[PD] pix_video appears to crash PD when running on Leopard

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I use pix_video with my built-in webcam quite a bit with no problems.   
So I am guessing that the issue is triggered by your capture card.   
Try a regular USB webcam using macam drivers as a test.  If that works  
fine, then it is most likely something related to the capture card.   
Perhaps there is a driver update for it?

.hc


On May 1, 2009, at 10:41 AM, james murray wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I had originally posted this within the PD/GEM forums but haven't  
> gotten any traction/responses to my question and thought perhaps the  
> list might have a more lively response.
>
> I recently had a G5 tower upgraded to Leopard while being serviced  
> by Apple (I wasn't asked if this was wanted and it wasn't because of  
> concerns I had about PD running smoothly on Leopard) and cannot  
> downgrade the OS due to lost install discs.
>
> I upgraded my PD Extended vers. to 0.40.3 as had been recommended in  
> the Forums and although I can get PD to open and access libraries  
> properly I've run into a problem with getting certain works made on  
> Tiger to function properly with the pix_video object.  I'm running  
> the piece using a BlackMagic Intensity Pro video card it should be  
> noted.  When the patch in question is opened it crashes after five  
> or six seconds... Deleting the pix_video object appears to stop the  
> crashing, but obviously it needs to be there in order for the piece  
> to work.
>
> Has anyone else been running into video capture issues with Leopard/ 
> PD Extended 0.40.3 and BlackMagic (or any other variation of them)?   
> Is there a work-around object/alternate object that I could try  
> using to avoid this and actually have a stable piece to run?
>
> Any help/insight would be huge.  Thanks in advance.
>
> J
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