Category: Streaming and Multi-Media

Java, JNI, Firewire Camera Capture for MacOS

programs by A. Daerr

FWCamAkiz allows image sequence acquisition from a FireWire camera compatible with the IIDC standard, on an Apple computer running MacOS 10.1.5 or above. FWCamAkiz provides:
a Java Native Interface (JNI) library handling the camera

a Java class interfacing with this library

a plugin for the free image manipulation software ImageJ by Wayne Rasband which allows comfortable acquisition with multiple timing options from within ImageJ, live preview and color conversion from raw image data.

Counting, MPEG style

Streamingmedia.com: The MPEG Video Standards – from 1 to 21

There’s more to MPEG than just audio and video compression. There are five MPEG standards‚ÄìMPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, MPEG7, and MPEG21‚Äìspanning all aspects of compressing, authoring, identifying, and delivering multimedia. Here’s a quick look at each one and where it fits in the digital media landscape.

Video improvisation group

” href=”http://242pilots.org/”> 242.pilots
From the site:
242.pilots : a real-time video improvisation ensemble

hc gilje (norway)
kurt ralske (usa)
lukasz lysakowski (poland)

three video artists who perform collaboratively.
using their own custom software, 242.pilots expressively improvise rich,
layered experimental video works in real-time (both as a trio and as soloists).

improvising as a group, the three artists respond and interact with each other’s images
in a subtle and intuitive way. images are layered, contrasted, merged, and transformed.
the degree of interplay and unspoken communication between the artists is akin the best
free jazz ensembles.

the end product is a complex ‘visual conversation’: a quasi-narrative exploring
degrees of abstraction; a mesmerizing, immersive journey through diverse landscapes;
or just raw retinal delight.

Text to Speech – File (put it on your iPod)

codepoetry :: projects :: Text Reader
From the site:
All I wanted was a program that took a text file and saved it to an audio file for my iPod. All I could find were programs I had to pay for to do this simple task that can be accomplished in one line of AppleScript. That’s silly. So, I wrote a very simple program to do this and more.