Thanks for all the suggestions, folks.
For the record - this is a Mac Mini with only a single video output,
so I don't think it's an issue with the second monitor.
Also - I tried saving the composition with a small window in the
upper left corner (when connected to the LCD), but that doesn't help.
I also tried saving the comp as a large window - nearly filling the
1600x1200 display. No good.
I will try the screensaver approach, but I'm not sure that'll work
for me - someone mentioned there would be no user interaction - I'm
not using keyboard and mouse, but I've got lots of MIDI controllers
as well as audio.
Auto-login and auto-start are working fine.
Thanks
Jack
On Jan 22, 2008, at Jan 22, 2008 | 7:45 AM, Johnson, Mark P. -
Duluth wrote:
1) For Auto Login, go to System Preferences ... Accounts and then
selection
"Login Options" with the house icon. Choose the account you
automatically
log in as. You will be asked for the password.
2) I mentioned that in my other email. You can "run it" with the
Screensaver
Engine already built into the OS. Or there are third-party apps
that can
allow you to run it as the desktop -- which lets you put things in the
foreground...
3) Try hooking up a second monitor to your computer. Or just look
at System
Preferences ... Display Preferences and choose "Gather Windows" --
my guess
is that the output your composition is being viewed in is showing
up as
another monitor. Just choose "mirror display" -- the other issue is
that the
display window is stored in the composition. So, when you are on a
higher
resolution monitor, it may be visible -- but put it on an 800x600
monitor,
and you can't find it unless it is full screen. So, either increase
the
resolution and move it and then save it -- so that you can see it
when you
open it again in 800x600, or go to the current User preferences for
that
comp with the path ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost and find the file
name of
the composition you are having trouble with, it will have a random
number at
the end (your network user unique ID), and ".plist" -- that's the
preferences for your composition. If you delete it, the window may
reset
(though, these may just be the preferences created by the screen
saver.
Anyway, I'm guessing that will solve issue #3.
4) That really isn't necessary. The reason you might want to do it
may be
performance -- because apps seem to run quicker than the QC files
-- it may
be an issue of being an interpreted text file, vs. a compiled app.
And it
might be that normal applications get a higher priority than a
screensaver.
I might want to test the screensaverengine with "renice" to set it
to a
higher priority.
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