Isadora Manual v1.3 - TroikaTronix

Input Properties
• picture: The number of the picture you want to play, as shown in the Media
Window. When the number of a valid picture is entered here, its name will
appear to the right of the number.
• visible: When set to on, generates a video stream from the picture specified by
the picture input property. When set to off, no output is generated.
Output Properties
• video out: The picture, converted into a video stream.
• trigger: Sends a trigger whenever a new picture is selected, when the visible
property goes from off to on, or when this actor’s Scene is activated.
Picture Preload
Preloads a range of pictures so that loading with the Picture Player actor
can start playback instantly.
Input Properties
• mode: This property can be set to either play or forever.
When set to play, the picture is kept in memory until a Picture Player actor
starts and then stops playing it. Once that actor stops playing the picture, it is
removed from memory.
When set to forever, the picture is kept in memory until it is preloaded again
with the mode set to play, or until Isadora quits. Use this option with caution!
It is easy to fill up your RAM with pictures that you no longer need to play.
• picture low: The number of the first picture to preload, as shown in the Media
Window. If you want to preload only one picture, set the number of the
picture you want to preload and leave the picture high input set to 0.
Otherwise, to specify a range of pictures to preload, set this to the number of
the first picture you want to preload and the picture high input to the last
sound. When the number of a valid picture is entered here, its name will
appear to the right of the number.
• picture high: The last picture in a range of pictures you want to preload. Use
this in conjunction with the picture low input to specify a range of pictures to
be loaded when a trigger is received at the preload input.
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