richieW

I spend all Sunday afternoon working out the VDIG issue.

For all who try to do the same, I give a quick rundown of my experience:

First, it started with doing the examples from the Jitter recipe#3 section in the tutorials.

What I want to do is use my web cam on my laptop to capture gestures and translate them into midi.

After getting all the errors "Can' t get video connection", I came to the posts that say that you have to get a VDIG software for Windows XP.

The help text explains, that there are two way of getting VDIG.

One is freeware (www.vdig.com) , the other costs australian dollar (abstract plane www.abstractplane.com).

The official VDIG site doesn't exist anymore, the downloads I found elsewhere (up to Version 1.05) didn't work on my laptop. And when I read the forum right, it does not work for a lot of other people either.

Frustration starts building up on Sunday afternoon, so I started to look onto the commercial version. 

The demo seems to work (test picture only) so i shelled out 16 EUR to get it.

More frustration builds up, since this piece of software wasn't working either in MAX/Jitter, neither in 4.6 nor in 5.0.

I could not de-install the software (crashes my laptop). 

After manually deleting all the files (also in the QT folder!) and re-instaling, it started to work.

But performance was horrible, and it stucked every some seconds.

After looking into the Jitter tutorial, I found out that there is a much better alternative:

Use jit.DX.grab !. This is the Windows Direct X alternative!

And it worked fine, plus, that the performance is much better.

Paying money for software sometimes does not help. I think, if people take money for their software, they should deliver proper functionality. I don't go into war over 16 EUR, but I think this kind of quality sucks.

Plus, C74 should be a bit more careful with commercial links and also putting a remarker in the help file for wondows user.

Sunday evening comes up, time to shutdown the PC.

(IBM Laptop 2 Ghz, 2GB Ram, Windows XP SP2, Max/MSP/Jitter 4.6/5.0) 

Hi,
I spend all Sunday afternoon working out the VDIG issue.
For all who try to do the same, I give a quick rundown of my experience:

What I want to do is use my web cam on my laptop to capture gestures and translate them into midi. 

After getting all the errors "Can' t get video connection", I came to the posts that say that you have to get a VDIG software for Windows XP. 

The help text explains, that there are two way of getting VDIG.
One is freeware (www.vdig.com) , the other costs australian dollar (abstract plane www.abstractplane.com).

The official VDIG site doesn't exist anymore, the downloads I found elsewhere (up to Version 1.05) didn't work on my laptop. And when I read the forum right, it does not work for a lot of other people either. 

Frustration starts building up on Sunday afternoon, so I started to look onto the commercial version. 
The demo seems to work (test picture only) so i shelled out 16 EUR to get it.

More frustration builds up, since this piece of software wasn't working either in MAX/Jitter, neither in 4.6 nor in 5.0.
I could not de-install the software (crashes my laptop). 
After manually deleting all the files (also in the QT folder!) and re-instaling, it started to work. 

And it worked fine, plus, that the performance is much better. 

Paying money for software sometimes does not help. I think, if people take money for their software, they should deliver proper functionality. I don't go into war over 16 EUR, but I think this kind of quality sucks. 

Sunday evening comes up, time to shutdown the PC. 

(IBM Laptop 2 Ghz, 2GB Ram, Windows XP SP2, Max/MSP/Jitter 4.6/5.0) 


vdig-for-qt-and-jit-dx-grab-in-4-6-5-0

you'll find your happiness with *jit.dx.grab* which works great under

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:05 PM, hs wrote:

> I spend all Sunday afternoon working out the VDIG issue.

> For all who try to do the same, I give a quick rundown of my experience:

> First, it started with doing the examples from the Jitter recipe#3 section

> What I want to do is use my web cam on my laptop to capture gestures and

> After getting all the errors "Can' t get video connection", I came to the

> posts that say that you have to get a VDIG software for Windows XP.

> The help text explains, that there are two way of getting VDIG.

> One is freeware (www.vdig.com) , the other costs australian dollar

> (abstract plane www.abstractplane.com).

> The official VDIG site doesn't exist anymore, the downloads I found

> elsewhere (up to Version 1.05) didn't work on my laptop. And when I read the

> forum right, it does not work for a lot of other people either.

> Frustration starts building up on Sunday afternoon, so I started to look

> The demo seems to work (test picture only) so i shelled out 16 EUR to get

> More frustration builds up, since this piece of software wasn't working

> either in MAX/Jitter, neither in 4.6 nor in 5.0.

> I could not de-install the software (crashes my laptop).

> After manually deleting all the files (also in the QT folder!) and

> But performance was horrible, and it stucked every some seconds.

> After looking into the Jitter tutorial, I found out that there is a much

> Use jit.DX.grab !. This is the Windows Direct X alternative!

> And it worked fine, plus, that the performance is much better.

> Paying money for software sometimes does not help. I think, if people take

> money for their software, they should deliver proper functionality. I don't

> go into war over 16 EUR, but I think this kind of quality sucks.

> Plus, C74 should be a bit more careful with commercial links and also

> putting a remarker in the help file for wondows user.

you'll find your happiness with *jit.dx.grab* which works great under
windows for all your grabbing needs.

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:05 PM, hs  wrote:

>
> Hi,
> I spend all Sunday afternoon working out the VDIG issue.
> For all who try to do the same, I give a quick rundown of my experience:
>
> First, it started with doing the examples from the Jitter recipe#3 section
> in the tutorials.
>
> What I want to do is use my web cam on my laptop to capture gestures and
> translate them into midi.
>
> After getting all the errors "Can' t get video connection", I came to the
> posts that say that you have to get a VDIG software for Windows XP.
>
> The help text explains, that there are two way of getting VDIG.
> One is freeware (www.vdig.com) , the other costs australian dollar
> (abstract plane www.abstractplane.com).
>
> The official VDIG site doesn't exist anymore, the downloads I found
> elsewhere (up to Version 1.05) didn't work on my laptop. And when I read the
> forum right, it does not work for a lot of other people either.
>
> Frustration starts building up on Sunday afternoon, so I started to look
> onto the commercial version.
> The demo seems to work (test picture only) so i shelled out 16 EUR to get
> it.
>
> More frustration builds up, since this piece of software wasn't working
> either in MAX/Jitter, neither in 4.6 nor in 5.0.
> I could not de-install the software (crashes my laptop).
> After manually deleting all the files (also in the QT folder!) and
> re-instaling, it started to work.
>
> But performance was horrible, and it stucked every some seconds.
>
> After looking into the Jitter tutorial, I found out that there is a much
> better alternative:
>
> Use jit.DX.grab !. This is the Windows Direct X alternative!
>
> And it worked fine, plus, that the performance is much better.
>
> Lessons learnded:
>
> Paying money for software sometimes does not help. I think, if people take
> money for their software, they should deliver proper functionality. I don't
> go into war over 16 EUR, but I think this kind of quality sucks.
>
> Plus, C74 should be a bit more careful with commercial links and also
> putting a remarker in the help file for wondows user.
>
> Sunday evening comes up, time to shutdown the PC.
>
>
> (IBM Laptop 2 Ghz, 2GB Ram, Windows XP SP2, Max/MSP/Jitter 4.6/5.0)
>
>
>
>
>

oop, didnt read to the end, nor looked at the title.

yes it comes up often and the docs should be revised.

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:38 PM, yair reshef wrote:

> you'll find your happiness with *jit.dx.grab* which works great under

> On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:05 PM, hs wrote:

> > I spend all Sunday afternoon working out the VDIG issue.

> > For all who try to do the same, I give a quick rundown of my experience:

> > First, it started with doing the examples from the Jitter recipe#3

> > What I want to do is use my web cam on my laptop to capture gestures and

> > After getting all the errors "Can' t get video connection", I came to

> > the posts that say that you have to get a VDIG software for Windows XP.

> > The help text explains, that there are two way of getting VDIG.

> > One is freeware (www.vdig.com) , the other costs australian dollar

> > (abstract plane www.abstractplane.com).

> > The official VDIG site doesn't exist anymore, the downloads I found

> > elsewhere (up to Version 1.05) didn't work on my laptop. And when I read the

> > forum right, it does not work for a lot of other people either.

> > Frustration starts building up on Sunday afternoon, so I started to look

> > The demo seems to work (test picture only) so i shelled out 16 EUR to

> > More frustration builds up, since this piece of software wasn't working

> > either in MAX/Jitter, neither in 4.6 nor in 5.0.

> > I could not de-install the software (crashes my laptop).

> > After manually deleting all the files (also in the QT folder!) and

> > But performance was horrible, and it stucked every some seconds.

> > After looking into the Jitter tutorial, I found out that there is a much

> > Use jit.DX.grab !. This is the Windows Direct X alternative!

> > And it worked fine, plus, that the performance is much better.

oop, didnt read to the end, nor looked at the title.
yes it comes up often and the docs should be revised.

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:38 PM, yair reshef  wrote:

> you'll find your happiness with *jit.dx.grab* which works great under
> windows for all your grabbing needs.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:05 PM, hs  wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi,
> > I spend all Sunday afternoon working out the VDIG issue.
> > For all who try to do the same, I give a quick rundown of my experience:
> >
> > First, it started with doing the examples from the Jitter recipe#3
> > section in the tutorials.
> >
> > What I want to do is use my web cam on my laptop to capture gestures and
> > translate them into midi.
> >
> > After getting all the errors "Can' t get video connection", I came to
> > the posts that say that you have to get a VDIG software for Windows XP.
> >
> > The help text explains, that there are two way of getting VDIG.
> > One is freeware (www.vdig.com) , the other costs australian dollar
> > (abstract plane www.abstractplane.com).
> >
> > The official VDIG site doesn't exist anymore, the downloads I found
> > elsewhere (up to Version 1.05) didn't work on my laptop. And when I read the
> > forum right, it does not work for a lot of other people either.
> >
> > Frustration starts building up on Sunday afternoon, so I started to look
> > onto the commercial version.
> > The demo seems to work (test picture only) so i shelled out 16 EUR to
> > get it.
> >
> > More frustration builds up, since this piece of software wasn't working
> > either in MAX/Jitter, neither in 4.6 nor in 5.0.
> > I could not de-install the software (crashes my laptop).
> > After manually deleting all the files (also in the QT folder!) and
> > re-instaling, it started to work.
> >
> > But performance was horrible, and it stucked every some seconds.
> >
> > After looking into the Jitter tutorial, I found out that there is a much
> > better alternative:
> >
> > Use jit.DX.grab !. This is the Windows Direct X alternative!
> >
> > And it worked fine, plus, that the performance is much better.
> >
> > Lessons learnded:
> >
> > Paying money for software sometimes does not help. I think, if people
> > take money for their software, they should deliver proper functionality. I
> > don't go into war over 16 EUR, but I think this kind of quality sucks.
> >
> > Plus, C74 should be a bit more careful with commercial links and also
> > putting a remarker in the help file for wondows user.
> >
> > Sunday evening comes up, time to shutdown the PC.
> >
> >
> > (IBM Laptop 2 Ghz, 2GB Ram, Windows XP SP2, Max/MSP/Jitter 4.6/5.0)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

I wrote absoluteplanes two times, no response. Another company that is fast in taking $$, but deaf and blind in support.

Whoever needs VDIG, just use jit.dx.grab.

I wrote absoluteplanes two times, no response. Another company that is fast in taking $$, but deaf and blind in support. 

Whoever needs VDIG, just use jit.dx.grab.


VDIG for QT and jit.dx.grab in 4.6 / 5.0