[PD] gem2pdp troubles...

[Yves Degoyon]

ola,

nice report...

well, to rea your video files, the simplest would be to use
pdp_live~ if you have a pidip compiled with support for ffmpeg
( the debian package does ).

you can also convert them to theora with ffmpeg2theora
and use pdp_theorin~,
but both these solutions would be CPU greedy,
the prefered format for PDP is still quicktime/photo JPEG...

for your pdp_xv not working,
what does 'xvinfo' says ?
if the number of ports is >0,
i don't have any rational explanation..

suerte,
sevy


John Harrison wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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