[PD] Further GEM rendering problems

[Max Neupert]

Am 24.01.2006 um 20:16 schrieb Jonathan Goodwin:

> Hi Max,
>
> I know that I can load the movie directly using the file path, but  
> I've left
> the open panel there for testing currently. Thanks for the tip  
> though...I
> need as many as I can get!lol!
>
> Any thoughts on why GEM isn't working with multiple sets of GEM  
> objects
> though?

i am not sure what you mean but if you make gem render 4 movies on  
the same (3d) spot you will just see the last one rendered. is it that?

attach the patch which is NOT working with a description of what you  
expect it to do to get better answers. ;)

m.



>
> J
>
>
> On 24/1/06 18:44, "Max Neupert" <abonnements at revolwear.com> wrote:
>
>> hi
>>
>> in your attached patch you linked the hid button to the openpanel
>> function, this will cause the panel to pop up every time you press
>> this button.
>> use the path instead to load the desired movie once, then control the
>> gemheads with the buttons.
>>
>> m.
>>
>>
>> Am 24.01.2006 um 17:59 schrieb Jonathan Goodwin:
>>
>>> Ok, I've attached my patch so far...be prepared for some obvious
>>> mistakes I
>>> expect!...i'm very new to this!
>>>
>>> I think I may have found the problem...The rendering problems begin
>>> when I
>>> try to add more than one set of GEM objects. In the working patch  
>>> I've
>>> included, you'll see that I have mapped a playstation controller to
>>> act as a
>>> video trigger. I'm looking to have more than one channel of video,
>>> hopefully
>>> 4 or 5, which will each be triggered by different gamepad keys. So
>>> what I
>>> was doing was copy & pasting the working set of GEM objects and
>>> linking them
>>> to a separate controller key. This is when the problems start.
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Jonathan
>>>
>>>
>>> On 24/1/06 16:23, "chris clepper" <cgc at humboldtblvd.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You might either have a catastrophic hardware/driver failure or you
>>>> are doing something wrong patching.  The latter is more likely so
>>>> post
>>>> the patch you are using.  Also, try the included example and help
>>>> patches.
>>>>
>>>> cgc
>>>>
>>>> On 1/24/06, Jonathan Goodwin <jonathan at jgoodwin.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> After initially thinking that everyone's advice here had solved
>>>>> my problems,
>>>>> I appear to be back at square 1!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm having a problem whereby when a video is played through the
>>>>> GEM window,
>>>>> the sound is played, but the images are not present, and a white
>>>>> screen is
>>>>> displayed where the video should be playing. Earlier in the week
>>>>> someone
>>>>> suggested to me to replace the Gem.pd_darwin file with one from
>>>>> the GEM
>>>>> website. Which at the time seemed to solve the problem. But now
>>>>> it's stopped
>>>>> working properly again!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm looking for any ideas...sometimes everything works fine, and
>>>>> the video
>>>>> plays without a prob, but at other times I get nothing and/or PD
>>>>> quits on
>>>>> me. It seems really sporadic, I cannot spot a pattern that  may
>>>>> indicate the
>>>>> problem. I've also tried restarting my computer and re- 
>>>>> replacing the
>>>>> Gem.pd_darwin file all to no avail!
>>>>>
>>>>> My system is:
>>>>>
>>>>> Mac Mini (OS X 10.4 Tiger)
>>>>> 1gb RAM
>>>>> 1.25GHz G4 PPC Processor
>>>>>
>>>>> PD Version: Pd-0.38.4-extended-RC7
>>>>> (With GEM.pd_darwin file from GEM-0.90.0-OS X-G4-bin)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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