveloper
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 09:18:54AM -0500, Ben Baker-Smith wrote: The point of looking into the netbook was as an affordable piece of hardware that wouldn't cost me as much to replace if it got busted up / stolen at a show. If I was looking to find the optimal system I would, of course, be

Re: [PD] GEM on Linux netbook

2009-03-17 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009, errordevelo...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 09:18:54AM -0500, Ben Baker-Smith wrote: The point of looking into the netbook was as an affordable piece of hardware that wouldn't cost me as much to replace if it got busted up / stolen at a show. If I was looking

Re: [PD] GEM on Linux netbook

2009-03-17 Thread martin brinkmann
Ben Baker-Smith wrote: -Does the netbook have enough processing power for general GEM applications? I'm usually not dealing with video files, but rather particle generation, shape manipulation, GIF texturing, and audio-response. On my Macbook (2.0 GHz intel processor) the CPU meter always

Re: [PD] GEM on Linux netbook

2009-03-17 Thread Ben Baker-Smith
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I will hold off on the netbook idea for now. Actually, the AudioPint concept is really playing with my imagination. Hmmm... Gem in a box, literaly. With enough forethought, it could be awesome. -Ben ___

Re: [PD] GEM on Linux netbook

2009-03-17 Thread danomatika
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I will hold off on the netbook idea for now. Actually, the AudioPint concept is really playing with my imagination. Hmmm... Gem in a box, literaly. With enough forethought, it

Re: [PD] GEM on Linux netbook

2009-03-14 Thread errordeveloper
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:58:54AM -0500, Ben Baker-Smith wrote: I currently use a Macbook (OS 10.5) for all my PD patching. However, as I am primarily focused on using GEM for live video performance alongside musical groups, I am thinking about getting a second laptop for performances (to

[PD] GEM on Linux netbook

2009-03-11 Thread Ben Baker-Smith
I currently use a Macbook (OS 10.5) for all my PD patching. However, as I am primarily focused on using GEM for live video performance alongside musical groups, I am thinking about getting a second laptop for performances (to keep my Macbook safe). I'm thinking of getting an Acer Aspire One

Re: [PD] GEM on Linux netbook

2009-03-11 Thread chris clepper
On Linux the Nvidia GPU is the way to go for GEM. You could probably get acceptable performance for basic GEM use from the Acer, but what takes most of the CPU to do with the Intel GMA processor barely taxes a modern GPU. For example, I have measured performance between a MacBook/Mac Mini and

[PD] Gem on linux

2008-07-15 Thread brandt
Hello Can anybody give me a hint why GEM does stop my machine during playing an .avi? the same file is played with pidip without any problems. Debian 2.6.16 nvidia gforce 5200 athlon 2100 thank you in advance markus ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list

Re: [PD] Gem on linux

2008-07-15 Thread IOhannes m zmoelnig
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Can anybody give me a hint why GEM does stop my machine during playing an .avi? the same file is played with pidip without any problems. you mean stop like full freeze, have to plug the power-cord? have a look at the used video decoding libraries; probably one

Re: [PD] gem/fullscreen/linux

2007-10-16 Thread IOhannes m zmoelnig
Roman Haefeli wrote: On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 03:00 +0200, Atte André Jensen wrote: That only works when not running in fullscreen :-( don't know why exactly this is so, it is the same here: when in fullscreen, [gemkeyboard] seems to not work.. i am not sure either :-) basically it is,

Re: [PD] gem/fullscreen/linux

2007-10-16 Thread IOhannes m zmoelnig
Frank Barknecht wrote: Hallo, Olivier Heinry hat gesagt: // Olivier Heinry wrote: On the Pd side, you have the possibility to add a [gemkeyboard] object that sends a [destroy( message to [gemwin]. And depending on how old your Gem is, make sure to put a [delay] or [pipe] between

Re: [PD] gem/fullscreen/linux

2007-10-16 Thread Atte André Jensen
IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: to clarify: older versions of Gem did crash when you had no delay between the windowevent and the destruction of the window (similar to triggering the destruction of a subpatch from itself). I have this crash and my gem i 0.90, is there anything newer available

Re: [PD] gem/fullscreen/linux

2007-10-16 Thread IOhannes m zmoelnig
Atte André Jensen wrote: IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: to clarify: older versions of Gem did crash when you had no delay between the windowevent and the destruction of the window (similar to triggering the destruction of a subpatch from itself). I have this crash and my gem i 0.90, is

[PD] gem/fullscreen/linux

2007-10-15 Thread Atte André Jensen
Hi So I'm having fun playing around with gem. I can already see myself using it live soon. However I can't figure out how to start gem rendering in fullscreen without showing any gui, including gem window border/title bar and mouse. The closest I can get is by sending [dimen 1024 768( to

Re: [PD] gem/fullscreen/linux

2007-10-15 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 22:09 +0200, Atte André Jensen wrote: Hi So I'm having fun playing around with gem. I can already see myself using it live soon. However I can't figure out how to start gem rendering in fullscreen without showing any gui, including gem window border/title bar and

Re: [PD] gem/fullscreen/linux

2007-10-15 Thread Atte André Jensen
Roman Haefeli wrote: have a look at the helpfile of [gemwin]. Hmmm. I tried that (of cource) but I was expecting to be able to right click athe [genwin] object and select help. This gave me a sorry, couldn't find help patch for Gem/gemwin.pd. I searced my system for a file called

Re: [PD] gem/fullscreen/linux

2007-10-15 Thread Atte André Jensen
Roman Haefeli wrote: messages, you probably want to send to [gemwin]: 'fullscreen 1' 'cursor 0' don't they work for you? Well I not having looked at the helpfile I send [fullscreen( (without the 1) and obviously that didn't work. Those two messages do exactly what I need, thanks!

Re: [PD] gem/fullscreen/linux

2007-10-15 Thread Olivier Heinry
Le lundi 15 octobre 2007 à 23:13 +0200, Atte André Jensen a écrit : Roman Haefeli wrote: messages, you probably want to send to [gemwin]: 'fullscreen 1' 'cursor 0' don't they work for you? Well I not having looked at the helpfile I send [fullscreen( (without the 1) and

Re: [PD] gem/fullscreen/linux

2007-10-15 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Olivier Heinry hat gesagt: // Olivier Heinry wrote: On the Pd side, you have the possibility to add a [gemkeyboard] object that sends a [destroy( message to [gemwin]. And depending on how old your Gem is, make sure to put a [delay] or [pipe] between gemkeyboard's output and the

Re: [PD] gem/fullscreen/linux

2007-10-15 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Atte André Jensen hat gesagt: // Atte André Jensen wrote: However now I need to log into a tty with something like ctrl-alt-F1 and do a killall pd. Isn't there a cleaner way? Normally you should be able to Alt-TAB over to Pd, but I think, something in the combination of openbox and

Re: [PD] gem/fullscreen/linux

2007-10-15 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 03:00 +0200, Atte André Jensen wrote: Olivier Heinry wrote: If your desktop is Gnome, Alt+Tab gives you the possibility to switch to any other window eg. your patch hidden behind the gemwin. I use openbox, and normally Alt+Tab works like you describe, but for some

Re: [PD] gem/fullscreen/linux

2007-10-15 Thread simon wise
On 16 Oct 2007, at 11:21 AM, Roman Haefeli wrote: On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 03:00 +0200, Atte André Jensen wrote: Olivier Heinry wrote: If your desktop is Gnome, Alt+Tab gives you the possibility to switch to any other window eg. your patch hidden behind the gemwin. I use openbox, and