live dv feed problem mac
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 14:01
hey guys help! I'm doing visuals for a live dance show tonight where I'm feeding a dv cam (panasonic nv-gs200) into my macbook pro via firewire (400 to 600 to 900 conversion:( no other options at the moment) int RA 3.1.3. I can load the camera no problem, there's a slight delay but in this case that's not a problem either. I just select the cam in the sources and play when I need it.
The problem starts when the camera gets switched off, because then resolume stops reading the cam and I have to completely get it into the program again, including adding effects, midi mapping and scaling, until the next time the camera switches off. So basically I have to keep the camera on during the whole performance. This isn't a big deal, but I'm just worried that if the camera gets turned on accidentally during the gig I'll have to reboot the son of a bitch completely while performing, and that's just no fun...
The problem starts when the camera gets switched off, because then resolume stops reading the cam and I have to completely get it into the program again, including adding effects, midi mapping and scaling, until the next time the camera switches off. So basically I have to keep the camera on during the whole performance. This isn't a big deal, but I'm just worried that if the camera gets turned on accidentally during the gig I'll have to reboot the son of a bitch completely while performing, and that's just no fun...