limited number of reconnections

[grrrr]

Hi, thanks for the application! The main problem that i am having is the fixed number of reconnections (set to 20). My tool is supposed to run virtually forever, but the reconnection count inevitably goes down to zero after some time if the connection is not 100% stable. There are two possible solutions that would be very much appreciated:

• A settable number of reconnections, e.g. in the XML config file.
• The reconnection count is reset if there are frames received. I have tried to modify and compile the code myself, but the ofxIpVideoGrabber part fails to compile. I will report this in a separate issue.

[bakercp]

Hey, glad you found it useful! Yeah, I could see how this could be a problem. I'll update this for the latest openFrameworks 0.9.0 master sometime soon.

[grrrr]

thanks for your swift reply! i am in a hurry for an artistic project -- i will have to find a workaround very soon....

[bakercp]

Cool, it's been on my todo list, so how about this -- I'll fix it up ... if you send me a link to your project? Seeing work made with addons and apps helps keep me energized :)

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On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Thomas Grill [email protected] wrote:

thanks for your swift reply! i am in a hurry for an artistic project -- i will have to find a workaround very soon....

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/bakercp/IPCAM2SYPHON/issues/3#issuecomment-130001802.

[giorgiomoroder]

any updates on this? thank you!!

[bakercp]

Hey @grrrr and @giorgiomoroder I did a big overhaul on this tonight. Now with unlimited (or limited) reconnects, a more stable threading system, etc. Please check out the develop branch and let me know if it looks good. If you can test it out, I'll make a build and release it.

You'll need the latest ofxSyphon, ofxIpVideoGrabber, and openFrameworks 0.9.3+.

[giorgiomoroder]

I don't know a lot about compiling these things, and I'm getting errors. I have ofxSyphon and ofxlpVideoGrabber in my OF addons folder, but when I try to compile the developer branch of IPCAM2SYPHON i get unknown type name "ofEventListener" on ofEventListener _exitListener;

and 2 other errors - I'm going to see what I can figure out but this is my first time compiling anything other than examples

[thomkav]

@grrrr @bakercp @giorgiomoroder - Hi there. I'm using this wonderful piece of software in live performance. The limited reconnection issue is only nagging issue for us: across 4 hrs of performance our favorite camera seems to time out. Any progress with compiling bakercp's version?

I'm a newbie to programming, but I could compile this myself if I knew what IDE or language you'd recommend opening the project in.

efforts much appreciated. thanks to all who put in on this.