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spigot~

Route QT audio into MSP

Description

The spigot~ object grabs audio output from a jit.qt.movie object. Each instance of a spigot~ object should have its own name set by the name argument. Sound from other applications via spigot~ is not supported. The spigot~ object works with a sound file, exported and cached from a movie loaded in the jit.qt.movie object. This file is played in sync with the movie.

Arguments

Name Type Opt Description
symbol The name of the spigot~ instance. Only one instance of spigot~ per name is permitted.

Messages

signal For internal use only.

Information for box attributes common to all objects

Usage Information

Jitter Object Methods: Although the spigot~ object itself doesn't have any useful methods, there are a number of Jitter library messages which can be used to control and get information about this caching process. All of these methods are sent using the standard "; jitter (message) (args)" form in a message box.

Messages

spigot_cache Set the cache location. Cached audio will be saved:
0 = next to the original movie
1 = in the user-domain common folder (default)
2 = in the system-domain common folder
3 = in the user's temporary items folder
(symbol) = in the folder specified by the symbol

On Macintosh, the user-domain common folder is "~/Library/Application Support/Cycling '74/spigot-cache/". On Windows, this folder is "C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Local Settings\Application Data\Cycling '74\spigot-cache\"

On Macintosh and Windows, the system-domain common folder is "(Cycling '74 support folder)/spigot-cache/".

The temporary items folder is typically invisible and inaccessible to normal users on both systems.
spigot_getcache Get the cache location. The cache location is sent to any receive object with the same name as the receiver argument, and is reported as a fully-qualified path.
spigot_locatecache Open the cache location in your OS's file browser.
spigot_purgecache Delete the contents of the cache, to the limit specified by spigot_cachesize. This method is called automatically every time jit.qt.movie opens a cached audio file, or every time the cache size is set with the spigot_cachesize method.
spigot_cachesize Set the maximum size of the audio cache in megabytes. A cache size less than 0 indicates that the cache should have no maximum size (default).
spigot_getcachesize Get the cache site. The cache size is sent to any receive object with the same name as the receiver argument.

Examples

See Also

Name Description
jit.qt.movie Play or edit a QuickTime movie
Tutorial 27: Using MSP Audio in a Jitter Matrix Tutorial 27: Using MSP Audio in a Jitter Matrix