NAME
getting started - numm installation and usage
SYNOPSIS
numm-run FILE
import numm
DESCRIPTION
numm is a python library — the bastard child of Processing.org and MATLAB, if you will — that fuses python, numpy, and gstreamer together to create a numerical-computing environment for multimedia generation, analysis, and interaction.
Installation
A Debian package is provided for ease of installation on Debian and derivative operating systems, such as Ubuntu; we recommend you abandon alternative systems and install Debian, but in the interim direct your attention to virtualization software such as VirtualBox.
Numm is available as a package in Debian and Ubuntu:
% sudo apt-get install python-numm
Usage
At its simplest, numm provides three pairs of invertable functions that connect common media formats with numpy:
Images represented as (height, width, color) numpy.uint8 arrays.
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image2np(path) → np
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np2image(np, path)
Sounds as (frames, channels) numpy.int16s
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sound2np(path) → np
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np2sound(np, path)
Videos as (frames, height, width, color) numpy.uint8s
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video2np(path) → np
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np2video(np, path)
Additionally, iterators are provided for incremental loading of media files:
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sound_chunks(path) → np iterator
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video_frames(path) → np iterator (by frame)
For rapid-prototyping of interactive numpy-based audio-visual experiments, the numm package has a real-time mode. The numm package installs a program named numm-run, which launches (and reloads on modification) python scripts that may implement any subset of the following functions, which are asynchronously called as needed:
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video_in(a) # webcam
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video_out(a) # mutate a in-place to set video
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audio_in(a) # mic
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audio_out(a) # mutate a for audio output
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mouse_in(type, px, py, button)
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keyboard_in(type, key)
SEE ALSO
numm-run(1), numm.one-bit-instrument(7), numm.spectral-analysis(7)