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RemoteLive remote controlling Quartz Composer (with editor)I needed to control a Quartz Composer visualisation running on a projector; here's how I did it (WARNING: convoluted solution ahead! and sorry about my formatting failures :$) Theory Using the built in "screen sharing" of modern versions of OSX (10.5 and newer) we can simply and for free (besides the hardware, no software cost) control a remote composition running on another machine whilst still having full access to the powerful real-time editor mechanics Quartz Composer provides. The trick revolves around setting up an additional monitor attached to the 'live' mac that will run the editor (apparently some non free apps can force secondary monitors without them being attached), running the visualisation full screen on the desired display, remotely connecting to that mac, and then using the editor on the peripheral display remotely. Equipment needed
Method 1) Network the macs
2) On the "master" mac
3) On the "controller" mac
4) That's it! Feel free to play around, it's fairly robust (in that local crashes or network failure won't affect the "master" mac) Power Tips
Apple RemoteFor various reasons I am having to use an external IR receiver for use with the apple remote on various macbooks (pro and otherwise). The issue I am running into is that the apple remote patch works using the built in receiver but will not control the composition via the usb external IR. One weird thing is that the menu button still brings up front row via both internal and external IR receivers. I have the composition set up for exclusive access so when the composition is running the internal ir controls the composition perfectly but the external still brings up front row and wont control the comp. On my Imac this setup works without any issues. On my friends Imac It also only works with the internal IR. Anybody have any suggestions?
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