[PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-12 Thread Dudley Brooks
I just recently started working with Pd/Gem. I'm applying for a grant to combine it with my main art form (choreography). I need to send a DVD of my experiments. Is there a way to have Gem (or some accessory) save a Gem patch's output in some video file format? This would be preferable to o

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-12 Thread marius schebella
have a look at pix_record. it is a little bit challenging to use... marius. Dudley Brooks wrote: > I just recently started working with Pd/Gem. I'm applying for a grant > to combine it with my main art form (choreography). I need to send a > DVD of my experiments. Is there a way to have Gem

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-12 Thread chris clepper
Look at pix_snap and pix_record to make a Quicktime movie or pix_write to make an image sequence that can be made into a movie using Quicktime Pro. On Feb 12, 2008 8:14 PM, Dudley Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just recently started working with Pd/Gem. I'm applying for a grant > to combi

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-13 Thread Dudley Brooks
marius schebella wrote: > have a look at pix_record. Thanks for telling me about it. > it is a little bit challenging to use... Do you mean that it's hard to figure out how to use it, or that it might overload the computer's processing power? ___ PD

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-13 Thread Dudley Brooks
chris clepper wrote: > Look at pix_snap and pix_record to make a Quicktime movie or pix_write > to make an image sequence that can be made into a movie using Quicktime Pro. Thanks! ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management ->

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-13 Thread Jaime Oliver
pix_record was crashing constantly in osx 10.4.11 gem 0.91-cvs and pd-0.40-1powerbook ppc.there was a thread about it not that long ago. Maybe in gem-dev. best, J On Feb 13, 2008 1:57 AM, marius schebella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dudley Brooks wrote: > > marius schebella wrote: > > > >> have

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-13 Thread marius schebella
Dudley Brooks wrote: > marius schebella wrote: > >> have a look at pix_record. > > Thanks for telling me about it. > >> it is a little bit challenging to use... > > Do you mean that it's hard to figure out how to use it, or that it might > overload the computer's processing power? yes, hard t

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-13 Thread Olivier Heinry
Le Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:17:01 -0800, "Jaime Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > pix_record was crashing constantly in osx 10.4.11 gem 0.91-cvs and > pd-0.40-1powerbook ppc.there > was a thread about it not that long ago. Maybe in gem-dev. > best, > yes, there was a thread because the object p

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-13 Thread Dudley Brooks
Jaime Oliver wrote: > pix_record was crashing constantly in osx 10.4.11 gem 0.91-cvs and > pd-0.40-1 powerbook ppc. That's been my experience so far too. > there was a thread about it not that long ago. Maybe in gem-dev. > best, Thanks. I'll look for it. Meanwhile, what recommendations does

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-13 Thread Claude Heiland-Allen
Dudley Brooks wrote: > Meanwhile, what recommendations does anyone have for other methods of > making a DVD of Gem output, I record my actions during performance, then later play them back into my patch with pix_write and writesf~ activated. Pd uses 1000% CPU load, and stutters during renderin

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-13 Thread chris clepper
a crashlog would help a lot. On Feb 13, 2008 4:17 AM, Jaime Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > pix_record was crashing constantly in osx 10.4.11 gem 0.91-cvs and > pd-0.40-1 powerbook ppc.there was a thread about it not that long ago. > Maybe in gem-dev. > best, > > J > > > On Feb 13, 2008 1:57

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-13 Thread marius schebella
another way to record your performances is to mirror your display and feed the output with a dv camera or some other device. recording your actions is brilliant but a lot of effort during patching. marius. Claude Heiland-Allen wrote: > Dudley Brooks wrote: >> Meanwhile, what recommendations does

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-13 Thread cyrille henry
marius schebella a écrit : another way to record your performances is to mirror your display and feed the output with a dv camera or some other device. this will limit the quality. recording your actions is brilliant but a lot of effort during patching. in fact, not so much effort. speciall

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-13 Thread Dudley Brooks
Olivier Heinry wrote: > The last time I tried to pix_record on OSX (on a Dual G5 running Panther, 2Go > RAM) , I switched to Gem2pdp + pdp_rec because the Mac couldnt handle it in > realtime for a 640x480 window and PDP made it (might be related to PDP > multithread capability). I'm sorry, wha

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-13 Thread jim
>> >> maybe recordmydesktop - but I seem to recall it supports only Ogg >> codecs... >> >> >> BTW, I'm on Linux, but the above tools might work on OS X too. Haven't folowed this entire thread but also want to mention Yukon on Linux works for recording Gem output. Site seems to be down at the m

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-13 Thread Chris McCormick
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 09:39:40PM +0100, cyrille henry wrote: > marius schebella a écrit : > >another way to record your performances is to mirror your display and > >feed the output with a dv camera or some other device. > this will limit the quality. > > >recording your actions is brilliant bu

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-14 Thread jeremaja niko
hi there im using on mac program called "snapz pro x" and it is a screen capture program, witch can grab opengl window of gem as movie. this process needs a lot of cpu power so u need a powerfull machine. it is quite easy to use it. hope it helps nikola Meanwhile, what recommendations does an

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-28 Thread Dudley Brooks
Still a newbie after several weeks! :^( I didn't specify one part of my original question -- which I still can't figure out: I can get [pix_record] to work in a patch like this: [gemhead] | | |/ [pix_draw] | | |/ [pix_record] But how do I do something like this: [gemhead] |

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-28 Thread marius schebella
pix_snap you have to set a size (the size of your gemwin for example and send a snap message for every frame you want to snap. (use [t b a]) In theory this works, in practice not, because pix_record gives me wrong colors (something like red and green swapped). Do your colors look correct??? ma

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-29 Thread Dudley Brooks
[Marius -- Thanks for this and also your offline help. I'm putting it back in the public discussion.] When there are several gemlists, due to several geos, each one seems to trigger snap. So what should be a single frame gets extended into as many frames as there are geos, and during the cour

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-29 Thread chris clepper
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Dudley Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In short: How do you use snap/pix_snap/pix_record (or maybe something > else and pix_snap?) to capture the output of a *complicated* patch? > > [gemhead 99] | | [pix_snap] __

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-29 Thread marius schebella
hey dudley, I think at this point it would help to see your patch... marius. Dudley Brooks wrote: > chris clepper wrote: >> >> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Dudley Brooks >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> >> >> In short: How do you use snap/pix_snap/pix_record (

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-29 Thread Dudley Brooks
chris clepper wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Dudley Brooks > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > In short: How do you use snap/pix_snap/pix_record (or maybe something > else and pix_snap?) to capture the output of a *complicated* patch? > > >

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-29 Thread Roman Haefeli
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 12:30 -0800, Dudley Brooks wrote: > chris clepper wrote: > > > > [gemhead 99] > > | > > | > > [pix_snap] > > > Of course! Ingenious! > > However ... I tried it, and, even though the frame count output of > pix_record churned out frame numbers, the resulting file was onl

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-29 Thread Dudley Brooks
Roman Haefeli wrote: > On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 12:30 -0800, Dudley Brooks wrote: > >> chris clepper wrote: >> >>> [gemhead 99] >>> | >>> | >>> [pix_snap] >> >> Of course! Ingenious! >> >> However ... I tried it, and, even though the frame count output of >> pix_record churned out frame numbers,

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-29 Thread marius schebella
Dudley Brooks wrote: > Absolutely! Thanks Roman, Chris, and Marius, for the help! And it's > still in time to make my DVD and send it in by the deadline tonight! just curious, where are you applying? and do you know a method to convert the file from whatever color format to a useful one, mayb

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-02-29 Thread Dudley Brooks
marius schebella wrote: > Dudley Brooks wrote: > >> Absolutely! Thanks Roman, Chris, and Marius, for the help! And it's >> still in time to make my DVD and send it in by the deadline tonight! > > just curious, where are you applying? and do you know a method to > convert the file from whatev

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-03-07 Thread Dudley Brooks
jeremaja niko wrote: > im using on mac program called "snapz pro x" and it is a screen > capture program, witch can grab opengl window of gem as movie. this > process needs a lot of cpu power so u need a powerfull machine. it is > quite easy to use it. > hope it helps It did indeed! Thanks!

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-03-07 Thread Jan Thoben
try [gemhead] | \ | [t b] | | | [snap( | / [pix snap 800 600] | [pix_flip] | [pix_yuv] | [pix_record] is has been discussed on the list: http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2007-05/049939.html cheers, j Dudley Brooks schrieb: > jeremaja niko wrote: >

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-03-07 Thread chris clepper
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 3:27 AM, Dudley Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But how > can it be that pix_record does this, and especially that people haven't > noticed and complained? Or fixed, those who know how? (Not me, I'm > afraid.) Incompatibility between how the various video cards label

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-03-07 Thread IOhannes m zmölnig
Dudley Brooks wrote: > I also found that pix_record not only gets the colors wrong, but seems > to rotate the picture 90 degrees and reverse it as well. (The abstract > nature of the piece is why that wasn't obvious immediately.) But how > can it be that pix_record does this, and especially t

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-03-07 Thread Dudley Brooks
chris clepper wrote: > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 3:27 AM, Dudley Brooks > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > But how > can it be that pix_record does this, and especially that people haven't > noticed and complained? Or fixed, those who know how? (Not me, I'm >

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-03-07 Thread Dudley Brooks
Jan Thoben wrote: > try > > [gemhead] >| \ >| [t b] >| | >| [snap( >| / > [pix snap 800 600] >| > [pix_flip] >| > [pix_yuv] >| > [pix_record] > > is has been discussed on the list: > http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2007-05/049939.html > > chee

Re: [PD] Saving Gem output as video file on MacOSX ?

2008-03-07 Thread Dudley Brooks
IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: > Dudley Brooks wrote: > >> I also found that pix_record not only gets the colors wrong, but seems >> to rotate the picture 90 degrees and reverse it as well. (The >> abstract nature of the piece is why that wasn't obvious immediately.) >> But how can it be that pix