Canon DSLR with jit.qt.grab

Katie Pulles's icon

I am struggling with using a camera external from my computer (specifically the Canon Rebel T6 via USB) in Jitter. Through forums, I was able to uncover jit.gl.syphonclient and the Camera Live app. I am now able to get the video feed from the Canon into my patcher, but I can't manipulate it using the jit objects I'm familiar with (like jit.rgb2luma). Does anyone know how to turn what comes out of jit.gl.syphonclient into a jit.matrix? I'm working off the syphon client help patch:

jit.gl.syphonclient.maxhelp
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Rob Ramirez's icon

if you are using Max 8, you can send the output of syhponclient into a jit.gl.asyncread object.

however you will generally get much better performance if you process the output using textures instead of matrices. the is of course depends on what you're trying to achieve.