Florent Ghys

Hello, I would like to share this simple patch with performers.

The patch plays a sound file and a video file, synchronize them, and outputs the audio to different outputs.

When building the collective, I include the folder with the audio and the video file. But when I open the mxf on another machine, the video window is green and doesn't play the file. The audio is working fine though and there is no error message in the Max Console.

Hello, I would like to share this simple patch with performers.
The patch plays a sound file and a video file, synchronize them, and outputs the audio to different outputs.

When building the collective, I include the folder with the audio and the video file. But when I open the mxf on another machine, the video window is green and doesn't play the file. The audio is working fine though and there is no error message in the Max Console.
Any idea on how to make this work?
thanks
Florent


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there is a mention in the documentation about including jitter shader components in a standalone, but it doesn't seem relevant to collectives

the weird thing is that it used to work fine in Max6 and that I don't get a message like "jit.movie can't find file" in the Max console

there is a mention in the documentation about including jitter shader components in a standalone, but it doesn't seem relevant to collectives
the weird thing is that it used to work fine in Max6 and that I don't get a message like "jit.movie can't find file" in the Max console


hi florent. this bug has been fixed for the next update.

in the meantime, you can use the qt video engine in 32 bit mode to make this work (jit.movie @engine qt)

hi florent. this bug has been fixed for the next update.
in the meantime, you can use the qt video engine in 32 bit mode to make this work (jit.movie @engine qt)


Unfortunately the collectives that I build in 32 bit mode always produce the error message "error -1 making directory" and don't open. I've tried to open them in Max 32bits and Max 64bits, same thing.

Even building a standalone doesn't work at all and nothing happens, it's the first time I experience that.

Hi Rob, thanks a lot for your answer.
Unfortunately the collectives that I build in 32 bit mode always produce the error message "error -1 making directory" and don't open. I've tried to open them in Max 32bits and Max 64bits, same thing.
Even building a standalone doesn't work at all and nothing happens, it's the first time I experience that. 

I am using Max 7.0.5 on Mac OS 10.8.5
Is there something weird in my patch?


hi florent. i just tested and it does indeed work. you have to include the movie files in the collective using the collective editor's "Include File..." button, and you also have to run the collective in 32 bit mode (doesn't matter which mode you build it in).

thank you so much Rob for taking the time to test this!

Aside from that bug using avf engine in a collective in 64 bit mode, it looks like there is also a file size limit when including a video in a collective. Am I right?

When I include a light video (>500Mo) it works in 32 bit mode, but when I import my 15-minute mov PhotoJPEG 1920x1080 that weights 1.8Go I get the message "error -1 making directory"

Is this a bug, or is this inherent to the way collectives are built? What is the size limit exactly?

Aside from that bug using avf engine in a collective in 64 bit mode, it looks like there is also a file size limit when including a video in a collective. Am I right?
When I include a light video (>500Mo) it works in 32 bit mode, but when I import my 15-minute mov PhotoJPEG 1920x1080 that weights 1.8Go I get the message "error -1 making directory"
Is this a bug, or is this inherent to the way collectives are built? What is the size limit exactly?


yeah, maybe there's a file size limit. i'll try and find an answer on that.

do you really want to embed a 2 GB file in you collective though?

hi florent. yes the file size limit for collectives is around 2GB

I'll just compress my video a little more

no video in collective - green jit.window