[ANSWERED] Start Syphon recording from inside a stage?

Notdoc

I'm mainly using Isadora to make and record media 'content', rather as an interactive installation tool, at the moment. Syphon (with Soundflower) is a real game-changer for me with this. And the GLSL integration makes it lots of fun.

However, I'd love to be able to better integrate the recording process into the 'performance' of a sequence, so I can make more precise edit-style in-out decisions, rather than click between finder windows, etc. to press a 'record' button. Is there a way of automating this process from within a stage, so I can synch it to actions within the project and not have to trim recorded media in Premiere, etc afterwards?

If not, could there be a 'record stage' actor that activates Syphon recording? I'm seeing a few ongoing questions about using Isadora to output/record media, and I think this would be useful to many people. It may not be Isadora's primary function, but I suggest it's a part of its future.

Maybe I already can..? I'm still a beginner...

jfg

@Notdoc

you can use a QC KeyEventEmulator (https://github.com/zebradog/QC...) to start Syphon recording.

here a user actor I made for that purpose:

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Jean-François

Notdoc

@jfg

wow, thanks for quick reply. I'm not quite sure how to get to that point from the github download, but i will try...i may ask more questions here...

Notdoc

@jfg

it's a bit out of reach for me, i'm afraid... i'm not really adept with coding. I'm mostly an end-user. But thanks anyway

jfg

@Notdoc

in this thread Michel give a link to download the QC composition: https://community.troikatronix...

Read all the post to correctly install it.

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Jean-François

Notdoc

@jfg

cool. thanks v much

Notdoc

@jfg

Yay! it works!

merci de votre assistance. je suis très heureux!

woohoo

Notdoc

@jfg

Hi Jean-Francois, can i ask a bit more about this?

I've recreated your User Actor, I'm not quite sure how it works. I'm able to start & stop Syphon recording with "Option+Command+ 'r' ' keyboard commands now (which is great) , but I'm not able to automate the start-stop from within the stage and to assign it to other actors etc.

thanks

jfg

@Notdoc

I am not sure to understand where your problem is…

if you activate the trigger for record, the record will start. You can use the same trigger to activate something else like a trigger value actor or a player.

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Jean-François

Notdoc

@jfg

thanks.

Is that 'Syphon Recorder 2' Actor your own User Actor?

I have Syphon Receiver' and 'Syphon Stage Output' Actors, but not a 'Syphon Recorder'.

I re-created the version you showed previously, but the trigger failed to activate Syphon recording...

I feel sure I'm missing something really obvious...

jfg

@Notdoc

Yes, it is the user actor I show in my first answer.

It could have two causes:

- Syphon Recorder must run

- you need to activate "Syphon" in Menu Output/Stage setup

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Jean-François

Notdoc

@jfg

thanks, sorry my mistake I didn't understand your second image. Now I do...

But i'm still not having success. Syphon is activated in the Stage prefs, and the 'option+command+'r' keystrokes start recording no problem... but the User Actor I am copying from your example is not working for me. Here it is, maybe I am missing something?

TBH I don't really understand how the actor is supposed to work, as manually flipping the 'Trigger Event' from 'Off' to 'On' doesn't begin recording either. But the keystrokes do. I'm baffled.

jfg

@Notdoc

If Syphon Recorder is open and syphon activated in the Stage Setup, the 'option+command+'r' keystrokes works anyway also without any actor.

If the manually flipping the trigger Event doesn't work, you haven't correctly installed the QC KeyeventEmulator or there is a problem with authorization in Catalina. or the QC KeyEventEmulator is 32bit.

I use still Mojave on both computer and have no Idea about Catalina.

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Jean-François

jfg

@notdoc

QC keyeventemulatoI nstallation

There are two different files to download:

13d8d0-keyeventemulator.zip 38f248-keyeventemulator.plugin.zip

move the KeyEventEmulator to this place :
/Library/composition

and the KeyEventEmulator.plugin to this place:
/Library/Graphics/Quartz Composer Plug-Ins/

Notdoc

@jfg

ok, so this is not a Syphon problem, it's about getting the Key Event Emulator working. I didn't understand that until now. But I have installed it as you describe...if i understand correctly, this should be here:

and this here:

and if this Actor looks like this..:

...then Syphon Recorder should be recording, and when it's like this..:

...it should stop..?

Currently that isn't happening for me, although the Syphon Recorder is otherwise working fine, switched on, responds to manual keystrokes etc.

jfg

@notdoc said:

and if this Actor looks like this..: ...then Syphon Recorder should be recording, and when it's like this..: ...it should stop..?

Not really. You have to switch the "trigger Event" input to on then to off like you can see in my user actor:

Trigger value 1 > Trigger delay > trigger value 0

It is a strange behavior of the QC KeyEventEmulator actor, I think it is because it simulate a keyevent. We except a trigger or as you discribe on for record and off for stop. But if you look on the Syphon Recorder you use also the same keystroke for record and stop record. Here it is the same: Record= on then off, stop record=on then off both in a short time (0,1 s)

Perhaps it is better to understand with this construction:

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Jean-François

Notdoc

@jfg

Thanks, I really appreciate the effort you are making with this.

Unfortunately it is still not working, even after I re-created the nice simple set-up you have shown with the Wave Generator, and the 10Hz square wave. I can see it flipping the on/off but Syphon is not triggered.

Maybe it's a Catalina problem. It's frustrating, as I really need to trigger Syphon recording with more precision than the keystrokes permit, as it will save endless fiddling about in Premiere afterwards.

jandraka

@notdoc

Hi,

You can try this app http://charlie-roberts.com/mid... that converts midi events into keystrokes. It works in Catalina and triggers the recording in Syphon Recorder.
I hope it helps you.
Javi

Notdoc

@jandraka

thanks, that will be a useful workaround. Very helpful.

But I would still be curious to know if any Catalina users are able to use the QC KeyEventEmulator...