this is  in attached file what i have as driver (some functions are closed cause i did connect only one monitor, but here is the interface).
Is it this?
Thanx again, Maïa

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My first suggestion is that if you want to save money, the best cpu trade off would be from i7 to i5...
Where I have a 2 ghz i7, I seldom use all cores with Isadora, unless using other apps in parallel (which I do for video sharing to a mapping app, in which case the extra cores help run all the software nicely).
If I was to rebuild in a budget now I might get the fastest i5 available (might be like a 3.2 ghz?), that should show some real improvement in Isadoras performance, but might limit me in the multitasking.

Unfortunately I never had any luck with the EasyCap device, and as the above post describes, gave up and moved onto another device. I found the one that worked for me (Kaiser Baas DVD Maker) off the EchoFX recommended list (http://www.echofx.com/videoglide.html). Maybe others have had better luck with it! Hope that helps.

Any information for 2 ipcam 576p 15 fps minimum visible together
If I remember, I need to create a stream in quicktime first. Can I see both if it's the same model ?
Is it stable?

With IPCAM2SYPHON its possible to see up to 16 network cams at the same time in Izzy, even if the camera brand and model are the same, because every camera has its own address. The video stream is passed via Syphon from IPCAM2SYPHON to Isadora. I didn't have any issues yet with it.

Can't help you with the Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle. I don't have one.

Best,
Michel

Dear Fred,

As always, you provide a high degree of enlightenment to this community. Thank you for the effort you put into this post. Best Wishes, Mark (P.S. I really am around to be hassled though; it's just a matter of what can get done first. 😉

Hi,

I will run only isadora on these machines, so no real other processes except OS. On my i7 I never managed to get anything else than the 4 cores getting used when only using isadora. That's why I'm thinking switching to faster i5. Best Mehdi

Well, first take a look at this page:

http://www.commfront.com/RS232_Examples/CCTV/Pelco_D_Pelco_P_Examples_Tutorial.HTM#1 There are some example command strings under "Pelco-D command string examples" You can just double click the Send Serial actor, and paste one of these examples into the dialog box. Then trigger the actor to see if the PTZ responds. If it does, then you'll have to do some work to figure out the messages you want to send. The biggest difficulty is that this protocol requires a checksum -- and, unfortunately, Isadora cannot calculate this for you directly. So it's going to take a bit of work to implement this protocol if you need to go beyond simple messages that are fixed, like the ones in the example above. Best Wishes, Mark

Wow a steam punk nano Kontrol. Awesome.

Like Skulpture, I have a patch that works with touchOSC on my iPad to do this. It's really great because one of the default control surfaces is 8 x/y controllers. What makes this patch extra good (IMHO) is that when I go from screen to screen (using one of the other touchOSC surfaces) I send the current settings to those x/y controllers (send OSC to touchOSC on port 8000 by default) and this means that they all jump to their current setting.  It took some work to do this, but has saved me dozens of hours when setting up 'loopdiver'. Best Wishes, Mark

I have only used the products from: http://dmxking.com/
They are Entecc compatible and work well with the entecc user acotr in the forum.
I have not used the ethernet versions yet: http://dmxking.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=2&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=2

They are less costly and rather solid in my experiance.

The retina display is pretty amazing. It's not just that it looks great but also that you can run it at crazy high resolutions which gives you a ton of work space. I run mine at 1920x1200 which is really awesome for drafting or editing. I don't think I could go back to have a lower res screen.

It says it can transfer videos wirelessly but im not sure it will do wirless video playback.

There is a possibility it would work but wireless video just isnt there yet in my opinion. It is close I think.

Thanks to you both.

I don't plan on doing much real-time FX in isdaora, just some masking and skewing to fit the projection surfaces. Sounds like I can spend a bit less than I thought. Great !

Also, have you tried turning on "Load/Save All Settings When Starting/Stopping Live Input" in the Video tab of the preferences? Enabling that function can (with some devices) lead to a long time when turning on the device... but maybe it will solve the problem? Give it a try.

-- M

After much effort blackmagic changed the way the issue SDK's for the ATEM. I halted development at the moment as it is better to wait for a clear and stable protocol. I will post the code I used if anyone wants to try for themselves. Thanks for those who were interested.

Here it is

https://github.com/fred-dev/V4_ATEM_MIDI_CONTROL.git

Fred

@michel - see this is why you are pro! 😉

HEY I got it.  The matrox set up did not work the first time. Restart and presto. Three separate images to three different projects from the matrox.

You need to install Matrox Power Desk software for things to work. I only had problems with  cheap miniDP to VGA adapters which was solved by purchasing the apples miniDP to VGA adapter.

Regarding the dual-link DVI adapters you can probably run out of bandwidth if you do 3840x1080, but if you do you should have lower resolutions as the ones you mentioned, available. Better yet, and as you've suggested, you should run the analog signal (DVI-VGA) which has higher limitations.

The problem most likely is that your USB at the computer may not provide enough power for the active extender to work. This is often the case with PC's - there are just too many manufacturers and standards to have any consistency. Since mac's are made way lesser variety the USBs are more reliable.

I have not had any issues with about 10 different macs using 2 10m long active extenders daisy chained + camera cable 23m. That without an additional power adapter. And I have seen cheaper(ebay-chinese) extenders that do not work but more quality ones do at the same setup.

Nice! Thunderbolt is awesome!

OK. First you guys all are an amazing group and the knowledge shared is priceless.

My problems are all solved. Here is my setup. I am using a Macbook pro  15-inch, Early 2011

Processor  2.2 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory  8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Graphics  Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB

Running Lion.

The final setup will be the newest 13" macbook pros. Hope it would not be an issue.

So first I downloaded the driver from http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net as recommended for the PS3 eye and installed as instructed.

Then I got the following.

1. One Live feed is MIni Dv cam into a firewire to thunderbolt. Any Mini DV would work, mine is an old Sony DCR-HC62 (640/480)

2. One Live feed is Logitech C615 Webcam USB. In full res I am getting 1600/1200

3. One Live feed is Creative chat HD VF0700 Webcam USB. In full res I am getting 1600/1200

4. One Motu going out of the Firewire port (did not test yet).

I had to switch the USB connection once or twice but I got it to work in Izzy in 2 seconds. The setting option inside Izzy gave me all the adjustments I needed (Contracts brightness etc...).

When running all 3 I am getting a pretty choppy movement (when objects move fast in the frame) from the USB cams.

My frame rates running all 3 feeds fluctuate between 22-25 FPS.

When I take the Resolution of the web cams to Half (800X600) the movement is much smoother and the frame rates are around 29-30 FPS.

The delay is of a few frames (not sure how the measure exactly) and is consistent between all feeds.

The image quality of the Logitech C615 is much better than the live cam but they are both acceptable for my needs.

Further testing will include:

1. A good active USB extender.

2. Connecting 2 Firewire live feeds. (One, using the Thunderbolt to Firewire and one via the ADVC100.

Hope this helps someone.

By the way, Just out of curiosity I wanted to see if the FaceTime cam would give me the 4th feed but it did not want to join. I was able to see the feed in the preview window when I was playing around with the settings but nothing went to the feed.

I checked the Facetime cam on it own as an individual feed and it worked no problem. Not sure what is the reason.