Extended functionality of AutoPilot

[gerred]

Hi all

First post, be kind!

I've attached a Quartz patch I wrote that I found useful.. maybe you will too? It's pretty basic but does the job :)

I needed a bit more from AutoPilot - namely to jump to new clips at timed intervals rather than on BPM or at the end of the clip length. The idea was that my clips, however long they were, would loop and also could be changing (randomly) every 30 seconds or so. Very useful at times when it's more important that I'm at the bar rather than syncing visuals with any music! A bit like a slideshow, for footage.

Just drag it into a new layer, set the parameters for first clip, last clip, layer target and duration, and you're away! It uses OSC control so you need to check Resolume is set to be listening on port 8000. Good work to Mansteri.com whose OSC sender I used, that does the hard work.

EDIT: You'll need to install Mansteri's plugin too: http://mansteri.com/download/software/m ... ls_1_0.zip

EDIT x 2 You'll want to uncheck 'Update clip panel on external triggers' on the first page of Preferences, as this will stop the focus being taken to the new clip everytime it changes (and if you're updating quickly, like every second, you wont have time to do anything else - including disable the slideshow!!)

EDIT x 3 - updated the file attachment based on ReggieUnderground's feedback below

Cheers

Gerred
http://www.departmentofbrilliant.com

[Joris]

Nice work!

[ReggieUnderground]

Gerred, this looks really cool and I've been desperate for a feature like this. I am having some issues getting it to work though. I have followed all ReadMe's, OSC is active and on the right port, and my Decks are configured properly. I am confused about what the parameters should be set to and what units they are in. Seconds? Minutes. I typed in the name of the layer I want to autopilot, Enable is checked, and delay is set to 1 second. First/Last clip I have no idea what to set. I appreciate any help.

Thanks for posting this. +1 for this being baked into the next Resolume update!

EDIT: I was also having really slow Deck load times with this qtz file present (both 4.1.2 and 4.1.3). Long enough lags that the Mac beachball came up. After removing the qtz clip my Deck load times returned to normal in both Resolume versions.

[gerred]

Hi Reggie

Hmm.. I took a look an its not working as expected in mine either (it was once!)

I've made some edits, and attached again here. Now you need to enter the first and last clip as a text value rather than use the parameter wheel. Should be fine, it's working at my end at least!

I'm not sure where the slow deck load times would be coming from - maybe it was the strange parameters. Hopefully this version is OK?

Also, it is now disabled by default (allowing you to enter parameters before setting it off)

Also x2 a top tip is to uncheck 'Update clip panel on external triggers' on the first page of Preferences, as this will stop the focus being taken to the new clip everytime it changes (and if that's every single second, you wont have time to do anything else - including disable the slideshow!!)

Good luck - let me know how it goes..

Gerred

[Tschoepler]

Nice patch. Thought about putting something like that together for some time – thanks for saving me the time. My suggestion: a min/max value for the change interval would be cool. To give it more of a »random« feel like the good old wiggle in AE

best

PS: I changed it to use the »default« port 7000 and added a version of the patch with the port number editable from Resolume.

EDIT I couldn't help it: added a version with min/max values and an option to hide the rendered values – they felt wrong to be there all the time but are good for debugging.

[gerred]

Nice work Tschoepler!