How is it that Syphon works into this setup? I thought CamTwist can load and run qtz's already. Does it seem better for framerate to stream the output of a running composition to a qtz running in CamTwist with syphon as a "listener"?
On Apr 5, 2012, at 4:24 AM, Achim Breidenbach wrote: > Hi, > > since it is very hard to implement this virtual camera, we decided to > recommend using CamTwist in order to stream content for BoinxTV at this time. > It turns out, that in combination with Syphon and SoundFlower this works very > well for our customers. > > best, > > Achim Breidenbach > Boinx Software > > > On 05.04.2012, at 09:12, Lee Grosbauer wrote: > >> Hi Alastair, >> >> It appears that you are inquiring how to turn any given application >> into having the capability of being it's own virtual camera. All the >> stand-alone virtual camera applications which George mentioned rely on >> a specialized QuickTime component, so it's likely that's what would >> need to be developed and then integrated directly into each app in >> question in order for those apps to appear as cam sources to broadcast >> hosts such as Ustream. It would be for others to say whether or not >> that's do-able. I'm guessing however that the stand-alone virtual cams >> are probably the most reasonable recourse. >> >> Lee >> >> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Alastair Leith >> <usefuldesign...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Thanks for the leads, George. >>> >>> How do you envisage one would go about making an application's output appear >>> to the system that it is a camera? Any idea what protocols determine 'this >>> is a camera data-stream'? >>> >>> On 05/04/2012, at 3:00 PM, George Toledo wrote: >>> >>> If Ustream is looking for a "camera" input, you'd have your app or some QC >>> plugin setup so that it looks like a camera driver to the system. >>> >>> There are some opensource projects that use macam or fakam to do that >>> (https://github.com/rsodre/ofxFakam , or "Synapse")... I think I've seen >>> some sample code at the ADC that does something like that as well, but I'm >>> not 100% sure, can't recall any project names. I have the impression that >>> the app camtwist has that function, as far as already available apps go. >>> Again, don't use it, so I'm not 100% certain about that. >>> >>> -gt >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/achim%40boinx.com >> >> This email sent to ac...@boinx.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/gtoledo3%40gmail.com > > This email sent to gtole...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com