[PD] SOLVED! Re: Pd-0.39.2-extended-rc4-macosx104-powerpc : video codecs

chris clepper cgclepper at gmail.com
Tue Jul 24 20:24:20 CEST 2007


I moved the Quicktime initialization call so that it runs when GEM is
loaded.  The changes are in CVS.

On 7/24/07, Derek Holzer <derek at umatic.nl> wrote:
>
> Maybe a better idea would be to include this in the help file of
> [pix_film] so that people know about it. Forgive me if it's in a doc
> somewhere already, but I never recalled seeing this piece of info
> anywhere.
>
> But besides documenting it, I can't really see what purpose it serves to
> have that error if it could be changed otherwise. People know they need
> a window before they can see anything, anyway, and it's not like the
> error it throws says "make a gemwin first, dummy!" ;-)
>
> I could see this having problems if you had either an installation or a
> performance patch which autoloaded clips, perhaps before the window was
> created simply because the order of operations wasn't specific enough.
>
> Just my 2cents after a rather frustrating day ;-)
> best,
> d.
>
> chris clepper wrote:
> > I could change this to allow loading before window creation, but the
> > general idea is that you need a window to do anything so create that
> first.
> >
> > On 7/24/07, * Derek Holzer* <derek at umatic.nl <mailto:derek at umatic.nl>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >     ROTFLMAO. At myself!
> >
> >     No, I didn't. Thanks Chris, now I know neither me or my laptop is
> crazy.
> >
> >     I should have thought of this after years of teaching people they
> need
> >     to open X11 to use PDP. I guess the idea is about the same...
> >
> >     Everything appears to be in order now.
> >
> >     best,
> >     d.
> >
> >     chris clepper wrote:
> >      > You know you need to create a window before loading files right?
> >
> >
> >     --
> >     derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl :::
> >     http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista
> >     ---Oblique Strategy # 204:
> >     "What do you do? Now, what do you do best?'"
> >
> >
>
> --
> derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl :::
> http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista
> ---Oblique Strategy # 46:
> "Disconnect from desire"
>
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