@bonemap

thanks for the offer... it is 4AM... but I'm happy.
The trick was done by loading the model (collada DAE) into Blender, assign the textures to the model and export it as 3DS.
(The plugin is still there and can be activated, even though there is a warning).

After that ISADORA recognised the textures and applied them properly so I could see the model.
As noted in previous posts in this forum I had to rename several of the texture files so the names were short enough not to cause any problems.

@mark_m very useful, thanks

@anr said:

my next challenge is to see if I can get different touch points with the touch board working to trigger different projected animations

If you place a control watcher actor with default settings it'll look for every control message. Therefore, if you place a fresh one and then look at the 'controller' output after you touch each of your different points, you should be able to see if they each send different controller values. If they do send different values, you can make a Control Watcher listen for a specific value by changing the 'controller' input to the specific controller value you saw on the output when you touched that point.

(This won't work if all of your points are sending the same controller value though.)

Hey I'm having trouble with the cue list editor/cuesheet. its behaving strangley and I'm thinking it has to do with the machine I'm on becuase it worked fine on a similar mac pro just last week. 

Sometimes the Advanced Cue Sheet go only keeps triggering the first cue in a scene instead of jumping to the next one down on the list, it's as if it got stuck on it. Also seemingly at random, when I make any changes to the cue in the cue list editor (eg. the description) it often doesnt save them. Meaning when I make a change and click on a different cue or go to a different izzi scene and then go back it's like it never happened. I have to make the change, click on description click on the next cue and go back to check if it stuck sometimes making the change about 4 times before it's saved...

its Izi 3.2.4 running on a mac pro high sierra 10.13.6

thanks in advance.

Yes Correct. If I only quit Isadora and then relaunch it the MIDI selection is exactly how I left it.

@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_m said:

In other words, not re-wrapping the HAP encoded .movs but actually transcoding from ProRes to HAP .avi?

 There is a known issue in Shutter Encoder (actually part of ffmpeg) that puts the wrong timing onto rewrapped hap avi files. (I think they play at double speed... something like that)
Try creating them fresh as @mark_m suggested.

@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

@bonemap Thanks. I still don't see why I would need that particular behavior. But someone needed it... 

@demetri79 Ambisonics might be hard although I can see my 3rd order ambisonic microphone Audio Unit plugin inside Isadora. My microphone is a Zylia ZM1

@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.  

@woland said:

it'll mutate the inputs of the Selector to the oddball font data type

 Handy find. I can see myself using this.

@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).

@video-architect

As @fubbi has mentioned, it is likely a alpha pre-multiplication issue. You can quickly try switching the 'alpha mode' on the Movie Player, and see if that corrects it.
If that doesn't you can add an 'Alpha Tool' after your movie player, and try the different 'actions' it offers. 

If some quick trial and error doesn't do it you may need to dig deeper (link Fubbi provided is a good start)

@awlieber said:

I've just realized that my version of Isadora 2 is attempting to open the file instead of Isadora 3

 You can right-click these menu icons, and select 'open file location'. In the folder that opens will be these 2 Isadora shortcuts.. If you check properties on them you can determine which is for Isadora 3 and for Isadora 2.. then rename them accordingly. These Icons will then show-up in your menu with the name you gave them..
I do this with every beta version I install, so that I can have dozens of Isadora versions installed. 

Hey community, let's put some more here. A world of Audio Unity is there to grab (free or otherwise). Here some more.  https://www.audiopluginsforfree.com/ and some more https://www.voxengo.com/group/free-vst-plugin-download/

For what it's worth, every time I've had output freezing in Windows, it's a CODEC issue. Maybe try converting the video to HAP Codec and see if that helps? If you need a way to do that, Shutter Encoder is great.

Cheers,

Hugh

@citizenjoe

When you file the report could you please include the file and tell us what Scenes to move and where in order to replicate the problem? 

This is bizarre. I've never heard of anything like this.

@mr_j

I agree with DusX, the best way is to copy the entire Scene over.

Snapshots are unique to the Scene in which they're created because they store the values of the actors' inputs in that specific Scene, so there's no mechanism for porting Snapshots from one Scene to another (which is essentially what you're asking) because Snapshots were never intended to be moved between Scenes.

The closest I can come to explaining this more understandably is this process:

Imagine you've got two copies of the same book.Now you highlight a sentence on a specific page of the first book.If you wanted that same highlighting in the second book, you'd either need to use a highlighter to reproduce the change in the second book, or you'd need to rip the page out of the first book and use it to replace the same page in the second book.

Not a perfect metaphor, but it's the best I can do.