do they not work? that said, we've got a pretty long backlog of changes that we've made but haven't released yet, so perhaps that's the problem? (32bit only for the latest release)?
Booting in SL 32 bit mode, QuickLook does work, so it might help a whole lot if people were informative and upfront about what mode they've booted SL in.
In 64 bit mode , the QuickLook plugin doesn't provide any useful output.
itsthejayj - your Console output is well dated [19/08/2009], before SL was even released. What's going on with that ? Still, we can all make mistakes, can't we?
In 32 or 64 bit mode in SL, All the other FileTools have been found to work, except a couple I've not tried out. I've included these in the .zip I've attached, which was derived from yanomano's excellent example.
Oops! It looks like I have never installed the plugin. Strange I thought that I had it in my leopard..don't know what happened after the upgrade. Anyways everything works except quicklook. Sorry for the wrong info guys!
ok first of all apologies i may have jump on things a bit too quickly here, cybero i lifted that console log from an email i sent Cwright a while back about during beta testing of snow leopard.
However i did do a quick test before posting my comment, and i did produce an error in 32bit and 64bit, hence i presumed it was the same error i reported to Chris via email.
So could some one confirm for me: on attached composition as soon as skip quicklook is ticked
-[QCProvider_CoreGraphics initWithCGSource:options:]: Inconsistent state
0x80d0a3b8: GFException
0x80d0c715: GFThrowException
Yeah, that composition does indeed produce an exception.
Not only that, but until the Quartz Composer cache is cleared, there is no way that the File Tools example I uploaded works , even in 32 bit SL, yet work before, it indeed did :-).
Yep i managed to reproduce the crash: shall try to simplify the composition for posting on here tomorrow.
Bully for you - here's the quick skinny on what I found when I went and investigated further.
How interesting •~ How droll :-(
I really thought you were beginning to be onto something here, then I did a recheck after clearing QC's cache - probably unnecessary, but we all need a good cache clean out occasionally .
On further examination, itsthejayj, I realised what you had been doing was wrong
A] Don't 'Skip QuickLook' - which you had done - possibly to be kind.
B] Don't QuickLook specifically for stuff that isn't there. - Make sure your .mp3 or whatever is in place
C]The attached example shows how File Tools does indeed work.
All the file paths are pointed at root level files
Sterling work on the exception throwing itsthejayj •~ Proves a point.
Once the exception is thrown, one does need to clear out the QC cache to get the right result from a properly configured file.
Mind, I have been getting some unusual results here and there with SL like vade's movie player seemingly AOK before the latest update and now nowhere to be found in the Library list.
Whatever, see attached file, do not view in an overly bright light. {Contains a brief .MP3}
Quote: but we all need a good cache clean out occasionally
Maybe we do need a good cache clean out occasionally, but upon further methodical experimentation and investigation, have found that even restarting the QC app is unnecessary to clear QC's confusion produced by the exception throwing. I guess I was just getting slightly confused myself. [working too late, I guess]
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I'm willing to give it a go, as all the compositions i was working on last night are splitting out exceptions now *weird :(
itsthejayj, any compositions spitting their dummy our in such a reproducible fashion probably need to have the file paths sorted to point directly at the file concerned, I find that just using a Project folder and placing the files at root level has worked AOK with File Tools. See previously attached working examples, all files 'called' upon are at root level, not /somewhere/something/whatever/filname.ext, just filename.ext, as the case may be.
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however cybero how would i clean my QC cache? you've lost me there. Cheers for the help the bud.
Sometimes, and it is only sometimes, QC really does require its cache to be cleared.
How to, that's easy, with QC closed, go to ~/Library/Caches/QCCompositionRepository-com.apple.QuartzComposer.editor.cache and delete.
Can i second that, the quicklook plug-in was my favorite and most used patch :)
do they not work? that said, we've got a pretty long backlog of changes that we've made but haven't released yet, so perhaps that's the problem? (32bit only for the latest release)?
no luck with the quicklook patch in 32bit or 64, haven't tried the rest of the file tools.
consol spits out the below message if that helps
Anyway the plug in, consol splits out
I have tried File Tools but it doesn't work in Snow Leopard!
You can rest assured that they do work.
Booting in SL 32 bit mode, QuickLook does work, so it might help a whole lot if people were informative and upfront about what mode they've booted SL in.
In 64 bit mode , the QuickLook plugin doesn't provide any useful output.
itsthejayj - your Console output is well dated [19/08/2009], before SL was even released. What's going on with that ? Still, we can all make mistakes, can't we?
In 32 or 64 bit mode in SL, All the other FileTools have been found to work, except a couple I've not tried out. I've included these in the .zip I've attached, which was derived from yanomano's excellent example.
Oops! It looks like I have never installed the plugin. Strange I thought that I had it in my leopard..don't know what happened after the upgrade. Anyways everything works except quicklook. Sorry for the wrong info guys!
ok first of all apologies i may have jump on things a bit too quickly here, cybero i lifted that console log from an email i sent Cwright a while back about during beta testing of snow leopard.
However i did do a quick test before posting my comment, and i did produce an error in 32bit and 64bit, hence i presumed it was the same error i reported to Chris via email.
So could some one confirm for me: on attached composition as soon as skip quicklook is ticked
-[QCProvider_CoreGraphics initWithCGSource:options:]: Inconsistent state 0x80d0a3b8: GFException 0x80d0c715: GFThrowException
Yep i managed to reproduce the crash: shall try to simplify the composition for posting on here tomorrow.
Am i using the latest filetools.plugin? mine is dated (may 30,2009)
Yeah, that composition does indeed produce an exception.
Not only that, but until the Quartz Composer cache is cleared, there is no way that the File Tools example I uploaded works , even in 32 bit SL, yet work before, it indeed did :-).
More investigation needed.
Bully for you - here's the quick skinny on what I found when I went and investigated further.
How interesting •~ How droll :-(
I really thought you were beginning to be onto something here, then I did a recheck after clearing QC's cache - probably unnecessary, but we all need a good cache clean out occasionally .
On further examination, itsthejayj, I realised what you had been doing was wrong
A] Don't 'Skip QuickLook' - which you had done - possibly to be kind. B] Don't QuickLook specifically for stuff that isn't there. - Make sure your .mp3 or whatever is in place C]The attached example shows how File Tools does indeed work.
All the file paths are pointed at root level files
Sterling work on the exception throwing itsthejayj •~ Proves a point.
Once the exception is thrown, one does need to clear out the QC cache to get the right result from a properly configured file.
Mind, I have been getting some unusual results here and there with SL like vade's movie player seemingly AOK before the latest update and now nowhere to be found in the Library list.
Whatever, see attached file, do not view in an overly bright light. {Contains a brief .MP3}
I'm willing to give it a go, as all the compositions i was working on last night are splitting out exceptions now *weird :(
however cybero how would i clean my QC cache? you've lost me there. Cheers for the help the bud.
itsthejayj, any compositions spitting their dummy our in such a reproducible fashion probably need to have the file paths sorted to point directly at the file concerned, I find that just using a Project folder and placing the files at root level has worked AOK with File Tools. See previously attached working examples, all files 'called' upon are at root level, not /somewhere/something/whatever/filname.ext, just filename.ext, as the case may be.
Sometimes, and it is only sometimes, QC really does require its cache to be cleared.
How to, that's easy, with QC closed, go to ~/Library/Caches/QCCompositionRepository-com.apple.QuartzComposer.editor.cache and delete.
Job's a goodun'
Unless
1] you are booting in 64 bit mode
or
2]you are pointing to a non-existent [misnamed, wrong file path] file
then QuickLook will work.
:-)
Thank you cybero, I forgot that I was booting into 64 bit!
Any news on a 64 bit version of file tool (essentially the quicklook patch)?... its really really missed.
Also i was wondering if some image caching could be made available in the quicklook patch like what is available in Apples image importer patch?
thxs