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.

       •   image2np(path) → np

       •   np2image(np, path)

       Sounds as (frames, channels) numpy.int16s

       •   sound2np(path) → np

       •   np2sound(np, path)

       Videos as (frames, height, width, color) numpy.uint8s

       •   video2np(path) → np

       •   np2video(np, path)

       Additionally, iterators are provided for incremental loading of media files:

       •   sound_chunks(path) → np iterator

       •   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:

       •   video_in(a)                      # webcam

       •   video_out(a)                     # mutate a in-place to set video

       •   audio_in(a)                      # mic

       •   audio_out(a)                     # mutate a for audio output

       •   mouse_in(type, px, py, button)

       •   keyboard_in(type, key)

SEE ALSO

       numm-run(1), numm.one-bit-instrument(7), numm.spectral-analysis(7)

numm                                              February 2012                               getting-started(7)