[PD] select device for pix_video on Os x

[chris clepper]

There is no way to tell what the dialog settings are current set to using
the Quicktime APIs and there is no standard way that driver authors
implement the dialogs so it is difficult to figure out what is going wrong.
It is possible that whenever the dialog is called the settings on the USB
cam are reset or at least appear to reset.  I had this happen with some
terrible industrial cameras before I ditched them for DV.

You can use a message like [device 0, input 0, dimen 640 480(  to set the
device and then the dimensions.  Since both the iSIght and webcam are USB
devices then the input number might have to change instead of the device.
The order they appear in the dialog Source list will give some idea what
order they are in as will the info printed to the Pd console.


On Feb 12, 2008 5:24 PM, stefan <stefanpiat at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi,
> - I use a macbook and try to configure a usb webcam through pix_video
> default selected camera is the built-in one > using [dialog( I select
> another webcam (usb)
> - if I send a message like [dimen x x( to [pix_video].
> the configuration I choose in [dialog( is reset and  it come back to the
> default settings (the built-in camera...)
> I use a logitechquickcam (macam driver) but I had the same problem with a
> apple I-sight (firewire)
> - I try to configure  the webcam using the device message...
> but  - [device 0(  or everything else  make nothing (or I don't know how
> to make it work..)
>       - [enumerate( does not work...
>       - I try with the driver too, but ... i can't figure myself how it's
> work
>
>
> is it possible to configure usb webcam with another way than [dialog(  and
> if it is possible...how? :)
>
> and why the dialog box configuration reset when I sent a dimen message to
> pix_video?
>
>
> thx
>
> s.
>
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