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I have a pressing question concerning the camera in my Max MSP patch. The camera freezes, and I heard a good fix was to somehow turn it off and back on whenever it does. Does anyone know how I could do that in Max MSP?

Hello,
I have a pressing question concerning the camera in my Max MSP patch. The camera freezes, and I heard a good fix was to somehow turn it off and back on whenever it does. Does anyone know how I could do that in Max MSP?


max-msp-camera

explain more please. What is your camera source? how is it interfaced? What are you doing tot he source?

shouldnt really happy unless your system can;t cope with what your trying to do

..it's just a usb webcam. It's using a motion trigger to record a short series of two-second clips, but the video often freezes before it is told to record. Any ideas?

..it's just a usb webcam.  It's using a motion trigger to record a short series of two-second clips, but the video often freezes before it is told to record. Any ideas? 

can u put up the patch and I'll have look, it's a bit unclear to understand what could be causing the problem.

Here it is. Please have a look! Thanks so much for offering you help! I really have no idea what the problem might be...

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Max MSP Camera