jfenwick

I've noticed that when I load a movie into a jit.qt.movie object using the read message, Max momentarily freezes.

It also freezes when I push the read button to open a dialog box to pick a movie.

Is there any way to make this not happen? I think Jitter is great for building a video mixer, but it's not so great for live performances because of all the freezing.

momentarily-freeze-when-i-read-in-a-quicktime-file-to-jit-qt-movie

The solution you're probably looking for is the poly~ object.

Take a look at Benson's VPS tutorials. I've also put together a larger object based on that, which you can grab from here: 

http://post.monome.org/comments.php?DiscussionID=6987

When it comes to adding new videos during a live performance though, your guess is as good as mine.

The solution you're probably looking for is the poly~ object.
Take a look at Benson's VPS tutorials.  I've also put together a larger object based on that, which you can grab from here: http://post.monome.org/comments.php?DiscussionID=6987

When it comes to adding new videos during a live performance though, your guess is as good as mine.


What we use, and imo really works well is to read the video into quicktime, and load the audio separately in a different thread (we use a java external) on low priority. The thing will take 1-2 frames to load after which the audio player (groove~ in the most simple case) will control the video player, but the timing of the entire sequence is not disturbed as all loading is done in the queue.

what codecs/size do you use
on what system/os 

You also might want to have a look at the 

 message. It loads the movie file in low priority.

You also might want to have a look at the asyncread message. It loads the movie file in low priority.


Momentarily freeze when I read in a quicktime file to jit.qt.movie