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VDMX WINDOWS SOFTWARE
Another (windows-only) software that allows you to capture video (also directly from the capture card, which is better than mere screen capture) and send as CITP/MSEX is MSEXLord, which should work with most/all consoles and onPC solutions.Ĭskonopka wrote:I don't necessarily know about these programs specially but I'd assume it's possible in some facet or 3rd-party plugin. MagicCap screen capture works by capturing a video feed and sending it as CITP/MSEX, which is a more or less universally accepted solution for feeding (low-res) video into lighting consoles, commonly used for preview images and visualisation from media servers.
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The idea is to get you familiar with the software for free, then make you buy their hardware to get physical control surfaces, so you can't really use MIDI or DMX controllers without hooking up expensive stuff. You might want to note that as the software is free, but the system is commercial, Chamsys limits the use of third party control surfaces. Otherwise, the learning curve might be very steep – but at a price of 0€ for 64 universes of output, it can't really be beat. If you're familiar with the basics of lighting consoles, it'll be very easy to learn. With the screen capture application, "MagicCap", you can send any video feed into the program (or for that matter, to an actual lighting console).
VDMX WINDOWS PC
It's a a series of lighting consoles, but you can also download a PC version which runs on Linux, Windows and OSX. If you want (semi)free (as in no cost, not open source, unfortunately) and cross-platform, (and I know I do), check out Chamsys MagicQ.
VDMX WINDOWS MANUAL
I'll be using it to control about 100 LED tubes distributed across a 1km² large festival area this summer – looking forward to hooking up the LZX to that contraption :-) It's Mac only, and as far as I know, there's no user manual … You might also want to check out MadMapper – it was originally designed for projection mapping, but it can also do LED mapping, and it's quite good at it too. You can also program your own effects in the software, and it has a good audio/music analysis feature set, which might be compelling when used with modular gear and/or for live performance. It's very well documented, so you can check the online manual and see if it seems suitable for your needs. It integrates very well with other lighting control software, as it can be controlled over ArtNet. Madrix works very well for video capture and LED mapping, but it's expensive if you need a lot of universes. I actually haven't tested it, as I don't need all the VJ functions, only the actual video to LED pixel mapping, so I can't elaborate more on that option. It's probably what you want, but it's quite expensive. Here are a few options (assuming you want to capture analogue video from external hardware) –Īrkaos is a good VJ software, and it can capture live video and map it to LED installations. Oh, lighting control is kind of my speciality. Let me know if you have any Jitter questions friend. In this case though either one of those apps will have it and if they don't you may have to chain a bunch of things which can be finicky. Granted, it may be somewhat advanced but with Jitter you could always alter in real-time and troubleshoot yourself. One operation being the analysis and the other syphoning the stream to another app that has Syphon capability. The main thing you would need to have a video stream, capture in Jitter and split it into two operations. If you are adventurous Jitter would be the way (imo) to get all the information real-time as a custom app which doesn't interrupt your workflow. I don't necessarily know about these programs specially but I'd assume it's possible in some facet or 3rd-party plugin. Can anyone provide insight as to which of these programs are able to analyze a video frame and extract color information for driving DMX lights? I think it could be a fun way to enhance live shows. Living mostly in the analog domain, I'm not familiar with the intricacies between various VJ software out there (Resolume, VDMX, Touch Designer, etc, etc).