Quartz Composer - Jump to URL

With the Apple RSS Screen Saver, pressing a key will jump you to the selected article. I would like my screen saver to jump to my webpage when a key is pressed. (I am working in Quartz Composer)
I have looked at the Apple code, and can't figure out how to get mine to do this. Any sugestions?
Mr. Bob Dobolina

I figured it out. A simple copy and paste.

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Quartz composer - Can't get a structure to work inside an iterator

I'm playing around in quartz composer (leopard) trying to make a photo slideshow type composition. I have a directory scanner hooked up to a published input of an Iterator, which connects to a structure key member selector, with the index coming from the iterator index. The idea is to have each iteration chose a different structure member. For some reason this isn't working. It's only choosing the first member for each iteration. The number of iterations is the same as the number of structure members. Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong? If someone could check and see if it's not just my computer, that would be great. any suggestions on fixes as well. If it is a bug, where can I report it to Apple? It seems like a feature that should be available. Thanks!
here's a text diagram of the composition for clarity (or possibly confusion):
Directory scanner(outputs structure)-to-Iterator{
-to-(structure from scanner)(index- taken from iterator index)structure key member(outputs substructure)-to-structure key member(to get the path) (outputs the image path)-to-image downloader-to-sprite}

Hi there. I'm trying to do something similar and have encountered the same problem. If I use the movie loader in an iterator and load a bunch of movies it all works fine, but as soon as i use the image downloader all the images are the same. I've tried rendering the url that i'm passing to the image downloader onscreen and they are the correct filenames, but the image downloader is just outputting the same image for all instances. Did you find a solution to this problem?

I am having trouble with iTunes (possible Quartz Composer Visualizer problem) but have no idea how to fix it.

I tried to use my iTunes but the icon didn't show up and instead I get a folder. The folder is titled TunesApp and in it is another folder called Contents. Contents contains: _CodeSignature, Frameworks, Info.plist, MacOS, PkgInfo, Resources, and version.plist. In the folder MacOS is my iTunes and I can use it, but I get this message:
Last login: Sun Feb 24 13:13:15 on ttys000
unknown705681bcc901:~ kathrynbarber$ /TunesApp/Contents/MacOS/iTunes ; exit;
2013-02-24 13:13:20.988 The plugin 'Quartz Composer Visualizer' failed to load because it has the wrong CPU architecture for this version of iTunes. (3585)
Version from driver for Certificates 1
I can only use my iTunes as long as I keep the message open. When I close the message it tells me: "Closing this window will terminate the running processes: login, bash, iTunes." I have no idea what is going on with it as it was working not too long ago. I do not think I updated it recently but I could be wrong. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you!

Sounds like your computer is having additional issues. I suggest taking it to your nearest Apple Store.

Keynote and Quartz Composer

I am fairly new to Quartz Composer, that being said I have built several animations that I want to add to Keynote presentations, but everytime I try to add them into Keynote they only last :30 sec. I have tried exporting as a .mov file and each time I do I am prompted to give the file an end time, I have tried several different times, and yet Keynote still gives it a :30 sec runtime. I have looked at the exported file in Quicktime and it also says the file is only :30 sec. I have been searching forums for some time now with no luck, but I have found that I am not the only one with this problem.
How can I get the QC file to last longer than :30 sec? Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated as this is really starting to wear on me. Thanks.

Welcome to the discussions, agentdavo.
I don't think it is. I tried the same thing (to try to get around QuickTime's 3 second limitation) and Keynote isn't allowing access to the video hardware.

How can I use multiple cameras in Quartz Composer?

Good morning, all. This is a quartz composer question, but I can't see a quartz-composer specific forum to ask it...
As part of a school project at ACAD we are building a rig to record the output from three video cameras to build a panoramic video. I have played with Quartz Composer to do the melding of videos recorded with this setup into a single image, and it worked very well.
However, to do so live is the intention for this project as well, so we can build the composite video for recording (the timing of three different cameras is a bit awkward) as well as line up the cameras without having to do so separately.
In Quartz Composer, however, the video-in plugin only reads the camera model number, not the unique GUID as seen in the System Profiler, so three identical cameras will not be read properly... you can only choose the model number, not the specific id of the camera.
Is this a bug in Quartz Composer? Is there some top-secret plugin that is hiding somewhere that will allow you to choose the individual camera id's as seen in the system profiler? (Cameras tested have been firewire handycams streamed live, and usb cameras. identical model numbers can't be chosen as individual cameras properly)
Thanks muchly, and please shuffle this question to the proper forum as necessary.

I am working on a project where I need the same functionality. But even though I'm using different webcams, and can clearly select them in the menu, still only one camera works at a time. Even if I run two separate patches, with two different camera inputs, only one of them works.
If you find any solution to this problem, I would really appreciate if you could share it.

How do I install Quartz Composer on my imac 7-27"??

I am trying to get into Quartz Composer and I am very confsed since imac 7-27' doesn't come with a cd-instal anymore. I tried to do online, installing xcode 4 from the apple site, but at some point it says that i never used itunes store and ask me for my billing details...it's confusing since Quartz Composer is a free aplication. Any ideas on how to dwonload this. On SnowLeopard you can do it through your instal cd, But how to do it in Lion????
Much appreciated!!

You need to provide billing information to DL from the App Store, whether or not you buy anything. That's the only way to get anything, including free stuff, from the App Store.

Quartz Composer files presented as QT movies

Dear All,
I have discovered the Quartz Composer in the Dev tools and have been having great fun using it. However, when I insert the QTZ file into keynote (i am using keynote 3 and tiger 10.4.4) it plays as a quicktime file with reduced resolution.. very annoying. Is there anyway of rectifying this? I've also tried linking to the qtz file as a hyperlink but as you know keynote won't let me.
Any help would be appreciated!
Conor

Are you setting Keynote to enlarge the slideshow to fill the screen? If so, then that may be why your .qtz files look blocky around the edges. Try turning that option off to see if it enhances their look any.
EDIT:
Just tried that and it doesn't work like that. It appears that if you want it to show up looking as good in Keynote as it does in Quartz Composer, then you'll have to use it at the same resolution it's used in Quartz Composer. Enlarging in Keynote will make it blocky, enlarging in QTZC then dropping it into Keynote will make it show properly.
Message was edited by: Kyn Drake

Quartz Composer Crashes Upon open

Every time I try to open Quartz Composer it just crashes. I have no clue why. Here is the log:
Process: Quartz Composer [3773]
Path: /Users/nathanbriggs/Developer/Applications/Quartz Composer.app/Contents/MacOS/Quartz Composer
Identifier: com.apple.QuartzComposer.editor
Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: QuartzComposerEditor-1030100~298
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [108]
Date/Time: 2010-09-02 22:10:45.819 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.4 (10F569)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 309247 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 17
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 7
Anonymous UUID: C876B1C0-3CC9-4C99-802A-ED317D6B3C32
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: @rpath/DevToolsKit.framework/Versions/A/DevToolsKit
Referenced from: /Users/nathanbriggs/Developer/Applications/Quartz Composer.app/Contents/MacOS/Quartz Composer
Reason: image not found
Model: MacBook6,1, BootROM MB61.00C8.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.26 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.51f53
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.16.1)
Bluetooth: Version 2.3.7f1, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST9500420AS, 465.76 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Device: iPod, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x1299, 0x26200000
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0x24400000
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06100000
USB Device: Bluetooth Module, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8218, 0x06130000
USB Device: USB Receiver, 0x046d (Logitech Inc.), 0xc52f, 0x04100000
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0236, 0x04600000

Quartz Composer wasn't built correctly, it needs you to install Xcode into /Developer (the default). If you install it anywhere else, it'll crash with the log you mention.
You can fix it with the following command (in Terminal)
installnametool -rpath /Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks "<your install path>/Library/PrivateFrameworks" "<your install path>/Applications/Quartz Composer.app/Contents/MacOS/Quartz Composer"
In Nathan's case, <your install path> is "/Users/nathanbriggs/Developer".

Where's the best place to find Quartz Composer experts? (looking for a developer)

I'm looking for a Quartz Composer developer who is 1) interested in working with an artist and 2) can give me a quote for a specific project I am developing.

Apple hosts a bunch of mailing lists, one of which is for Quartz Composer devs. I read the list occasionally but have never really had the time to become proficient with QC.
Start here for general info about Apple's mailing lists: http://lists.apple.com/
Then click the "Lists hosted on this site" link to see all the various lists. You'll have to subscribe to quartzcomposer-dev in order to post your questions to the list.
The list is intended for technical discussions related to development and not really for job solicitation. But the usual folks on the list seem relatively friendly for the most part so I expect if you asked nicely and took any negotiations off-line that you wouldn't receive any flak.
Steve

Quartz Composer not installing from .pkg on OSX 10.4 - help?

i don't know what's going on, but for some reason, the Quartz Composer app is not installing when i run the DeveloperTools.pkg
can anyone offer any advice/assistance or similar experience?
thanks

Welcome to Apple Discussions, magneticpitch!
I can't help you with your question, but I'd like to make a suggestion about using Discussions. In general, it is best to ask your question in only one forum at a time. That way all the answers are in one place, and it is easier for people trying to help to see what has already been suggested. If after a few days, you haven't gotten help in the one place you asked, it is appropriate to ask in another forum.
Good luck.

Quicktime movie chapters in Quartz composer

Hi,
I am working on my diploma presentation in Quartz composer on Snow Leopard. It also includes Quicktime movies with chapters that I want to skip to via the Apple Remote (or some other input device). But how can I address these chapters? Is there a way to work with them directly or do I have to do some kind of workaround. I'd be happy to get some hints.
Thanks a lot,
Johannes

check the example code archives. i'm sure i've seen a listing for code that extracts audio from video files....

Screensaver crashing when made with Quartz Composer using Asynchronous Mode?

Hi all, I made a screensaver using video in Quartz Composer but the playback was choppy. I went into settings and used Asynchronous Mode, which sorted this out. It was running fine at first. Runs well in viewer and runs when I select test screensaver. I powered the mac up this morning and any of the screensavers using Asynchronous Mode they start for a second and then the screensaver stops suddenly. Again they work fine whilst test screensaver button is used and in the QC viewer but suddenly not when I use hot corners or when the Screensaver activates???
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you

I downloaded his pre-built version and fiddled with it a bit, putting in a .mov file. The saver crashed System Prefs. Discovered that the quartz composition would only open in QT7, not QTX. I tried a quartz composition that did not have a movie in it, and that worked as a screen saver. I tried the movie saver, replaced the movie with one that did open in QTX, which would work in the Finder and QuickLook, although it ran only in QT7 (as do all my old qtz compostions), but it still crashed System Prefs. Unfortunately I haven't installed Developer Tools for Snow Leopard, so don't know if you could get it to work using the latest iteration of Quartz Composer and rebuilding the composition there--don't even know if there is a new Quartz Composer.
I suspect there is a problem between 32bit and 64bit things, although exactly what that might be I don't know, since the straight qtz compositions, without a movie, seem to work in screen saver mode.
Using the QT7 only movie produced a slightly different crash report than using the QTX compatible movie. I have seen other reports of non-Apple screen savers that will not run in Snow Leopard, with the statement that the savers must be re-compiled to work in 64bit. My quess is that really simple quartz compositions use the quartz engine available in Snow Leopard, and thus even though built with a 32bit Quartz Composer do run as 64bit, by calling only Snow Leopard functions, and thus will work, but that the movie saver has something inherently 32bit in it and so causes a conflict.
Francine
Francine
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Can't import mesh in Quartz Composer.

I'm trying to import mesh in Quartz Composer 4.6 on Mountain Lion (10.8.3). When I drag the file to the QC windows, the window crash with the following error, causing QC to crash :
Application Specific Information: Uncaught exception "NSInvalidArgumentException": -[NSView setScene:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fabb1840150 *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[NSView setScene:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fabb1840150' terminate called throwing an exception abort() called
Anyone as an idea ?

The MP3 container has a few different brand codecs it can use. You might need to choose a different format for exporting from Audition. I would highly recommend AAC so you can get high quality and compress a production version from that later.
I guess the version numbers are strangely different between platforms. Either way it's a common problem for people bringing media into Flash because it's not widely known that Flash requires Quicktime for some of it.

Hello,I can not open the quartz composer again after abnormal exit

Process:         launchd [369]
Path:            /Volumes/VOLUME/Quartz Composer.app/Contents/MacOS/Quartz Composer
Identifier:      com.apple.QuartzComposer.editor
Version:         ??? (???)
Build Info:      QuartzComposerEditor-151000000000000~73
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [194]
Date/Time:       2013-08-09 17:06:40.281 +0800
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          242786 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           79
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   53
Anonymous UUID:                      4B964635-D2E4-4E54-B4CC-B2E71BCCD348
Crashed Thread: Unknown
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x00007fff5fc01028
Backtrace not available
Unknown thread crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000055 rbx: 0x0000000000000000 rcx: 0x0000000000000000 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x0000000000000000 rsi: 0x0000000000000000 rbp: 0x0000000000000000 rsp: 0x0000000000000000
   r8: 0x0000000000000000   r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000000000000
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
rip: 0x00007fff5fc01028 rfl: 0x0000000000010203 cr2: 0x00007fff5fc01028
Logical CPU: 3
Binary images description not available
External Modification Summary:
Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
    task_for_pid: 1
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by this process:
    task_for_pid: 0
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by all processes on this machine:
    task_for_pid: 560
    thread_create: 0
    thread_set_state: 0
Model: iMac12,1, BootROM IM121.0047.B1F, 4 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.5 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.71f22
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6750M, AMD Radeon HD 6750M, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3230554638424353302D444A2D4620
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3230554638424353302D444A2D4620
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x0198, 0x393930353432382D3038362E4130304C4620
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x9A), Atheros 9380: 4.0.67.5-P2P
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.8f17, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: EthernetOne, Ethernet, en0
Network Service: VPN (PPTP), PPP (PPTP), ppp0
Serial ATA Device: ST3500418AS, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), apple_vendor_id, 0x850b, 0xfa200000 / 3
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: iPhone, apple_vendor_id, 0x12a0, 0xfa120000 / 7
USB Device: USB Optical Mouse, 0x046d (Logitech Inc.), 0xc077, 0xfa130000 / 5
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8215, 0xfa111000 / 6
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0xfd110000 / 4
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3

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Hotmail problem on all browsers - They have changed their security -- Go here ------> http://windowslivehelp.com/thread.aspx?threadid=514780f4-dbdc-4633-adc7-d0e368e8cff6
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Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"
"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
Check and tell if its working.

Quartz Composer - Effects of Other Cards? Any New Ideas?

I have read the discussions here about Quartz Composer, and noticed a mix of difficulties:
1 hardware restrictions (G4 or video card)
2 can't get preview (white screen), but can get render
3 can get preview, but can't get render (white screen)
4 can't get either preview or render
5 get greyed or coloured results in renders
I'm suffering 4 - no preview or render - but not 1 - I have a G5 2G Dual Processor, with an ATI Radeon Pro 9600. (I see ripples when widgets launch.)
In this context, are there any new ideas?
One observation: to find out the name of my video card, I ran system profiler, to be reminded that I have:
- an old ATI card driving a second monitor in a PCI slot
- an Alchemy TV card also in a PCI slot
I know it's tempting to blame the cards for the iMovie difficulty, especially since we are talking about a video problem, and both are video cards, so I want to ask:
- are there any people with these kinds of cards having no problem at all?
- are there any people with similar cards experiencing similar problems?
G5 DP2G & G4/466 Mac OS X (10.4.5) 1.5 G RAM

"I know it's tempting to blame the cards for the
iMovie difficulty, especially since we are talking
about a video problem"
Have you tried pulling out [Alchemy TV and second monitor] cards, just to rule
them out as a source of the problem?
No... my thinking is that I'm an amateur iMovie user, and in the end I would feel more comfortable with my second montor and (very occasionally used!) TV than with a fully working iMovie. Hence my questions were directed at finding out whether others had:
- these problems without cards being fitted
- no problems despite cards being fitted
G5 DP2G & G4/466 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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