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As the title suggests i'm trying to output the gl-renderer to a jit.matrix. I am encountering some problems one could describe as bugs maybe. After looking on the forum i found that people were able to output it to a matrix so í'm starting to suspect my computer?

For example if i open the jit.gl.render help-patch and press the "drawto hither" messagebox Max crashes immediately (everytime, no exceptions). I've made a minimal patch (which i added) to try to isolate the problem thinking it might be some object in the helppatch somehow. Now i've stopped max from crashing but i am left with two blank sreens, one for the normal renderoutput(#1) and one for the matrix(#2) (both are jit.pwindows). When i press the toggle to start rendering #1's background "lightens" up a bit (the reddish glare common when a window is active/rendering as opposed to the stark black background of a non-active pwindow) so there is some respose but it won't draw anything from gridshape. #2 won't respond at all, no object no glare. So that's that!

Can anyone maybe reproduce this? The endgoal is to have full "matrix-control" over gl's output so i can toy around with it. So if anyone suggests taking another route i'd be happy to take it.

Jit.gl.asyncread will not help either right? This is only for video to gl and not gl to video?

The problem
For example if i open the jit.gl.render help-patch and press the "drawto hither" messagebox Max crashes immediately (everytime, no exceptions). I've made a minimal patch (which i added) to try to isolate the problem thinking it might be some object in the helppatch somehow. Now i've stopped max from crashing but i am left with two blank sreens, one for the normal renderoutput(#1) and one for the matrix(#2) (both are jit.pwindows). When i press the toggle to start rendering #1's background "lightens" up a bit (the reddish glare common when a window is active/rendering as opposed to the stark black background of a non-active pwindow) so there is some respose but it won't draw anything from gridshape. #2 won't respond at all, no object no glare. So that's that!

The question
Can anyone maybe reproduce this? The endgoal is to have full "matrix-control" over gl's output so i can toy around with it. So if anyone suggests taking another route i'd be happy to take it.

Jit.gl.asyncread will not help either right? This is only for video to gl and not gl to video? 

The setup
WinXp sp3 Intell Core q6600 quad 2.4Ghz
2Gb Memory Nvidia geforce 8800 GS


gl-to-matrix-issues

Ah damn, mistake sorry but the left screen still stays black nonetheless. 

you have to send the drawto message to the gl.render AND the gl objects (the gl.gridshape in your example).

also, as with all matrix objects, you need to bang it to get it to output.

and jit.gl.asyncread is precisely for going from opengl to a matrix, and is the recommended method for doing this (rather than software rendering to a matrix).

you have to send the drawto message to the gl.render AND the gl objects (the gl.gridshape in your example).
also, as with all matrix objects, you need to bang it to get it to output.

and jit.gl.asyncread is precisely for going from opengl to a matrix, and is the recommended method for doing this (rather than software rendering to a matrix).


Yep, drawto works. Thanks. The (preferred) jit.gl.asyncread-method is not unfortunately. Could this be related to this post?

https://cycling74.com/forums/bug-jit-gl-asyncread-and-jit-pwindow-max-5-1-5

There is no output from jit.gl.asyncread in the patch either but when i try the helppatch of asyncread i do get output?

As the last post suggests i would like to try installing the 5.1.4 but where can i download a single object or would i have to reinstall completely?

There is no output from jit.gl.asyncread in the patch either but when i try the helppatch of asyncread i do get output?
As the last post suggests i would like to try installing the 5.1.4 but where can i download a single object or would i have to reinstall completely?

you can rename your current install folder (to max 5.1.5 or something similar) run the 5.1.4 installer, and grab the external you want and replace into the 5.1.5 folder.

you can rename your current install folder (to max 5.1.5 or something similar) run the 5.1.4 installer, and grab the external you want and replace into the 5.1.5 folder.
rename back to max 5 when done.


Gl to matrix issues