I have a problem with Ti.Geolocation that drives me crazy. Only using IOS platform so far. The goal is to get GPS callbacks with highest possible accuracy when I move around with the phone.
The problem is that I have copied most of the code from geolocation.js in KitchenSink, with the relevant part shown below. It looks OK to me, however the behaviour I get is very strange.
I just don't get regular GPS callbacks when I walk around! The compass works fine however and sends me callbacks all the time. I have also tried without subscribing to 'heading' events, but no change in GPS behaviour.
There is only one event that can trigger a GPS-callback with correct data, and that is running KitchenSink! Switching to KitchenSink and back also gives me a callback with accuracy between 5 and 10. If I don't do that, my accuracy can be as high as 1500-2500 (if I get a callback at all, that is).
KitchenSink seems to work fine, but I fail to see what that app does that I do not?!?
I have turned off Wifi in the phone so it wont disturb. This problem is very frustrating and I have spent three days on it now, can someone please help? I have tried compiling against different SDK's too (normally 2.1.1GA but also down to 1.8.2). No change.
if (locationServicesAvailable()) {
// APPLICATION LOGIC
ui.init();
Ti.Geolocation.purpose = "Get Lat/Long of your current position";
Ti.Geolocation.accuracy = Ti.Geolocation.ACCURACY_BEST;
Ti.Geolocation.distanceFilter = 10;
Ti.Geolocation.frequency = 0; /* as fast as possible */
Ti.Geolocation.preferredProvider = Ti.Geolocation.PROVIDER_GPS;
if (Ti.Geolocation.hasCompass) {
// TURN OFF ANNOYING COMPASS INTERFERENCE MESSAGE
Ti.Geolocation.showCalibration = false;
// SET THE HEADING FILTER (THIS IS IN DEGREES OF ANGLE CHANGE)
// EVENT WON'T FIRE UNLESS ANGLE CHANGE EXCEEDS THIS VALUE
Ti.Geolocation.headingFilter = 45;
/*
Ti.Geolocation.getCurrentHeading(handleCompass);
Ti.Geolocation.addEventListener('heading', handleCompass);
*/
}
Ti.Geolocation.getCurrentPosition(handlePosition);
Ti.Geolocation.addEventListener('location', handlePosition);
ui.refresh.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
Ti.Geolocation.getCurrentPosition(handlePosition);
});
}
OK it seems I have found an answer to my problem. It's as simple as setting accuracy to Ti.Geolocation.ACCURACY_NEAREST_TEN_METERS. I'm using the IOS platform, and I'm located in Sweden (in the countryside) if it matters. Don't know if this solution applies to everyone, but I have seen references to this problem (http://developer.appcelerator.com/question/130596/strange-behavior-of-the-gps) and solution so I know it exists.
No idea why ACCURACY_BEST doesnt work, but it doesnt for me. I'll test all the other settings too when I get the time but now at least I can continue developing.
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I'm working on a Unity project for Hololens, that uses the camera to capture pictures, send them to a photo recognition API and displays the result. The project works perfectly fine in unity, but not on the emulator/Hololens.
Unfortunately, I wrote a lot of code at once, so i don't know at what point this problem started. The problem show's up after building the project and running it on the Hololens/emulator in Debug mode. On the Hololens, I see the starting window (the one you see after you open any application). After i place it, i see End showing splash screen. on the Output window in Visual Studio, and it just doesn't go any further (but doesn't freeze either, just does nothing).
I don't know where it's coming from, since no exceptions are thrown, but i suspect the camera is the cause. Earlier, i had to comment this line of code:
transform.position = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector3((CameraManager.Resolution.width * .5f), (CameraManager.Resolution.height * .5f), 10));
because the function ScreenToWorldPoint was throwing the following exception:
Screen position out of view frustum (screen pos 0.000000, 0.000000, 10.000000) (Camera rect 0 0 0 0)
As you see it says that the Camera rect's size is 0. I even tried directly logging the camera's dimensions to make sure (Debug.Log(Camera.main.pixelWidth + ", " + Camera.main.pixelHeight)), and sure enough, they were (0, 0) on the Hololens/emulator.
I made sure that webcam is supported, and that my camera settings are all set, but that didn't help either.
So i'm not sure if that's the cause of the problem or simply a symptom. And I can't start anywhere since neither the Output nor the Error window show anything wrong. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading!
Edit: Here's the entire output log from beginning to end.
Edit2: I don't know if this is significant, but if I paused execution (in Visual Studio), it always seem to be at Build/ProjectName/App.css => Line 78:
[MTAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var app = new App();
CoreApplication.Run(app); //<===== Here
}
You might want to check any of your Start() methods. You might have some code that is CPU intensive. Even if it runs smoothly in Unity, doesn't mean it will run easily on HoloLens since their CPU is not powerful.
Also, to avoid any Camera problems, make sur to use the Camera prefab from this
repository :
https://github.com/Microsoft/MixedRealityToolkit-Unity
Those are just some thoughts, hope it helps!
Turns out i didn't enable "Virtual Reality Supported" under Other settings in PlayerSettings. It's really dumb, but i hope this helps someone.
I'm successfully using Soundcloud's widget API, except the setVolume() method is broken :(
First, I love the widget, but I'm blown away that after all that amazing work there is no volume control available! People will immediately "back button" out of my site when they hear 100% audio and I can't alter it using setVolume()... I have to get it working or pull it :(
Here is what is happening, I have an instance named "widget" (which loads and plays well on the page).
widget.bind(SC.Widget.Events.READY, function() {
$('#audioIndictments').removeClass('remove'); // This disables a CSS rule, making the soundCloud iframe visible
widget.setVolume(10); // This should set the volume to 10% but doesn't :(
widget.getVolume(function(vol){
console.log(vol); // This outputs 0.1 in the console :/
console.log(widget); // This outputs the object in the console and I don't see anything out of whack :|
});
widget.play(); // This successfully fires up the widget and the audio begins playing :)
widget.setVolume(10); // Just to see if it makes a difference, after the play() method, I ran setVolume again after the play() method and still no change :(
widget.getVolume(function(vol){
console.log(vol); // This still outputs 0.1 in the console :/
});
});
Strange results. I found another blogger who asked a similar question and got no satisfactory answer. What's the deal here? What am I not seeing?
Thank you for taking the time :)
Try using the a volume between 0 and 1. This fixed it for me.
0.25 = 25% volume
I too am facing the same issue and I discovered that the volume does not reset to full when setVolume method is called outside of the READY event. This is why the setVolume button on the SC api playground works since it's called externally. But there is another problem - when the next track in the playlist is loaded into the widget, it resets the volume back to full and as a result, deafens the user.
I've used a hacky workaround until this is fixed.
Setup a new PLAY_PROGRESS event and call the method inside there.
widget.bind(SC.Widget.Events.PLAY_PROGRESS, function() {
widget.setVolume(10);
});
The setVolume method will continuously be called when the track is played. Not ideal but it works.
If you have a slider in place for volume then you may use this instead:
widget.bind(SC.Widget.Events.PLAY_PROGRESS, function() {
var vol = jQuery('.slider').val();
widget.setVolume(vol);
});
I'm writing app that records sound with kAudioUnitSubType_VoiceProcessingIO audio unit. And there is strange bug I'm trying to catch for a couple days. Internal microphone gain is changed automatically for whole system after I create new instance of VPIO unit.
Initialization code:
AudioComponentDescription audioComponentDescriptionWildcard =
{
kAudioUnitType_Output,
kAudioUnitSubType_VoiceProcessingIO,
kAudioUnitManufacturer_Apple
};
AudioComponent audioComponent =
AudioComponentFindNext(NULL,
&audioComponentDescriptionWildcard);
OSStatus status = AudioComponentInstanceNew(audioComponent, &audioComponentInstance);
Simplest way to verify the problem is to make a breakpoint on AudioComponentInstanceNew call and start skype call to skype test call service. Before this line executes recorded voice is loud and clear. After executing this line microphone level drops dramatically.
With other units everything is normal. And app doesn't interfere with other recording applications.
It's because automatic gain control is enabled by default. You'll need to change the kAUVoiceIOProperty_VoiceProcessingEnableAGC property to 0.
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/AudioUnit/Reference/AudioUnitPropertiesReference/Reference/reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/constant_group/Voice_Processing_I_O_Audio_Unit_Properties
Sorry to bug twice so quickly, but since people were so kind in their informative responces, I figured it couldnt hurt to ask another question.
The same program i tried to make it rather swanky and have a main screen which allows you to click on a button which leads to a limited options screen. This lets you switch the music on or off. Or at least it should do.
The music running code is in the main file (game.m), under the following:
//Music
[Settings setMusicEnabled:YES];
music = [SPSound soundWithContentsOfFile:#"music.caf"];
channel = [[music createChannel] retain];
channel.loop = YES;
channel.volume = 0.25;
if([Settings musicEnabled]){
[channel play];
}
I apologize for the strange format, but it is Sparrow framework. basically, the Settings file contains the class methods I am trying to use. If the methods cause YES, the music is on. If it is No, then the music is off.
settings.m
static BOOL isMusicEnabled;
#implementation Settings
+ (BOOL)musicEnabled
{
return isMusicEnabled;
}
+ (void)setMusicEnabled:(BOOL)value
{
isMusicEnabled = value;
NSLog(#"SME? %i", isMusicEnabled);
}
#end
Now, the options file is working and i tested that section. The program is reading that isMusicEnabled is getting a new value, thus musicEnabled is being altered as well, so there should be a change and the music should be switched off.
However, nothing happens. I have tried to use debugger, but I am not very good at it and I dont understand a lot of the information i am given. I do understand that the problem is sending the message from Settings file to the main/Game file.
I would appriciate anyone's help who could enlighten me as to how this could be solved.
I'm not familiar with Sparrow Framework, but let me make a guess anyway.
[channel play]; starts playing the music in background until the channel is asked to stop playing.
Changing the isMusicEnabled does not trigger any code to stop the currently playing music. When you change the value in Settings, you should inform the channel to stop (most probably by somehow accessing the channel and calling [channel stop].
There's another problem - isMusicEnabled is just a variable in memory, your program will not remember its state between restarts. And Settings are usually supposed to be remembered.
To summarize I see two problems: persisting settings between restarts first and informing about change of settings second. To remember settings I suggest you look into NSUserDefaults class. To inform the channel to stop playing you have couple of options - depending on you skills. Easiest is to simply access the channel variable from within the setMusicEnabled and call stop. Another option would be to use notifications, but for a beginner programmer that is more complicated (look for NSNotificationCenter if interested).
It is quite tricky because I wanna to take the result as a sign for later process. If a window flashes, it would be weird to user.
(This is not an answer, just refreshing the question and adding some details:)
Suppose you need to open a video capture driver (webcam) with code like this (delphi, but easy understandable):
result:= SendMessage(hCapWnd, WM_CAP_DRIVER_CONNECT, FDriverNo, 0);
It works fine, except when camera/webcam is busy (opened by another application, for example moviemaker). Then the capture driver suddenly shows a "select video source" window that blocks your application (but not moviemaker, which keeps recording). SendMessage function becomes modal and will not return until undesired window is closed.
Is there a way to detect if a capture driver is busy with another application before connecting to it?
Thanks
This function return number of available webcams and scanners on your mashine(с++).
int GetNumCam()
{
int MemberIndex = 0;
HDEVINFO dev;
SP_DEVINFO_DATA DeviceInfoData;
DeviceInfoData.cbSize = sizeof(DeviceInfoData);
dev = SetupDiGetClassDevsA(&GUID_DEVINTERFACE_IMAGE, NULL,NULL,DIGCF_PRESENT);
if (dev == NULL)
{
MessageBoxA(0,"it is null..","vse propalo",0);
return -1;
}
else
{
while(SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo(dev,MemberIndex, &DeviceInfoData))
{
MemberIndex++;
}
}
return MemberIndex;
}
I wonder if sending a broadcast message could do. I mean, suppose you send a VFW info request message to all windows in system. Then, all windows actually doing VFW processing will answer their status info and you will know which of them are doing video processing; some kind of shouting "anybody here...?"
But it looks like brute force, or even hacking. May be I'll test it... may be not. I am sure there must be a smarter way to know if a video capture driver is busy with another application.
(btw... anybody here?)
I was afraid it would happen.
First I enumerated all opened windows in system, then executed this instruction for each HWND, which just asks for driver information (pascal syntax):
SendMessage(h, WM_CAP_DRIVER_GET_NAME, length(driver)*sizeof(char), LPARAM(PChar(driver))
According to Msdn help, WM_CAP_DRIVER_GET_NAME results are:
"Returns TRUE if successful or FALSE if the capture window is not connected to a capture driver"
(Bold is mine). So it appears a good way to know:
1-If the window is capturing. So it is applyable to ALL windows, don't matter if they are capturing or not.
2-And if so, it tells you which driver is using.
However, after first test round, the results were:
- Task Manager (it was running) crashed and closed
- Explorer crashed and closed (reopened again automatically)
- Belkin Wireless monitor (my pc's WiFi driver) crashed and closed
- Eset Nod32 antivirus crashed, did not closed
The first conclussion can be that this is a bad way to locate which applications are capturing video in a system. But I must ensure to dismiss the possibility of a bug.
I'll keep reporting.
This is not a good solution my any means but I found out that if you disable and enable the camera in device manager immediately before sending the WM_CAP_DRIVER_CONNECT message then for some reason the video source window does not appear and the function returns and works OK.
So for a script I was working on I had to download devcon.exe and I put "devcon disable *PID_3450*MI_00*" and "devcon enable *PID_3450*MI_00*" immediately before my WM_CAP_DRIVER_CONNECT and it seems to work consistently. Unfortunately you need to run as administrator to be able to disable/enable devices. Again not a proper fix by any means...
(Hardware ID of my cam is USB\VID_0AC8&PID_3450&MI_00)