Cathodemer News

Updates most linked libraries to the latest (NDI, Spout, etc)
with some new features and changes from user feedback:

• Audio Device selection added to init screen (you can now select the device or start without audio features)
  
• Oscillator maximum frequencies increased to 25Hz (especially for noise oscillator)
  
• MIDI devices are now activated by selecting them (the app won't hijack all available MIDI devices automatically anymore, but only those selected from the device list)
  
• Parameter value tooltip now draws differently and less glitchy on some systems.
  
• New render mode (Rough Pixels vs Smooth Pixels)
  

Also added new build branch "older" which is now the ancient 2.4 version, while "previous" branch is now 2.6 version, in case of some random issues 2.7 manifest.

Have fun!

There was a very common crash issue with opening any USB cameras or most encoded video files on macOS Catalina, because the app used older Qt and OpenCV libraries that had no idea of the new safety protocols in macOS. The fix got delayed because of numerous other issues that came with Catalina..

Catalina is pain, really. For some funny reason they removed support for all old video libraries and nothing works, unless you deploy everything yourself, and what's more funny is that the currently "required" app notarization cannot be done for any included pre-built third party libraries. So the app is now un-notarized, and macOs might complain about running it.

The app build now contains all the required video device and codec -related libraries in itself, and thus has nearly three times the previous package size.

If the app still crashes when opening a camera stream, go to macOs privacy settings and check if Cathodemer has rights to Camera, sometimes only looking this makes it work somehow.

Update with fresh libraries.
Mac version should now ask camera permissions from macOS, and not crash when opening camera stream to a Source part.

Big update that makes the Windows version of Cathodemer 64-bit with fresh OpenCV & NDI libraries.
Lots of UI tweaking and bug fixing for Windows. Most things look a lot better and run faster.

Note that Steam should replace ALL installation files, so if there's any trouble running after update, remove all local files and reinstall.

Windows 10 64Bit is now the primary development platform instead of MacOS.

New:

- Internal video feedback amount (found at OpenGL Settings on Extra tab)

Changes/Fixes:


- Init screen has now option for renderer mode (Pixel or Texture) as some rare crashes might be due using Pixel mode, so the app can now be started with Texture mode.

- Figure frame max size increased to 512x512. Large image edit view also made more clear and optimised.

- Arabesque pattern and fractal modes now align seamlessly on screen.

- Hopefully some stability issues fixed due patches on Qt libs.