@dusx Thank you, I think it must have been a corrupted system lib. I had to re-install Windows 11 a few days after my initial post due to a corrupted graphics driver, and now with a clean pass on sfc the Kinect is properly providing input to Isadora.

@video-architect said:

to a Mac Studio. Has anyone had any experience with these machines? 

@chimerik and @fubbi have both told me that they're happy with their Mac Studios

@bonemap Yes, pros call it the swiss army knife of video conversion/scaling

@knowtheatre

It took me some time to learn how to work with the mobile app but once i got to know it i works great, especially the AI funcitons. I used it in a danse show to track a dancer. The app was the easiest to activate and deactivate the tracking.

@nic

As mentioned in the other thread, we do not support the Azure at this time and it's also not on the list of things we're trying to put in place in the near future. It would be nice to have everything, but unfortunately we don't have the resources to do that, so we have to prioritize other features right now.

Best wishes,

Woland

@jtsteph

I just discovered, they already support the Loupdeck officially, as well as several other interfaces.

I don't use the original Software, so I can't compare. You can copy/move buttons between positions and pages. But only one at a time. But there is an export/import function, which can be used as a workaround to move whole pages.

The page up/down buttons can be moved and removed freely, and there is an internal button function to jump straight to a specific page.

The plugin link I gave you, was probably misinterpreted by me. It is a Loupdeck plugin which enables the Loup software to use the companion functionality (both softwares have to be running). There is a Streamdeck version as well. This way you use the original software for programming as usual, but implement companion buttons programmed in companion.

The plugins use the remote interface / API of companion, which enables remote control by several protocols, like OSC, ArtNet, etc. This way you can easily trigger buttons from a different device (e.g. a computer running Isadora, sending OSC to companion, triggering a button which shuts the light via Home Assistant or ESP). There even is a Web remote interface which emulates the physical interface in a remote web browser.

The companion open source community is very active and as it is used a lot in professional live media/ event productions, there already is a long list of of modules (called connections) with specific support for software and hardware devices.

I personally use the raspberry version with a pi 4b which is connected headless to the network, as a multi device remote interface. With a PoE+ HAT you even don't need a PSU anymore, or you go wireless with a Powerbank. (this isn't mine, but there are several examples for companion pi).

I've got a couple of APEMAN M400 Pocket Auto Focus Projector - very happy with them for the price...

https://uk.apemans.com/collect...

They are great for smaller projections so it depends how big the sculpture is

hi, @mr_j

I'm afraid i lost them. I made this in a time where i didn't backup my user actors folder and I lost them all. I made a completely new one where the 16 value's are bundled in 1 json string. I'ts not a very good actor but i know how to work with it. If I find the time to make it better I can maybe share it.

@mark_m very useful, thanks

@dusx

thank you. And if I would stay on Win 10?

Alternetivly, can you recommend another GPU with 6 outputs (or at least 5). Ideally with EDID Management?

@mark Thanks Mark.

It is not urgent at all for me. No production in sight. I was simply happy that Gemini works on M1 and my Leapmotion (old model) worked right away with what looks like a rock solid tracking. The solution for the moment seems GECO. But since I don't have a production I'll wait to have a native Izzy actor when you get a chance. No hurry for me.

Thanks again

@mark_m And you don't even need a PC tower. A Mac laptop works just the same. I just bought a couple of Sonnet Echo III (3 PCI slots) with a Blackmagic quad HDMI video card. It feels like heaven to have 4 HDMI live inputs at the same time. I have not yet received the video output card. But I am sure it is going to work. Although you need the minidin to whatever your inputs and outputs are. Ince there are 3 slots I prefer to have an input card and an output card because my cameras are Blackmagic 6K pro that are HDMI only and since I have 200 ft fiberoptics HDMI cable I didn't want to add the cost and the hassle of buying HDMI to SDI to mini din. (crossover nightmare).

SO, One card fhr the 4 HDMI input, One card for SDI output and Bum ! I have it all on a Mac laptop.  

@renegadepg

Dolphin looks interesting, but unless they specifically share the controllers feedback in some way (OSC would be nice) I can't think of anyway to work with it out of the box.
I did a little digging and it appears that Dolphin can be extended... This project appears to add a python enviroment into Dolphin: Felk/ext-python: Dolphin Emulator's external dependency on python, for embedded scripting. Included as a submodule (github.com)
There may be other options. The idea would be to get the values in the script and instantly send them out to Isadora (probably OSC would be the easiest method).

@jerkson

I worked on a show in October with an M2 Mac Studio where we used Isadora and the same dialog came up at some point. I can’t remember if we just installed Rosetta because Apple demanded we do so for some reason (though we never used or needed Rosetta for Isadora) or if we were able to just tell that warning dialog to go away and shut up, but either way, the warning/dialog is a complete red herring. If you can’t make it go away without installing Rosetta, just install Rosetta to make Apple’s dialog shut up, do nothing with Rosetta at all after it’s installed (because you won’t need to), and then continue on your merry way.

@woland

sAcn + Isadora 

YES PLEASE

@juriaan I'll have to gather some more specific info/instances from my students about what is happening but freezing/lagging is happening with both Isadora and other programs (Final Cut Pro X). I was thinking it was the graphics card that was the issue but perhaps I'm on the wrong track. They have no outputs and for my class specifically it doesn't matter too much if the resolution is 4k or much less, still having slowness issues on FCPX and Isadora (the two programs we use the most). 

I had our tech person take one of the computers to do some diagnostics see if got a couple bad apples. We are in between tech help right now so also might be potentially some of the software on it? We are a university student focused lab so lots of constraints. Have you seen performance issues on the M1? Are the M2 minis more reliable? They are mostly learning to program on these computers and then take the work into our multi-media, multi-disciplinary space or theatre later. 

just an update on OSC controls of the Tiny 4K: this seems to work much better than Obsbot’s own controller:

https://github.com/johnebgood/the-one-camera-controller

@citizenjoe

I believe the issue is with the protocol used to stream the video. These devices use there own compression scheme that allows it to travel over USB3, so its not a protocol that talks directly with video cards (at least not like Displayport).

@fred Thanks !

@juriaan said:

Showtec NET - 2/5 Pocket

This looks exactly like what we are looking for. Thank you very much, it solves a lot of hassle.

Haven't tried ArtNet and Isadora yet, but I guess it is not hard to set up, right? I am checking the ArtNet plugin. Is it as easy as setting ArtNet device's IP and sending a matrix of values to the plugin?

I am really glad this thread is solving such hassle. I hope it helps more people as well.