Ok, I've been using this effect within another project and experimenting a bit, and now I'm stuck. Everytime I load a new image into it, if it's large and takes a noticeable amount of time to decode, the whole effect just freezes until it's finished loading. Is there any thing I can do to fix this?

Many thanks

DiGiTaLFX

Quick update, I've tried changing the 'read' message to an 'asyncread', which does help significantly, but it doesn't quite solve the problem. I have also added tried placing the [jit.qt.movie] in another top level patcher (which I assume means a new thread) and sending the matrix name to the [jit.gl.texture] thinking this would completely resolve the issue. However no such luck :(

Any good ideas on how to optimise a patch like that (I effectively have 5 instances of the original patch attached)? Or do I just have to preload all the content I need before running?

Many thanks

DiGiTaLFX

I haven't looked at your patch put if preloading isn't an option you could use the java quicktime player in this thread:

I compiled it and it worked well - I think it creates a low priority thread for the loading.

Ah interesting! Thanks for the hint. I'll see what happens when I implement that class into it all :)

Or if u use only stills make a film with all the stills and just use the "frame" message to switch between images... Did I understand u correctly?

Ah, also a very good point! Thanks for the idea :)