Twitter Quartz Composition Overlay

primaryinstinct

Can I only show tweets from other people, or can I set it up to read my tweets as well?

Nick

It can only show a search of your 'mentions', or of a hash tag. If you mention yourself, then that will show up.

djnyce

i think the best way is to use a hashtag that represents your event. so if you're at the tunnel for "friday night live" you would tweet and have your fans and guests tweet "blah, blah, blah #fridaynightlive". now all tweets with the #fridaynightlive hashtag will show up in your qtz twitter feed. mentions (@djnyce) are nice, but not as effective as hashtags.

dvdjmattmatics

I downloaded xcode but the command to open the inspector is not working? Also in what field do we enter the hastag info? Any help would be appreciated

Nick

Have you opened the Quartz Composition in Quartz Composer?

dvdjmattmatics

Ya Nick I opened the quartz composer after downloading xcode, but not sure what to do from there

fcprod

download the file listed on nicks very first post. after you download it then open it and it should open up with quartz composer. after that press -1 and then put in your twitter user name. get out of program and it will prompt you to save the file. get that file and drag it to mix emergency quartz composer section.

dvdjmattmatics

I did all that but where is that -1. I tried entering it on keyboard and it did nothing

fcprod

its the - on the keyboard between the 0 and the +. so hit that on the - and then the 1 and that should open up the editor or you can click on the editor button on the quartz composer. either way it should bring up a seperate window to enter your twitter info

Nick

Yeah - it might be easier to just use the "Patch Inspector" button.... alternatively, on the View window, you could use the "Input Parameters" button.

DiscoDuck

I can't install Xcode. Tried from my install disc and from an older version online. I'm running Snow Leopard. Anyone else have this prob?

dvdjmattmatics

Ok I have the inspector open but now there is no place to input my information all that is listed is... File name, file type, location, and full path?

Nick

@DiscoDuck - I'm not sure why you can't install Xcode.... I've never had any issues with that. @dvdjmattmatics - you have a patch selected. In the editor, make sure that nothing is selected (click on the background).

dvdjmattmatics

clicked on background still nothing? Can I paypal someone money just to make one for me>??

Remixstudioent

Worked like a charm... takes about 30-60 secs to update new tweets. and technically you dont need a twitter account to use this feature

dje_rich

yeah, it's kicking my ass too. are you guys doing this on the latest version of xcode? if someone could make a quick youtube vid they'd forever be my hero.

dvdjmattmatics

I'll paypal money to whoever does it for me

dje_rich

@dvdjmattmatics I figured out what our problem was. Apparently, if you just install the newest version of Xcode 4.3.2 it doesn't include the actual Quartz Composer. You have to go under the menu XCode > Open Developer Tools > More Developer Tools. It'll open up an Apple site. Download "Graphics Tools for XCode - March 2012" and install it. Then everything will work just fine. Kudos to everybody who helped out on this project. Many thanks.

djwillnyc

Hey Nick, Two very important things: I saw someone asked about changing the y position of the twitter feed but I did not see an answer, any suggestions? Also, most importantly, how could we add the capability to see the tweet ahead of time in which the program will require us to approve of certain tweets before publishing to the output screen. For example, I have proms to dj coming up soon and I know there will be immature kids writing swear words and making fun of others if I use this feature. At the least is it possible to censor swear words? Thank you for your time Nick! -Sean

djwillnyc

For those having trouble installing xcode. you must apply for an apple developer membership: https://developer.apple.com/programs/register/ After that just go to the link below, on the 3rd page, a link from April 21, 2011 will be titled "xcode 3.6.2 and iOS SDK 4.3 for Snow Leopard" Download this 4 gb file, open it install it, and wala quartz composer will be within the "Applications" folder that easily opens up Nick's qtz file above. https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action

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