[PD] CPS vs PD - experiences?

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I've used Pd in a number of installations and its great for this,  
especially when running on GNU/Linux.  For this installation:

http://at.or.at/hans/yoyo

I ran the whole thing on a discarded PC running Pd on Debian.  It  
would automatically start up the installation on boot, and I set it  
up so that the disks ran synchronously so that it could be power- 
cycled without worrying about losing data.  They had random power  
outages, so it had to come back by itself.  It did crash sometimes  
(you can probably blame my programming), but the gallery people could  
just flip the power to get it going again.  Yes, it takes time to set  
up Debian, and to make things start up like that.  But it has saved  
me probably days worth of troubleshooting time, so it was well worth it.

There are a number of other examples of installations running Pd,  
there is a permanent sound installation in a park in Vienna that runs  
Pd. IEM's 24-channel ambisonic setup runs Pd.  There is an  
installation here at NIME/Agora @ IRCAM that is running Pd.  So its  
definitely ready for prime time.

.hc

On Jun 7, 2006, at 5:29 AM, Damian Stewart wrote:

> i'm developing an installation for a public-access augmented table  
> educational interface. i'd like to use pd bu i'm not sure about its  
> long-term stability.
>
> previously the place i'm working has used cps (http:// 
> cps.bonneville.nl/) - i'm wondering, has anyone here had any  
> experiences with cps? could they recommend it/or not?
>
> or pd for that matter - how reliable might pd be in an 8 hrs a day  
> 7 days a week installation 500km away from where i live? would  
> using pd here be a dumb idea?
>
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