[PD] call for PDP testing on Mac OS X

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at eds.org
Mon Apr 23 06:46:45 CEST 2007


The latest test releases are here:

http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html

.hc

On Apr 22, 2007, at 9:32 AM, <bigswift at cox.net> <bigswift at cox.net>  
wrote:

> i had the best luck following teh directions on Sevy's site, the  
> installers so far have not worked for me.
>
> instead of pdp_v4l, osx users should use pdp_ieee1394.
> we need a usbcam object for OSX , macam seems to get it working   
> for iShenanigans etc..
>
> finally, i gave up on pdp, pidip for OSX and installed ubuntu-ppc  
> on old powerbook and everything works
>
> point me at rc and i will give it a shot on a clean mac here.
>
> pp
>
>
>
>
> ---- Joseph Gray <josephgray at grauwald.com> wrote:
>> I'm receiving the same error as well.  Running on a G5 with OS X  
>> 10.3.9
>>
>> Missing Libraries? need X11?
>>
>> Or do I simply stick with Quartz Composer?
>>
>>
>>
>> The writer Tim Boykett writ:
>>>> • Hi,
>>>> • Trying to get it up, using 39.2-rc1, nothing from pdp is working  
>> at all.
>> • So the rest of you are having at least more luck than me....
>>>> • I am also getting the message
>>>> • error: to function, this needs to be compiled against Pd 0.40 or  
>> higher,
>>>> • 	or a version that has sys_register_loader()
>> • libdir loader $Revision: 1.5 $
>> • 	written by Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>
>> • 	compiled on Apr 14 2007 at 05:11:51
>> • 	compiled against Pd version 0.39.2.extended-RC1
>>>> • at the very start; i.e. this is the first thing in the PD window.
>>>> • Question: What things might I need from Fink that I might not have
>> • right now? Are there any things I should _not_ have?
>>>> • Okay; I would really like to see this working, so I do not have to
>> • learn about Jitter :->
>>>> •    Cheers,
>>>> • Tim
>>>>>>>> • On 20/04/2007, at 7:11 AM, marius schebella wrote:
>>>> •> same here. hmm, at least, when X11 is running, then it is  
>> possible to
>> •> use pdp_glx for output. and for input I used pdp_noise just to see
>> •> what
>> •> is happening, and that combination gices me an output window and a
>> •> working patch (both in test6 and rc2).
>> •> I think for input I want to use pdp_qt? or what is another  
>> object for
>> •> live input?
>> •> marius.
>> •>
>> •>
>> •> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> •>>
>> •>> pdp_v4l won't work on Mac OS X, since v4l = video4linux.  As for
>> •>> what to
>> •>> do about getting pdp_xv to work, I have no idea.  I tried a  
>> bit, and
>> •>> only succeeded in getting Pd to crash.  [pdp_sdl] is built in
>> •>> there, but
>> •>> doesn't seem to do anything but crash.  Here are the messages I
>> •>> found:
>> •>>
>> •>>
>> •>> .hc
>> •>>
>> •>> On Apr 20, 2007, at 12:08 AM, marius schebella wrote:
>> •>>
>> •>>> yes, that is true, but pdp_xv is not working. so I cannot really
>> •>>> say,
>> •>>> if the rest is.
>> •>>> what is the output window called on osx?
>> •>>> marius.
>> •>>>
>> •>>> Kyle Klipowicz wrote:
>> •>>>> My first test, opening pdp example 1 in pd-0.39.2-extended-rc1,
>> •>>>> loads
>> •>>>> every object but pdp_v41.
>> •>>>> ~Kyle
>> •>>>> On 4/19/07, marius schebella <marius.schebella at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>> •>>>>> hi hans,
>> •>>>>> where should that pdp version be? in the nightly autobuilds?
>> •>>>>> btw. it seems there is an intel binary now? thanks for that.
>> •>>>>> but pdp did not work for me.
>> •>>>>> the first thing to solve would be the output window. which I
>> •>>>>> don't see
>> •>>>>> how to create?
>> •>>>>> marius.
>> •>>>>>
>> •>>>>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> •>>>>>> I would like to get PDP and PiDiP working well on Mac OS X  
>> in the
>> •>>>>>> upcoming release.  I don't use PDP, so I don't know how to
>> •>>>>>> test it.
>> •>>>>>> So I am calling on all of you to tell me what's broken.
>> •>>>>>>
>> •>>>>>> http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html
>> •>>>>>>
>> •>>>>>> PDP is now compiled with libSDL, so that might also give  
>> Mac OS X
>> •>>>>>> users a new output option.
>> •>>>>>>
>> •>>>>>> .hc
>> •>>>>>>
>> •>>>>>>
>> •>>>>>>
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