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Capture animation in OSC setup

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AB

19 Mar, 2017 07:09 PM

Ok, so I have started sending OSC from Bidule to Nodebox.

It works as it should - apart from the fact, that NodeBox apparently isn't built for real time animation. It's a problem, because how can I then create videos of (or play live with) my new sound/osc -> vector animation setup?

Any thoughts? Maybe also about the future of NodeBox? I really want to use it like vvvv on PC.....

Br, AB

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by john on 20 Mar, 2017 01:39 AM

   

   Can you say more about your problem? It sounds like you have the animation working. Is NodeBox too slow to keep up? Is it freezing up from time to time?

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2. 2 Posted by AB on 20 Mar, 2017 03:23 PM

   

   Hi

   Well, it works with limited amount of shapes, but as soon as I use many shapes (with the grid or so) animation starts lagging quite a lot....

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by john on 21 Mar, 2017 09:50 AM

   

   Unless there is some significant inefficiency in your network, I doubt there's anything you can do for live performances. You might be able to create videos by saving the animation as either an MP4 or a series of stills and then sync with the recording of the music. You can get much higher frame rates in NodeBox by doing this, but it requires post-processing.

   I recently posted a question in the general discussion forum asking if NodeBox could be faster. No responses yet. I think in theory there might be some way to compile NodeBox code and/or run it on dedicated hardware for purposes like this. But I don't have the chops to do anything like that.

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4. 4 Posted by AB on 21 Mar, 2017 11:58 AM

   

   Yes, I know. I just hope that the developers will look into this. A version for live processing would make NodeBox a worthy art installation application similar to vvvv and others....

   Btw: Do you know of any alternatives for Mac?
   There is PD and Max, I guess. Any others?

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