Thank you, everyone! On Mar 31, 6:43 am, Laurent Pointal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi All, > > > I'm just beginning my exploration of Python and I have a rather > > general question. If two particular programs have Python scripting > > capabilities, does that mean those two programs can communicate in > > real time through Python? > > > I'm running some audio experiments (for artistic purposes) in the > > program Pure Data (PD). I would like to use data that I extract from > > audio files to affect 3-d game simulations in Blender. I don't know > > specifically what it is I would be manipulating -- this is an artistic > > project, so intend to do a lot of experimenting to see what I come up > > with... > > > My question(s): Is this possible, reasonable, plausible? > > Plausible, with a recent PC. > > I use some Java code + a research TTS engine (C) + Python code + Pure Data + > VirChor (3D renderer+interract, C++) in a TalkingHead project at LIMSI. > All these communicate via UDP, we just tries to keep amount of transmitted > data not too huge (ie. just transmit status, positions, commands...). > For the realtime side capacity, it depend on the process you need in > Python - if Python reveal to be too slow, you may write long computing code > into a separate C module or library (may see ctypes and pyrex). > Another point, if you build Python multithreading code in same process, the > Global Lock may lead to unefficient use of your computing capacities. > > Note. You may take a look at OSC (Open Sound Control), there is a module for > PD and one for Python. > > A+ > > Laurent.
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