This may be totally unrelated, but in the patch programming API, I'm finding that setting image metadata isn't working as expected. If that video patch is setting metadata, it's not working, and then it's being fed to a shader input, it might cause bad things. Or maybe not. But something is awry.
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Peter Boocock <cyberointer...@ntlworld.com>wrote: > Alex, > > Yes I can confirm that the standard built in Video Input [on newest iMac > aka FaceTime HD Camera] will not work as a texture input to a GLSL Shader > and that , I believe, is directly related to the already bug reported > problem with the Video Input stock patch on Lion, to a Billboard that input > will work first time around, then if stopped and restarted , it will cause a > hang or a crash I'm told that is likely as not a machine specific issue with > my edition of an iMac [2009]. Similarly, when the video input is fed into > the pretty plain, stock GLSL Shader, it will not texture up the input. How > nice to know one is not alone on this •~ > > Console > > 29/10/2011 15:15:26.151 Finder: *** Patch class "QCVideoInput" is not > allowed in safe mode > 29/10/2011 15:15:26.151 Finder: *** <QCNodeManager | namespace = > "com.apple.QuartzComposer" | 910 nodes>: Failed instantiating patch with > name "QCVideoInput" > 29/10/2011 15:15:26.151 Finder: *** Message from <QCPatch = 0x7fe825d10560 > "(null)">: > Cannot create node of class "QCVideoInput" and identifier "(null)" > > In Activity Monitor QC 4.5 is running in 64 bit mode. > > & all I get is blank empty space. > > One interesting point whereby this GLS problem differs from the Video Input > to Billboard problem on Lion that I have already bug reported is that you > can fairly safely start and stop and get a consistent result - namely blank > empty space :-). > > Not what this fellow's ordering , but I kind of find that oddly > reassuring. > > The start and restart problem with the Video Input patch to a Billboard in > Lion still results in a hang , often leading by means of intervention to a > Force Quit. Shall have to update the regression section. > > > BTW - slight side issue but has anyone else noticed that the online mailing > lists are [possibly temporarily] unavailable. and that OSDir has ceased at > archiving from 05/2011? > > Regards, > > Peter Boocock > e : cyberointer...@ntlworld.com > w : cybero.co.uk > w : vimeo.com/cybero > w : cybero.co.uk/Just_A_QC_Blog > > > > On 29 Oct 2011, at 20:08, quartzcomposer-dev-requ...@lists.apple.com Alex > Drinkwater wrote: > > > Subject: Lion, FaceTime Camera, GLSL > > Can anyone else confirm the built-in 'FaceTime HD Camera' (horrible name) > on the latest generation of iMacs will not work as a texture input to a > GLSL shader with Color Correction turned on under Lion. > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list (Quartzcomposer-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/gtoledo3%40gmail.com > > This email sent to gtole...@gmail.com >
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