[QLab] QLab Digest, Vol 22, Issue 38

[Ricardo Viviani]

Thanks for the tips

Let me just elaborate a little more on how i am trying to accomplish  
this:

I have Nikon Coolpix P1 that can shoot and transfer via WiFi  
(airport) the image
to an specific folder.

This folder is monitored by folders actions and the new pictures that  
fall into this folder
are renamed and moved to my pictures folder where QLab replacing a  
picture for a cue.

The cue gets fired but the picture displayed is not the new one, but  
the one that was in the
folder when i started the program.

The load cue does not grab the new file, but displays the one that  
was present when i started the program.

I cannot do it manually, because I am onstage performing and  
manipulating the camera.

- thx luckydave
I looked into trying to make a Quartz Composer film
using the load url command and then manipulating the image to give the
look i needed, but the learning curve for the program is too high for my
needs now. i can't figure out how to load an specific image from the  
hard drive

- thanks rob, still no luck.

- Thanks Chris,
I cannot find a toolbar button "Refresh Targets" in my QLab.
I am puzzled.

ricardo

On 28.Oct.2007, at 21:57 , qlab-request at lists.figure53.com wrote:

> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:40:51 +0100
> ...
> I am new to QLab. I am setting up my first show.
>
> One effect I am trying to do is to have a video cue that displays  
> an image that is uploaded real-time to my working directory  
> replacing the file defined in the cue.
>
> So here is my cue:
>
> 207.10	liveimage01.JPG	Video	00:00.00	00:00.07	00:00.00	 	PIX/ 
> liveimage01.JPG
>
> Before the cue is loaded, my camera uploads via WiFi a new image  
> that replaces 'liveimage01.JPG' then the cue is loaded and fired.
>
> Problem is that the old image is cached already.
>
> Is there a way to purge and force the new image to be loaded.
> I tried to reset the the cue to no avail. Thanks for help.
>
> Ricardo
>
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>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:57:42 -0700 (PDT)
> From: luckydave <luckydave1 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [QLab] refresh jpegs
> To: "Discussion and support for QLab users." <qlab at lists.figure53.com>
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> This sounds like a job for Quartz Composer. Am I right, Chris?
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:39:51 -0400
> From: "Rob Denton" <therobdenton at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [QLab] refresh jpegs
> To: "Discussion and support for QLab users." <qlab at lists.figure53.com>
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> Hi Ricardo,
>
> Here's a couple of things to try.
>
> First download the VideoCue update from Figure 53.
>
> Next, you can put a STOP command after your first JPEG file and have
> it follow to a LOAD command after the new image is transferred. This
> will load your new image file. Then use START to set up the file. I
> think this should work. Let me know how it turns out.
>
> BTW what kind of WiFi camera are you using?

> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:10:34 -0400
> From: Christopher Ashworth <chris at figure53.com>
> Subject: Re: [QLab] refresh jpegs
> To: "Discussion and support for QLab users." <qlab at lists.figure53.com>
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>
> On Oct 28, 2007, at 7:40 AM, DrIcaro at gmx.net wrote:
>
>>
>> Is there a way to purge and force the new image to be loaded.
>> I tried to reset the the cue to no avail. Thanks for help.
>>
>
> Hi Ricardo,
>
> This is a really great question--I love your idea of using a web cam
> to periodically change the image.
>
> You can hit the the "Refresh Targets" toolbar button to do it by hand,
> but there's no automated way to do it within QLab yet.
>
> Luckydave's suggestion about looking into Quartz Composer is a good
> one.  I'm not enough of a QC expert to point you to exactly where
> you'd want to look, but it's definitely worth looking in to.
>
> I'll file this idea away as something that needs to be supported in an
> automated way.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris

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