[PD] processing webcam input with GEM

[Max Neupert]

that makes me wonder if i could use the logitech quickcam (Pro 4000) – 
since it does not run for me on XP –
at least on the mac (os X) ... does anybody have experience with that?


Am 17.06.2004 um 20:50 schrieb Ian Smith-Heisters:

> Hmmm.. What kind of NVIDIA? Can you use the cam with any other 
> software? Try
> just opening it through My Computer, it should be listed there
> automatically. What GEM objects made it crash?
>
> -ISH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pd-list-admin at iem.at [mailto:pd-list-admin at iem.at] On Behalf Of 
> Max
> Neupert
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> Subject: Re: [PD] processing webcam input with GEM
>
> the computers specs are: winXP SP1 Intel 2.28GHz 1GB RAM NVIDIA 
> graphics
> card.
> does that help?
>
> Am 16.06.2004 um 22:13 schrieb Ian Smith-Heisters:
>
>> Huh, that's exactly the camera I was using, only without any problems
>> :\ Maybe some conflict with your video card? I literally plugged the
>> camera in and it worked in PD. Weird indeed. What are your comp's
>> specs?
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> Max Neupert wrote:
>>
>>> That's interesting; i recently had a project (yesterday) where i
>>> tried to use pd, GEM and a Logitech Quickcam (Pro 4000) on a WinXP
>>> and pd crashed when i loaded a pd patch using GEM objects. after
>>> uninstalling the Logitech software pd ran nicely again - but i could
>>> not use the cam.
>>> weired.
>>>
>>> max
>>>
>>> Am 16.06.2004 um 18:19 schrieb Ian Smith-Heisters:
>>>
>>>> I recently did a project in WinXP with a webcam, PD, and GEM and it
>>>> worked beutifully. I was able to have 9 concurrently running
>>>> captures and 3D without a decent framerate. I think there are some
>>>> GEM picture analysis objects, but I'm not familiar with them.
>>>> PDP+PiDiP on Linux is the best way to do this, but WinXP and GEM,
>>>> perhaps with an OSC connection to something like Eyesweb will work.
>>>> I used a Logitech Quickcam.
>>>>
>>>> -Ian
>>>>
>>>> metafor at gmx.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> hi vasily
>>>>>
>>>>> i did this kind of things (colordetection) with pd and pdp+pidip.
>>>>> it works
>>>>> like a charm and it's fast, even if you use an object multiple
>>>>> times, in my case 17. it's linux and macOSX only. but i think you
>>>>> should give dynebolic (dynebolic.org) a try, it's a linux live-cd
>>>>> and i think the mentioned software should run without installing
>>>>> anything.
>>>>> http://ydegoyon.free.fr/pidip.html
>>>>>
>>>>> if there is no 3D involved i think you rather take this then using
>>>>> gem.
>>>>> most people i know working with linux and webcams are using the
>>>>> ones from philips.
>>>>> i think 740 (yellow rubber focus, not red) but i tried logitech and
>>>>> it worked as well, have a look on the supported models list of the
>>>>> pwc-driver:
>>>>> http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/
>>>>>
>>>>> if you need to stay on win i don't have much idea what to use,
>>>>> probably eyesweb could do this kind of things. (OSC communication
>>>>> with pd)
>>>>>
>>>>> M
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Vasily Kuznetsov wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi list,
>>>>>> My friend is doing a project where he will need to process the
>>>>>> image from a webcam in realtime, to detect changes in the color of
>>>>>> certain areas within it's view. I thought PD/GEM might be a good
>>>>>> tool for this. Has anyone had any experience, working with webcams
>>>>>> from PD? Which webcams are the easiest to connect to PD? What
>>>>>> other externals/packages will I need?
>>>>>> Thank you in advance,
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Vasily         mailto: kvas at naumen dot ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now paused: Andrey Kiritchenko - Polnoch
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P.S. BTW, the OS used will most likely be WinXP