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Topic: Integrating P55 with Flash and/or Director (Read 890 times) |
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Exint
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Integrating P55 with Flash and/or Director
« on: Feb 6th, 2004, 9:50pm » |
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Hello,
Do you guys know of ways to integrate processing with Flash or Director. I was thinking of using P55 along with a webcam, I just need to find a way to send the coordinates of a hand (for example) to Flash or Director without having to much of a lag.
Thanks in advance
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ian
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Re: Integrating P55 with Flash and/or Director
« Reply #1 on: Feb 9th, 2004, 5:25am » |
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i would just make a multiuser server in java - here's an example to start out with:
http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/danclass/dspace/FILES/ChatServer/
make a socket connection from processing to the server, likewise with flash - then just bounce the points from processing across the server to flash. socket connections are pretty easy with both processing and flash and the configuration would definitely be fast enough for a stream of coordinate points.
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michael05
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Re: Integrating P55 with Flash and/or Director
« Reply #2 on: Feb 9th, 2004, 12:05pm » |
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i had a similar problem with director. the multiuser functions are really strange. i did not manage to communicate with a cocoa application via udp.
so i just used the clipboard. and it worked for transmitting text.
in director its very easy. in java / processing its a bit more tricky. but this code could help:
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
public class clipboardTest extends BApplet
{
Transferable clipData;
Clipboard clipboard;
void setup()
{
size(640,480);
clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
clipData = clipboard.getContents(null);
}
void loop()
{
boolean hasTransferableText = (clipData != null) && clipData.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
if(hasTransferableText)
{
try
{
String hu = (String)clipData.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
println (hu);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
println(e);
}
}
}
}
if you get a network conection between your apllication use it instead of the clipboard.
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Exint
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Re: Integrating P55 with Flash and/or Director
« Reply #3 on: Feb 10th, 2004, 7:01pm » |
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So basically I'll just have to use sockets in some way.
I was thinking of letting P55 write an XML file and let Flash or Director read the file, but I'm affraid this will cause some lag.
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ian
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Re: Integrating P55 with Flash and/or Director
« Reply #4 on: Feb 10th, 2004, 11:39pm » |
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i'd go for the sockets - it's surprisingly straightforward with both flash and p5 - there is a catch with flash that you need to end each send command with a carriage return - can't remember which character, but i could send you some sample code if you end up using flash - shoot me an email: ian (at) nobodaddy.org if you want it.
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