Cycling 74 » Topic: quicktime load hickup http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/quicktime-load-hickup/feed Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:44:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.2.4 http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/quicktime-load-hickup/#post-24921 <![CDATA[quicktime load hickup]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/quicktime-load-hickup/#post-24921 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:42:33 +0000 Gideon Kiers hello, i have a problem. i’m running the latest versions of maxmsp
jitter and osx on a quad g5 with a very clean second internal raptor
10000 rpm disk.
a very simple patch, containing one metro, two quicktime players 720
576, connected to two jit.pwindows and a ‘read a.mov’ and a ‘read
b.mov’ message box, connected to each of the two qt players. when i
load a different clip on one player, the output on the other player
shows a hickup, the output stops for some miliseconds (it’s very
visible). is there a way to solve this ? of course there is the
possibility of references movies, of one movieobject for each clip in
a folder, etc. but i’m looking for a more elegant solution. i’m
actually hoping i’m overlooking some incredibly efficient preload
quicktime function, but i guess not ..

anyone ? much appreciated ..

gideon

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/quicktime-load-hickup/#post-72726 <![CDATA[Re: quicktime load hickup]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/quicktime-load-hickup/#post-72726 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:39:14 +0000 Joshua Kit Clayton Three possibilities for improvement:

1. use asyncread instead of read

2. use absolute paths (as the time to search the search path based on
filename alone is not insignificant)

3. preload all the movies in advance using poly~ or the JS or Java
based examples

Hope this helps.

-Joshua

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/quicktime-load-hickup/#post-72727 <![CDATA[Re: quicktime load hickup]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/quicktime-load-hickup/#post-72727 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:19:48 +0000 Adam Kendall This helps me — If you can anticipate all the files you’re going to use, load them each once before starting your session. I find the load time the first time is noticeable, but subsequent loads are much less noticeable. I still typically get a little hiccup, just not as bad.

Adam

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