I'm Getting Nothing But A Black Screen Using Spout. Plz Help.

[artao]

So yeah. I installed Spout as recommended for recording in an external app. OBS in my case. Or even try to use it in GLMixer if I can figure that out, but that's another cow to wrangle.
Anyhow, yeah. I get nothing but a black screen.
For testing, I first used the Spout Receiver included with Spout. It claimed to have a connection, but nothing showed up.
So I installed the Spout plugin for OBS and tried it there. Same thing.
I ALSO have NestDrop installed, which also includes Spout streaming.
Both the "example" Spout receiver and OBS were able to get video just fine using that. So it's something that's up with Cathodemer.
I have NO CLUE how to set up NDI, but I'll be looking into that as well. However, this is all within a single computer, not over a network.
Thankfully I DO get smooth good quality video recording directly out of Cathodemer.
Also, I'm definitely having sh!t tons of fun with this sucker. Super awesome.

System Specs:
Win 7 64-bit Pro
AMD FX6300 CPU
Radeon RX580 w/8 gigs VRAM
16 gigs system RAM
Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 audio interface
Installed on 500 gig SSD

[Santo Bahpau]

Same here, no idea how to fix it.

[artao]

Originally posted by Santo Bahpau:

Same here, no idea how to fix it.

Yeah ... And ethe dev is non-responsive even via contact via the website.
FAAAAK!
Regardless, IMO What it can do is worth 20 bucks even tho it can't do a BUNCH of the stuff it's supposed to be able to do.
I can't get video input or network input to work either.
..
I DID use Cathodemer entirely to make this music video tho:

[pastvoices]

I spent a little bit of time trying to get it to work with a spout source in OBS with no luck. Instead I just use the window source and select the screen. Probably not the best way to do it but it works for the most part.

I'll spend more time trying to get spout to work but it's not a big deal to me as of yet.

[artao]

With Spout the output can be run directly into other software such as Touch Designer or VJ-ing apps.
I've tried getting it to work with Newtek's NDI as well. Again with no luck.
But yeah. To simply record the output I use OBS window or screen capture.

[artao]

HOLY CRAP!!
I don't know what happened, but Newtek NDI now works to send Cathodemer's output to other software. For me, specifically Touch Designer.
NDI is free to install. So if you're having problems with Spout (which still doesn't work) give NDI a try.

[artao]

With the fresh update, Spout also now works properly.
Both Spout and NDI can't be used at once tho, which I'm sure is normal function. System limitations.
As I understand, Spout is for piping video between apps on the same computer and NDI can do it over a network.

[VJFranzK]

Originally posted by artao:

Yeah ... And ethe dev is non-responsive even via contact via the website.

Thanks for mentioning this.

[noway909]

Originally posted by artao:

Originally posted by Santo Bahpau:

Same here, no idea how to fix it.

Yeah ... And ethe dev is non-responsive even via contact via the website.
FAAAAK!
Regardless, IMO What it can do is worth 20 bucks even tho it can't do a BUNCH of the stuff it's supposed to be able to do.
I can't get video input or network input to work either.
..
I DID use Cathodemer entirely to make this music video tho:

should have read this comment before purchase LMAO

[artao]

Originally posted by noway909:

Originally posted by artao:

Yeah ... And ethe dev is non-responsive even via contact via the website.
FAAAAK!
Regardless, IMO What it can do is worth 20 bucks even tho it can't do a BUNCH of the stuff it's supposed to be able to do.
I can't get video input or network input to work either.
..
I DID use Cathodemer entirely to make this music video tho:

should have read this comment before purchase LMAO

It can now do Spout and NDI output just fine. For me at least.
The audio options need a lot of work tho. They function, but not very flexibly.
I still think it's worth 20 bucks.