[PD] gem2pdp troubles...

[John Harrison]

ubuntu Breezy:

just compiled gem2pdp from the source. Compilation was fine and the 
externals seem to load OK. Pd command window reports gem2pdp 0.6 loading 
fine. However, I can't get the gem2pdp.pd help patch to produce the 
expected results. It appears that the gem2pdp object's outlet does not 
contain data or something. I just get a black screen in the PDP window. 
No errors are reported in the Pd command window or the Linux command 
line. If it makes a difference, I had to switch video output on PDP from 
pdp_xv to pdp_glx. I can see CPU usage shooting up in the patch when I 
am rendering in Gem, so something is supposed to be happening. Since I 
can get pdp_noise to output to a pdp window, I know the basic PDP output 
mechanism is working.

Part of why this is such an issue for me is just trying to get video 
files to play. I can't seem to find a way to convert my videos into a 
format that pdp or pidip likes. Gem plays 'em fine. If anybody has tips 
for me on this (good utilities etc.), I'd appreciate it.

Experimentation has been with the included help-gem2pdp.pd patch in the 
reference section of the documentation.

BTW I am also confused about why pdp_XV doesn't work. xvideo output 
works fine in other programs, such as vlc. xvinfo reports nothing 
unusual. pdp_xv reports that it can't create the window.

I had to compile from the source because the gem2pdp/pdp2gem binaries in 
the Breezy repo crash Pd.

Pd 0.38.4
Gem from latest CVSs compiled with -disable-ARB

Thanks in advance,

-John