[Fluxus] [RFC] Fluxus as an A/V batch synth

[gabor papp]

hi Stefano,

> I'm interested in integrating fluxus with an external application
> reading/encoding/processing A/V data.
i was connecting external applications the other way around using shared 
memory. it can be tricky this way, since you have to download the data 
from the gpu to send it to the server, which can be slow. if you choose 
this way, you could try writing an ffgl plugin that passes through the 
pixel primitive content, and sends it to the server in shared memory.

on osx it is possible to use syphon (http://syphon.v002.info/) to share 
frames.

on the other hand, i would use an other machine with a capture card if 
the budget permits. it's simpler and faster, which is quite important 
when dealing with real-time video.

best,
gabor