jit.movie, avf and time message

pry's icon

Hi All,

I’ve read some discussions about the asynchronous nature of avf backed jit.movie, but does it explain the fact that when I ask for a specific time (with time message), I get a different value from the dumpout outlet ? (Max 7.03 - Mavericks)
(see patch below)

Thanks

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

pry

pry's icon

Is it a silly question ?

pry's icon

Hi Raja,

Thank you for your reply.
I think seeknotify message doesn't exist in QT world. But with qt engine, if you send a bang after a time request, it works properly.

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Rob Ramirez's icon

it's simply due to time format conversion rounding.
is this causing a problem in patch logic?

pry's icon

Hello Rob,

Thank for your reply.
Maybe it's not really a problem in patch logic (I don't know yet), but it's confusing ...
In fact, I'm working on a patch to play continuously a movie file with the ability to jump (as precisely as possible) sometimes to cue points in the movie file to be in sync with live music events.
Do you think it's possible with avf engine (qt playback engine is not fluent enough in my case) ?

Thanks

Pry