Meandre : a toolkit for learning Pure Data

What is Meandre

A toolkit to design multimedia projects. It uses Pure data extended programming environnment, and simplify its learning curve. Simply double click anywhere to show the pop-up menu and start patching!

 

How to use

Just download and extract the folder Meandre to your desktop. 

 

Features

- MENU: Double clic anywhere for quick patching menu (3 tabs= DATA/AUDIO/VIDEO)

- TIPS : mouse over any [object] and inlet/outlet to show quick help

- Objects for hardware interaction (arduino/kinect/leap motion...)

- Abstraction for real time video interaction (camera zone activity, openCV analysis...)

- 3d viewport for Gem window (camera/mouse/information...)


Download MEANDRE 5 macOSX

 

Download MEANDRE 5 PC Windows (soon)


RULES

- Avoid space in files/folder's name (use - or _ instead).

- Save your projects in the main folder: PureData_MEANDRE using File-> save as. 

- Avoid asian caracters in files/folder's name. 

 

RECOMMANDED MEDIA FILE FORMAT TO USE

- MOVIES : .mov, (best performance with photo jpg or animation jpeg codec or Apple Intermediate Codec)

- PICTURES: .jpeg or .png or .tiff files

- SOUND : .wav , 44100htz, 16bit. or .mp3

- 3dMODEL : .obj

 

PROBLEM?

- Video/image problem on windows? install quicktime.

- Appliction doesn't start on OSX? install XQuartz

- Camera is not working in Yosemite/El Capitan? Use usb/firewire external camera

TRADITIONAL CHINESE

 軟體規範:

 
- 避免使用中文命名檔案或是資料夾。
- 別在檔案名稱或資料夾名稱上打空格,可使用 - 或是 _  來代替(例如:my_video1.mov)。
- 將你的檔案存在資料夾裡面: Meandre_2.1 using File-> save as.
- 最好重新開一個資料夾,以組名命名,把你所有的媒體(圖片、影片、聲音、3D模型等)都放進去。
 
 
建議使用檔案類型: 
 
- 影片: .mov, (photo jpg or animation jpeg codec, no h264 or mpg4). 先使用畫素較低的檔案測試 (例如: resize max to1024x768 or 1280x720, no 1920x1080)
- 圖片:.jpeg 或 .png
- 聲音:.wav , 44100htz, 16bit
- 3d模型:.obj