Hello guys. Is there any other way to open a video file from hdd except of gem? I don't want to edit or anything, just open the file

Andrew

@Andrew Hello Andrew..... and welcome.

Not in Pure Data. If you want to see it on the screen then Gem is the only way. Even then, if there is audio encoded in the file..... that you want to hear..... then hearing it and syncing it to the video is not so easy.

I think you should stick with VLC or some other media player.
You will be able to tell Pure Data to open a video using VLC or some other program though.
David.

Hello David.

There is not audio in the video. All i wanted to do is to create sounds with pure data for it. So if i tell pd to open a video using vlc, will i be able to sychronize the audio (from pure data) to the video (from VLC)?

Andrew

@Andrew No, you will need Gem. If you are new to Pd then the easiest way to get it running is to download a copy of Pd Extended here......... http://puredata.info/downloads/pd-extended
That should work "out of the box"..

If you want to use a newer "Vanilla" version of Pd, and then install Gem, you will find lots of help if you scour this forum.....
Take care only to follow any instructions that have been posted for your operating system!
David.