hei, [pix_buffer] stores your images (or videos) in your memory. But as you mentioned, large videofiles will take maybe too much memory. You have too find a balance between the size of your videos, ableton and the memory.
cheers mrz On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Daniel Almeida <in...@yahoo.com> wrote: > pix_film works fine. I never had a problem with it before. I've done a VJ > app that worked great. But I never used it for a very long time. Now I need > something to be mixing video on the background for more than an hour and pd > crashes after 5/10 minutes.In my previous script, it could run for longer > than that, without a problem. that's why I'm thinking the constant and fast > opening of files might be doing some harm (that's what's new in the current > script). > > Using one pix_filme per movie is something I'm contemplating. The problem > is this: I'm gonna be generating visuals for more than 8 tracks, each track > with more than 5 clips per layer. I'm affraid this will take too much > memory! > > I got 0.41.4-extended-rc4. The first time I runned it, GEM wasn't loaded > but it looks now is ok. I thing some stuff was missing but now I'm unsure. > I'll try with it and will give some feedback later. > > Thanks for the help > > Daniel > > --- On *Fri, 6/12/09, Hans-Christoph Steiner <h...@at.or.at>* wrote: > > > From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <h...@at.or.at> > Subject: Re: [PD] pd_film: intensive use crashes PD > To: "Daniel Almeida" <in...@yahoo.com> > Cc: Pd-list@iem.at > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 6:51 PM > > > > Try Pd-extended 0.41.4 that was just released. You can have both versions > at the same time. > > .hc > > On Jun 12, 2009, at 12:56 PM, Daniel Almeida wrote: > > OSX - 10.5.7 > PD - pd-extended 0.40.3 > gem - I don't have a clue. How can I see it? > > What happens is the following: > I have two layers, each with one pix_filme. > I can open 3 movies per layer. And I can also bypass a pix_film. When we > have a notein I open a movie, when I have a noteout I bypass the pixfilm. > I'm currently using a 140 BPM tempo with a 1/4 division, so I have pretty > fast noteins. I'm thinking the problem is too much file openings. > > THanks for any help > > Daniel > > --- On *Fri, 6/12/09, Jack <j...@rybn.org<http://mc/compose?to=j...@rybn.org> > >* wrote: > > > From: Jack <j...@rybn.org <http://mc/compose?to=j...@rybn.org>> > Subject: Re: [PD] pd_film: intensive use crashes PD > To: "Daniel Almeida" <in...@yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=in...@yahoo.com> > > > Cc: Pd-list@iem.at <http://mc/compose?to=pd-l...@iem.at> > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 5:38 PM > > Can you give us : your OS, your PdX version , your GEM version ?Pd (with > [pix_film)]crash with every movies ? > ++ > > Jack > > > Le 12 juin 09 à 09:31, Daniel Almeida a écrit : > > Sory, I meant pix_film instead of pd_film > > --- On *Fri, 6/12/09, Daniel Almeida <in...@yahoo.com>* wrote: > > > From: Daniel Almeida <in...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [PD] pd_film: intensive use crashes PD > To: Pd-list@iem.at > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 8:20 AM > > Hi all, > I'm making an application to trigger videos using MIDI. I'm coding the MIDI > in Ableton Live and sending it through a MIDI loop on my soundcard. > > I have two video channels and each has it's on pix_film to show every video > for it's layer. Everytime a midi key is pressed, a file is opened. This > causes PD to crash after a few minutes. Does anyone has an idea how to go > around this situation? > > I think the best solution would be to have an array of all videos used in > each layer, opened at launch. This might not be the best way because I might > get a lot of videos and run out of memory (let's not forget I'm running Live > at the same time). > > Another solution could be to check if I'm pressing the same midi key so I > won't have to load the video again. This might help me make the video > loading less intensive. > > Any ideas on how to get this thing going? > > Daniel Almeida > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at <http://mc/compose?to=pd-l...@iem.at> mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Mistrust authority - promote decentralization. - the hacker ethic > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.myspace.com/moritzwettstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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