gem 0.93 does not play .mpg files on Mac OS X
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#189 gem 0.93 does not play .mpg files on Mac OS X
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nobody
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2014-07-09
2012-04-13
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Pd-extended 0.43.1, 2012-04-02 32-bit on a MacBook Pro 3,1 running Mac OS X 10.6.8/Intel.
opening Gem -> examples -> 04.pix -> 05.film, then loading alea.mpg, it tells me the video is "1 frames (320x240) at 1.000000 fps" and procedes to make a fractal-like animation. Full Pd window log and screenshot attached
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Anonymous
gemwin showing alea.mpg
Pd window log from Pd Window's File -> Save As...
I am also seeing the same behavior using a mp4 from the internet:
[pix_film]: loaded file: /Users/hans/64849285.mp4 with 1 frames (640x480) at 1.000000 fps
This is the video, you can download the .mp4 from the download section of the page:
http://vimeo.com/28911883
The video works fine on my config. Last Gem from git, Pd 0.43.2test1, ubuntu 11.10. Here i get :
[pix_film]: loaded file: /home/jack/Vidéos/filmsPourTests/64849285.mp4 with 359 frames (640x480) at 30.000000 fps
So the problem seems to be related to MasOSX only.
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Jack
can you play these movies with QuickTime?
yes, both play fine. alea.mpg is the same old video that has been included in Gem forever
I just tested this using Pd-0.43.1-extended-20120423-ubuntu-oneiric-i386.deb on Ubuntu Oneiric/i386 on my MacBook Pro 3,1 with a nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600M GT] . It seems to work fine with alea.mpg, /64849285.mp4, and others all work fine. Seems like its an OSX issue.
Just did a little more testing. alea.mpg and 64849285.mp4 both play fine in Quicktime and in Pd-extended 0.42.5. It is only Pd-extended 0.43.1 with Gem 0.93 that has this issue
I just tested this again to be sure:
- Pd-extended 0.42.5 i386 32-bit on Mac OS X 10.6.8/Intel: When I load alea.mpg, it outputs 0 from the total frames outlet but sending [auto 1( it plays fine.
- Pd-extended 0.43.1-20120419 i386 32-bit on Mac OS X 10.6.8/Intel: When I load alea.mpg, it outputs 1 from the total frames outlet but sending [auto 1( does not play it.
Trying to build Gem from master now, I'll report back on that.
Just built master and it still doesn't work, did it work for you? But things have changed: now it outputs -1 for the frame count for alea.mpg. Sending [auto 1( doesn't do anything at first, but after a couple seconds, it plays a few frames, then stops again.