10.7

VideoTools

$32.00

The VideoTools plugin provides support for video input:

  • Firewire video input, bypassing QuickTime.
  • Network camera input, bypassing QuickTime.
  • Video file input, bypassing QuickTime.
  • Video file input, running QuickTime in a separate process.

Unlike Quartz Composer's built-in Movie Importer patch, VideoTools doesn't block compositions while a video loads. With the non-QuickTime video file input patch, videos load faster. And, unlike Movie Importer, VideoTools works reliably with threaded third-party applications (such as QuartzBuilder).

Supported Cameras, Containers, and Codecs

Supported Firewire Cameras

Any IIDC/DCAM-compliant Firewire camera, including:

  • DMx 21BF04 by The Imaging Source
  • Flea2 Color (FL2G-13S2C) by Point Grey Research
  • Flea2 Mono (FL2G-13S2M) by Point Grey Research
  • iSight by Apple (External Firewire)

(See also dc1394's camera list.)

Incompatible Cameras

  • Firefly FFMV-03M2M by Point Grey Research

Supported Network Cameras

Supported Video Player Movie Containers

  • .mov
  • .avi

Supported Video Player Movie Codecs

  • MJPEG
  • PNG
  • RLE ("QuickTime Animation")
  • ProRes 422
  • ProRes 422 (Proxy)
  • ProRes 422 (HQ)
  • Partially Supported:
    • H.264 — stutters when played backward
    • ProRes 4444 — alpha channel is ignored
  • Currently Unsupported:
    • Other formats that use interframe encoding (MPEG-4, ...)

Supported QuickTime Player Movie Containers and Codecs

  • Anything supported by QuickTime 7

Known Issues

  • Kineme VideoTools does not play audio.

3rd-party software

This software uses code from libdc1394 and FFmpeg, both licensed under the LGPLv2.1. FFmpeg's source can be downloaded here.

Credits

Unsupported on OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) and above

Please download the trial and make sure it meets your needs before purchasing. Due to bugs in Apple's Quartz Composer framework, we cannot guarantee that Kineme plugins will work properly on Mac OS 10.8 and above. Our focus has shifted to developing Vuo.

Release: QC Patch Xcode Template, v1.0

Download 1.0
Release Type: Production
Version: 1.0
Release Notes

Changes since version 0.5

  • Supports Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6)
  • Provides source code for unofficial QC patch API
  • Provides source code for example patches

Known Issues

Warning: This is a private API. Apple does not allow apps created using private APIs to be sold in the App Store.

Release: Art-Net Tools, v1.4

Download 1.4
Release Type: Production
Version: 1.4
Release Notes

Changes since version 1.3

  • Fixed a crash with stopping and restarting compositions
  • Fixed a problem with the receiver failing to update

Release: KinectTools, v0.3

Download 0.3
Release Type: Production
Version: 0.3
Release Notes

Source code is available on GitHub.

Changes since KinectTools 0.2

  • Significantly improved performance.
  • Inverted depth buffer output (now near=light, far=dark).
  • Added Accelerometer output.
  • Added Device ID input (to select among multiple Kinects connected to the same host).

Known Issues

  • Color fringes on RGB image.
  • Kinect model 1414 is supported, but Kinect model 1473 is not supported.

Release: ChartTools, v1.1

Download 1.1
Release Type: Production
Version: 1.1
Release Notes

Changes since ChartTools 1.0

  • Added support for scatter plots (arbitrary X values) --- toggle the new "X Values" input to the Kineme Chart Data: XY patch, and provide X and Y values in a structure of keys and values or of ordered pairs. Added a sample composition for scatter plots.
  • Added "Margin" input to the Kineme Chart Renderer patch.
  • Added "Marker Font" and "Custom Glyph" inputs to the Kineme Chart Data: XY patch.
  • Improved performance of the Kineme Chart Renderer patch.
  • Fixed Kineme Chart Renderer patch so that the chart image changes when a data set is removed.
  • Removed question marks from Kineme Chart Renderer patch inputs.

Known Issues

None.