Stopping movie audio playback upon opening patch

    AaronMButler
    Mar 05 2012 | 5:09 pm
    Hello all,
    I'm trying to make a patch for a friend's performance of a piece for gyil and audio playback.
    He made a video with a click track and as long as the video and audio file start at the same time everything is hunky dory.
    Problem is whenever I open the patch the click audio from the movie starts playing (even though my patching works after the loadbang) If you open it, you'll be able to see what I mean. Once the patch is open, tap the space bar twice and everything stops, then after you tap it again everything plays back exactly as it should.
    How can I keep the click audio from playing on start up.
    Here's a link to a zip containing the patch, movie, and audio file: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23679492/Divide%20by%205.zip
    Thanks, Aaron
    • Helmuth
      Mar 05 2012 | 11:27 pm
      jit.qt.movie has by default autostart flag, it starts the associated spigot~ also. To avoid this, set jit.qt.movie @autostart 0. I would also add to your patch a toggle or startwindow/stop to switch dac/adc on off, in order to control best.
    • Helmuth
      Mar 05 2012 | 11:34 pm
      I meant "it starts the associated sound of the moviealso". Best, Helmuth
    • AaronMButler
      Mar 06 2012 | 12:54 am
      Ah, good to know.
      Thanks so much!
      -Aaron
    • AaronMButler
      Mar 06 2012 | 1:06 am
      Well, maybe I spoke too soon. I've added "@autostart 0" to the jit.qt.movie. That fixes the issue with spigot~ starting up when the patch is loaded, but now the first time I start the movie nothing comes out of it. I have to stop it, then start it again for it to work.
      Is that something I'll just have to live with?
      Thanks again, Aaron
    • Helmuth
      Mar 06 2012 | 2:52 pm
      Your video start's with about 2 seconds black(volontary?). With another video no problem to start. Look like it has to do with your video(not shure). I start your video at 2190 ms, start's fine. I added some little things in your patch, may help (let me know):
    • AaronMButler
      Mar 07 2012 | 12:04 am
      Sorry, I should've been more specific.
      The video starts fine (there should be some dead time at the start), it's the spigot~ that doesn't output any sound until the second time I start the patch.
      -Aaron
    • Helmuth
      Mar 07 2012 | 9:54 am
      With the little changes I added to your patch (see my previous post)works fine here. Is your folder in the max filepreferences?
      Best, Helmuth