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wunjeld k
MPE on a intel Mac, don't work properly
Jun 1st, 2008, 7:20pm  
Hi folks

I tried to span a sketch over 3 monitors by using The Most Pixel Ever library on my MacBook Pro. Unfortunately the animation stopped running after a view frames, the sketch didn't crash completly but didn't work fluently and every second it stood still for ten seconds.

Then I tried the same sketch on G5 PowerMacs at school and everthing worked fine. Therefore i have the suspicion that there's a problem with intel-Macs and MPE. Has anybody made the same expirience or could help me to dissolve this problem?

Link to the MPE library: http://www.mostpixelsever.com/

Thanks in advance Smiley
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Daniel Shiffman
Re: MPE on a intel Mac, don't work properly
Reply #1 - Jun 2nd, 2008, 8:21pm  
Hey there,

This is a known bug that comes up a lot on Windows, but I have yet to experience it on any macs (runs ok on my intel mac powebook.)   I'm planning a fairly major overhaul of the library this summer (switching to UDP, thanks to toxi for inspiration) which should clear up this bug.  So stay tuned!

Otherwise, there is a hack which works which involves forcing each client to draw several frames with each server message instead of just one. . . this seems to clear up whatever network bottleneck is happening.  

Dan
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wunjeld k
Re: MPE on a intel Mac, don't work properly
Reply #2 - Jun 3rd, 2008, 12:50am  
Hi Dan

Thanks for the fast answer. I just wanted to ask you where I can get this hack? Can I download it somewhere?

Thomas
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Daniel Shiffman
Re: MPE on a intel Mac, don't work properly
Reply #3 - Jun 3rd, 2008, 4:19pm  
Here you go!

http://itp.nyu.edu/varwiki/BigScreens/FreezingHack
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