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Xth sense on windows
  • DudeDude

    Hi there, I just want to find out if xth sense software works on PC. I have had trouble installing Pure Data on windows so can anyone advise me how to do this. I have Max/MSP on my PC so the question could be, does it work with Max/ MSP and if so how? Thanks

  • chrs_taudtchrs_taudt

    Hey Dude..;-)

    As I understand, there is no version of the software working directly on windows. The problem I see are the libs iemguts and soundhack, which have to be compiled under windows. Pd it self is working on windows... I tried that one http://puredata.info/downloads/pd-extended

    I am interested in getting the xth sense to work on win as well...

    I am posting on this if I worked something out.

    regards chrs

  • DudeDude

    Thanks for the reply Chrs, will look into that as well and if anyone finds something, please let us know. I'm sure i read somewhere where it says, ;;with a bit of hacking, it can work on windows. Rgds

  • marco_donnarummamarco_donnarumma

    Hey guys, yes, is as Chrs said. Well, only iemguts has to be compiled; the good news is that iemguts is included in the new pd-extended 0.43.1. So if you have that version of pd-ext you're good. For soundhack, go to the official soundhack download page, get the binaries for win, and follow my guidelines about moving the files: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense/#download

    yes, I've got a modded version of the Xth Sense for Windows. I'll try to put it on the download website in the upcoming days. however, please, be aware I don't have a Win machine to test things, so I cannot develop nor assure complete stability. Will let you know through this thread!

    Max porting is on its way, but it's going to take some time, the process is complex.

    cheers! M

  • chrs_taudtchrs_taudt

    Hey marco. can you explain a bit what the difference in a windows version will be?? Is it mainly that you have to transfer the xth-sense-lib into .dll Files using the PdLibraryTemplate and a windows toolchain (MinGw) ?? Or is there anything os-specific in the main program as well? If you can give some explanations on that I might do some work...especially testing on some windows machines..

  • DudeDude

    Thanks Marco. Please let us know once you have done a windows version. I managed to get the windows version of PD- extended on http://puredata.info/downloads/pd-extended.

  • DudeDude

    Hi Marco, any idea when you can have the windows version of Xth sense on the website. Thanks.

  • marco_donnarummamarco_donnarumma

    hey Dude, great you managed. I'm cleaning up the files, should be up these days.

    Will post an announcement here.

  • marco_donnarummamarco_donnarumma

    hey Chrs_taudt, well the only difference is about the lib iemguts. Although this is included in pd-extended 43.3 (not stable yet), it is not included in 42.5 (stable and the version on which the Xth Sense is tested).

    iemguts is quite complex to compile on windows, and I don't have a machine to do that. In the Xth Sense iemguts deals with the dynamic tabs and the whole gui, so what I have is a version that works without the fancy tabs, but instead has lots of popup windows, which unfortunately does not provide the same comfy experience than the original software.

    If you want, you can try have a go to compile iemguts on windows. But, as I said, this is included in the newer (yet not stable) version of Pd-extended.

  • DudeDude

    Thanks Marco, 'll look forward to that.

  • marco_donnarummamarco_donnarumma

    Hey Dude, I've sent you an email with an experimental version of it. Have you got it working?

  • chrs_taudtchrs_taudt

    hey marco,

    can you send me that experimental version as well?

  • marco_donnarummamarco_donnarumma

    yep, just sent it! didnt do it before because it needs testing! so be careful. :)

  • DudeDude

    Hi Marco, I saw the version, only thing now is im waiting for the biophysical device and will let you know how it goes once i do. cheers.

  • chrs_taudtchrs_taudt

    Hey Marco.

    As I started testing I figured out, that problems still acure with the iemguts stuff I guess...gonna post screenshots after I have done some more testing...soon!

  • chrs_taudtchrs_taudt

    Hey Marco. now here is a screenshot of the errors I am getting. I`ve tested that on Windows 7 64bit and Windows XP 32bit.

    Actually I couldnt find the option to include pictures here, so there is a dropboxlink to it: https://www.dropbox.com/s/aom3xhb90n5ri9x/screen_xthsens_windows.PNG

  • marco_donnarummamarco_donnarumma

    you are not loading the xth-sense-lib, nor the default lib folder.

    the xth-sense-lib goes either in pd-externals see: http://puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files

    or, if you can't manage to do what's described there (because on windoz is a pain), put it the folder you wish, then open Path in the Pd tab, and add the path to your new location. So Pd knows where to look for the xth-sense-lib and load it at startup.

    the lib folder is by default in the location where it should be (which is the same folder where the Xth-Sense.pd patch is). So either you moved the lib folder somewhere else, or you are using a copy of the Xth-Sense.pd which you saved somewhere out of the original folder.

    hope it makes sense. let me know

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