I'm mostly interested in video manipulation in conjunction with switch's and
externally connected motors and sensors, that are not midi, Usb, for use in video installation art. So, I'm wondering if PD can do these things or not, and if not can someone sugest a better alternative.

I am currently taking a seminar on PD with gem and I find that I am now able to simple manipulation of pictures and video. This is through Interaccess in Toronto, so eventually we will be addressing the issues of using PD with external switchs using simple Pic based Microcontrollers. They actually will be showing us basic constuction of a microcontroller device called A.I.D (Art Interface Device) which I hope will be a cheaper more educational alternative to buying something from Parallex. The URL is below hope someone finds it useful.

[url=http://www.interaccess.org/ia.php?pg=aid ]http://www.interaccess.org/ia.php?pg=aid


G. Kern

I'm doing something similar, but I'm very new at this. So far: pd and Gem are running well on WinXP. I am able to view video input (capture card is a Hauppage WinTV PVR 150- I had to install VDIG to make it work). I have a Guilderfluke controller with buttons on it, and I want to play and record a key/fill when I press a button. I'm looking for an example patch that will show me how to record video from my capture card, and how to trigger recording from a button press.