Controlling the Resolume deck from Flash (switching channels)

moolodious · Post by **moolodious** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 02:00

Hi all,
From reading the manual, I understand that it is 1. possible to receive DMX input in resolume to control its deck and 2. send DMX output from
flash. Can these be combined?
My question is - is there a way to have Flash send commands to control the resolume deck? For example, can I have flash analyze audio (using the sent FFT variables) and switch channels programmaticaly , based on
some calculation?
I thought it could be done with DMX, but It's just not clear from the
manual whether the ability to send DMX input to resolume to control
the deck can be combined with dmx output from flash. Or perhaps
there's another way?
Also, would be nice to know which other fscommands are supported by the Delphi container...

Thanks

Post by **bart** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 09:32

yes this would indeed be possible (and fun) to do. we,ve never tried it though. You need to use ArtNet because that,s the only method that we support that enables you to send and receive DMX at the same time. You,ll just need to find some software that can receive DMX (from the flash file in Resolume) and spit it back out to the Resolume DMX input.

Let us know if you figure out a way to do it, this sounds like a fun thing to do

moolodious · Post by **moolodious** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 19:00

Thanks bart,
Just to be clear, since I haven't used ArtNet before, are you saying it's possible to run it as a pipe WITHOUT an actual DMX hardware? (I don't have any DMX hardware...)
Also, aren't there any extra fscommand commands I can use for this task?

Post by **bart** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 09:03

Yes I think this should be possible because ArtNet is IP based and runs over ethernet. We do not have have fscommands for triggering clips or controlling resolume.

moolodious · Post by **moolodious** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 23:36

Well, I must say I just wasted a few pointless hours.
I was trying something silly which Resolume probably didn't like -
I set both input dmx and output dmx to Artnet on same universe (tried to create a loopback).
I ran the dmxexample swf inside Resolume and even saw numbers change
in ArtNet's monitor. But, once I did this, videos stopped playing in the
preview window and nothing happened inside Resolume, no changes
in channels or in layer transparency. I had to restart Resolume (without the flash) to have things working again.
any thoughts?

It's frustrating because it feels so close to allow an interactive operation of Resolume from inside flash, yet so far

Post by **bart** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 09:12

yes, i think the trick is to output on one universe, send that to a different artnet application and have that application input it into resolume on a different universe.

But like i told you, we (or anyone that we heard of) have never tried this

moolodious · Post by **moolodious** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 15:05

How 'bout just releasing a tinytiny patch that provides one or two new fscommands to allow control of resolume from within flash (similar to the midi control)? It's a tiny thing to do (u already have the mechanism of remote control via midi) and will open up lots of creative possibilities (controlling resolume from a remote flash interface; controlling resolume via user-created controllers, not just the Wiimote; cool dynamic video feedback experiences, where the VJ sets one video in motion, which causes other videos to play, based on some programmatic logic; triggering of other videos based on audio analysis etc. etc.)