[GEM-dev] [pix_video] error with macbook's built-in camera

[me.grimm]

>> *works* but there is a memory leak, so Pd crashes after about a minute
of playback.

got it compiled and crash confirmed... cool that it works though!

how to track this down?

btw if i change from [gemglutwindow] to [gemcocoawindow] i get a totally
different type of pd freakout.... GL: invalid framebuffer operation,
glitching, etc

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:

> It’s not on my Github fork yet as it *works* but there is a memory leak,
> so Pd crashes after about a minute of playback. Should be a simple fix, but
> I didn’t find it yet and there may be a workaround that requires a partial
> rewrite.
>
> On Feb 14, 2017, at 8:33 AM, me.grimm <megrimm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>I have a working pix_film using the newer framework, AVFoundation,
>
> unaware this was working. code pushed to github? i would be interested in
> testing but unfortunately have no time (or skills) for this kind of dev
> work.
>
> i am surprised that you are the only one working on this... shame because
> it seems if a group was organized to complete it would actually get done.
>
> thanks for the work you have put in
>
> cheers
> m
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 1:19 PM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> GEM needs to be updated to use a different video backend as QuickTime is
>> no longer available. This has been a known issue for years...
>>
>> In the meantime, there is no solution but to downgrade to 10.11 as QT is
>> no longer present on 10.12.
>>
>> In the longer term, I have a working pix_film using the newer framework,
>> AVFoundation, ported from OpenFrameworks but there are some performance
>> issues I haven’t figured out yet. Once that’s ironed out I’ll port the
>> video grabber next.
>>
>> It would be nice to get some development help on this, but it looks like
>> in the end it’s up to me. Note, this is not a high priority for me right
>> now.
>>
>
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