Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-03-06 Thread chris clepper
gt; with HD material, i notice problems as well, also with the mjpeg >>>>>>>>> codec. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> anyone having experience with fullHD and other codecs? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-03-06 Thread Cyrille Henry
2013 um 23:55 Uhr *Von:* "Stephan Elliot Perez" mailto:dreamoftheshoreofanotherwo...@gmail.com>> *An:* "Cyrille Henry" mailto:c...@chnry.net>>

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-03-04 Thread chris clepper
reduced the resolution of the files from 1920 x 1080 to 800 x >>>>>>> 450 >>>>>>> with the Apple Photo -Jpeg codec and now I have no lag. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The loss in quality is of course noticable, but tolerable..

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-03-04 Thread Stephan Elliot Perez
. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks again for you help, >>>>>> Stephan >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:13 AM, wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello! >>>>>>> >>>>

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-03-03 Thread chris clepper
when playing back video with gem, >>>>>> comes from the codecs and container, resulting in extreme differences >>>>>> in >>>>>> cpu-load. >>>>>> i found, that mov-container work way better than avi-container, even >>&

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-03-03 Thread chris clepper
d, that mov-container work way better than avi-container, even >>>> though >>>> the same codec is used and packed in the container. >>>> try converting your videos to a motion-jpeg codec packed in a >>>> quicktime-mov. >>>> you could use mpeg-st

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-03-03 Thread Peter Venus
iem.at *Betreff:* Re: [PD] file format for GEM A more urgent problem: Although the CPU usage stays under 100 (peak is around 84 with three videos overlapping), there is a substantial amount of lag. If I turn off video processing, a command that should be executed after 30 seconds via the cue list is

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-03-02 Thread chris clepper
e same codec is used and packed in the container. >>>> try converting your videos to a motion-jpeg codec packed in a >>>> quicktime-mov. >>>> you could use mpeg-streamclip [1] for that purpose on win /mac machines >>>> or ffmpeg on linux. >>>> &g

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-03-01 Thread chris clepper
purpose on win /mac machines >> or ffmpeg on linux. >> >> [1] http://www.squared5.com/ free tool for video conversion >> >> regards, peter >> >> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 27. Februar 2013 um 23:55 Uhr >> *Von:* "Stephan Elliot Perez" >> *A

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-03-01 Thread Stephan Elliot Perez
gt; regards, peter > > *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 27. Februar 2013 um 23:55 Uhr > *Von:* "Stephan Elliot Perez" > *An:* "Cyrille Henry" > *Cc:* pd-list@iem.at > *Betreff:* Re: [PD] file format for GEM > A more urgent problem: Although the CPU usage stays under 100 (p

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-28 Thread Cyrille Henry
Le 27/02/2013 20:19, Stephan Elliot Perez a écrit : What is a shader, and how do I use it? see all exemple in directory 10.glsl cheers c On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Cyrille Henry mailto:c...@chnry.net>> wrote: Le 27/02/2013 19:17, Stephan Elliot Perez a écrit : Thanks,

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-28 Thread news
2013 um 23:55 Uhr Von: "Stephan Elliot Perez" An: "Cyrille Henry" Cc: pd-list@iem.at Betreff: Re: [PD] file format for GEM A more urgent problem: Although the CPU usage stays under 100 (peak is around 84 with three videos over

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-27 Thread Cyrille Henry
Le 27/02/2013 19:17, Stephan Elliot Perez a écrit : Thanks, it works now. For some reason, turning "auto" on and off (with pix_film) causes the video to lag temporarily, but I do not have this problem if I use line-objects to go through the frames. The cpu-usage goes above 100 if I have more

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-26 Thread Cyrille Henry
hello, Gem is mostly design to work on the GPU, and not on the CPU. GPU have hundreds of core, they are faster than CPU for image manipulations. pix_add come from the 20th century and should now be avoid since it use cpu not gpu ;-) in order to make a fade transition between 2 videos, you can u

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-26 Thread Stephan Elliot Perez
Hello, So, looking at the help file for [pd~], it seems to be primarily for audio. How can I use multiple cores to work purely with GEM? I am trying to have a simple transition between video clips, but if I have two instances of pix_film and then connect them to pix_add, the CPU-ussa

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-05 Thread IOhannes m zmoelnig
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-02-04 21:38, Thomas Mayer wrote: > I just wanted to state, that you cannot distribute arbitrary tasks > in Pd to several threads, and therefore CPU cores without a) > stating it explicitely via [pd~] (or [netsend]/[netreceive] or any > other wa

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-04 Thread Stephan Elliot Perez
Hahah, I did not mean it as a tip. I was complaining about the file size. As I said, the Apple Intermediary Codec works. However, at some random points in the videos (and only in a few files), the playback becomes very laggy. This applies in any Player, not just GEM. On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:28 P

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-04 Thread Thomas Mayer
On 04.02.2013 16:55, IOhannes zmölnig wrote: > On 02/03/2013 10:54 PM, Thomas Mayer wrote: >> Pd will only use one core, and one core for the GUI. There are ways to >> distribute the load over several cores, e.g. [pd~] or use several >> instances of Pd that communicate with each others: > > Pd wil

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-04 Thread chris clepper
The M is for 'Motion' and uses two fields per frame, so it is interlaced. On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 3:18 PM, me.grimm wrote: > >> Also, I selected JPEG-Photo using the program "MPEGStreamclip" at %100 > > this actually worked pretty decent. thanks for the tip! > > > I assume JPEG-Photo is MJPEG: Th

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-04 Thread me.grimm
>> Also, I selected JPEG-Photo using the program "MPEGStreamclip" at %100 this actually worked pretty decent. thanks for the tip! > I assume JPEG-Photo is MJPEG: The video file gets so large, because you might someone know: what is the difference between photo-jpeg and motion-jpeg? i am assuming

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-04 Thread IOhannes zmölnig
On 02/03/2013 10:54 PM, Thomas Mayer wrote: Hi, On 03.02.2013 22:48, Stephan Elliot Perez wrote: I am talking about PD's CPU meter. I don't have the impression that PD takes full advantage of 2 quad-core processors. When processing audio, anything over 100 in PD's meter will lead to glitched au

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-04 Thread IOhannes zmölnig
On 02/03/2013 10:17 PM, Charles Goyard wrote: Hi, try with MJPEG. It's easier to decode. Files are huge. Just wondering: does GEM provide hardware decoding for codecs supported by the driver ? Gem doesn't do any decoding of video files on its own. instead it uses various backends to offload

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-03 Thread Thomas Mayer
Hi, On 03.02.2013 22:48, Stephan Elliot Perez wrote: > I am talking about PD's CPU meter. I don't have the impression that PD > takes full advantage of 2 quad-core processors. When processing audio, > anything over 100 in PD's meter will lead to glitched audio. I am just > wondering if it will be

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-03 Thread chris clepper
Pd's load meter might not accurately show the CPU load of Quicktime decoding of video. QT/Apple Intermediate will use as many CPU cores as you have available. On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Stephan Elliot Perez < dreamoftheshoreofanotherwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am talking about PD's CPU mete

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-03 Thread chris clepper
CPU is 34% out of 800% (8 cores)? Seems fine if it does what you want to do... On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Stephan Elliot Perez < dreamoftheshoreofanotherwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried it with Apple Intermediate Codec, as Mr. Clepper suggested, and it > runs smoothly now. CPU use is about

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-03 Thread Stephan Elliot Perez
I tried it with Apple Intermediate Codec, as Mr. Clepper suggested, and it runs smoothly now. CPU use is about 34 in "auto"-read. Is that about right for my system? On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Charles Goyard wrote: > Thomas Mayer wrote: > > https://github.com/residuum/Bash-Scripts/blob/mast

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-03 Thread Charles Goyard
Thomas Mayer wrote: > https://github.com/residuum/Bash-Scripts/blob/master/mencmjpeg > > Usage: ./mencmjpeg original_video new_video > Or: ./mencmjpeg original_video I noticed mencoder occasionaly produce bad frames if the input file is malformed (Premiere seems to suck at exporting), so I switch

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-03 Thread chris clepper
iMovie should be able to export Apple Intermediate Codec which is perhaps the best option on the Mac. It's a highly optimized and works at any resolution. On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 3:11 PM, me.grimm wrote: > I have always used 'photo-jpeg' > Maybe try that? > > For those on osx: > Unfortunately ha

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-03 Thread Charles Goyard
Hi, try with MJPEG. It's easier to decode. Files are huge. Just wondering: does GEM provide hardware decoding for codecs supported by the driver ? Stephan Elliot Perez wrote: > Greetings, > I am just starting to use GEM and am having a problem with video > playback using pix_film. The C

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-03 Thread Stephan Elliot Perez
OS: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 Processor: 2 x 2,8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Ram: 6 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 10:09 PM, Thomas Mayer wrote: > Hi, > > please respond to the list, as others may help in answering your > follow-up questio

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-03 Thread Thomas Mayer
Hi, please respond to the list, as others may help in answering your follow-up questions, and / or may benefit from the conversation.0 On 03.02.2013 21:49, Stephan Elliot Perez wrote: > Thanks. I have no idea what a bash script is or what to do with it, but I > will read through the thread... If

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-03 Thread Max
Am 03.02.2013 um 21:11 schrieb "me.grimm" : > I have always used 'photo-jpeg' > Maybe try that? > > For those on osx: > Unfortunately handbrake does not compress for that. > I get students to compress from FCP or iMovie on the mac. Also apparently the > new FCP x requires compressor (extra 50$) t

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-03 Thread Thomas Mayer
Hi, On 03.02.2013 20:19, Stephan Elliot Perez wrote: > I am just starting to use GEM and am having a problem with video > playback using pix_film. The CPU goes through the roof and the video > naturally lags. My original video clips were in .MTS (panasonic, 1920 x > 1080) format. I then co

Re: [PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-03 Thread me.grimm
I have always used 'photo-jpeg' Maybe try that? For those on osx: Unfortunately handbrake does not compress for that. I get students to compress from FCP or iMovie on the mac. Also apparently the new FCP x requires compressor (extra 50$) to compress to pjpeg. I am also curious to know an open-so

[PD] file format for GEM

2013-02-03 Thread Stephan Elliot Perez
Greetings, I am just starting to use GEM and am having a problem with video playback using pix_film. The CPU goes through the roof and the video naturally lags. My original video clips were in .MTS (panasonic, 1920 x 1080) format. I then converted them into .mp4 (Codecs: H.264, AAC) using H