Window out of focus problem

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#1

Hi All

I’m building an application that analyses the camera images and builds up a layer of text + graphics. I’ve noticed that when the application loses focus to another window it begins to flicker/shudder. This will continue even when the window returns to focus. Are there any FOCUS_LOST and FOCUS_FOUND type events I can listen to on order to pause everything and get round this. Or alternatively, is there anything standing out below that might cause the problem?

Thanks in advance

James

  
  
  
testApp.h  
  
#ifndef _TEST_APP  
#define _TEST_APP  
  
#define BALL_AMOUNT 500  
  
  
#include "ofMain.h"  
#include <iostream>  
#include <ctime>  
  
  
  
  
class testApp : public ofBaseApp{  
  
	public:  
		void setup();  
		void update();  
		void draw();  
  
		void keyPressed  (int key);  
		void keyReleased(int key);  
		void mouseMoved(int x, int y );  
		void mouseDragged(int x, int y, int button);  
		void mousePressed(int x, int y, int button);  
		void mouseReleased(int x, int y, int button);  
		void windowResized(int w, int h);  
  
private:  
	bool                          _isFirstFrame;  
	  
	ofVideoGrabber 		vidGrabber;  
	unsigned char * 	        pixels;  
	int 				camWidth;  
	int 				camHeight;  
	int			        shapesPerFrame;  
	ofTrueTypeFont		franklinBook;  
};  
  
#endif  
  


  
  
  
testApp.cpp  
  
#include "testApp.h"  
  
void testApp::setup()  
{  
    ofSetFrameRate(31);  
    ofEnableAlphaBlending();  
    ofEnableSmoothing();  
    ofSetCircleResolution(8);  
    ofSetBackgroundAuto(false);  
      
    franklinBook.loadFont("frabk.ttf", 36);  
      
    ofBackground(255, 255, 255);  
      
      
    camWidth         = 320;    // try to grab at this size.   
    camHeight         = 240;  
    shapesPerFrame    = 1500;  
      
    vidGrabber.setVerbose(true);  
    vidGrabber.initGrabber(camWidth, camHeight);  
  
}  
  
  
  
  
void testApp::update()  
{  
    vidGrabber.grabFrame();  
}  
  
  
  
  
void testApp::draw()  
{  
    ofSetColor(0, 0, 0, 7);  
    ofRect(0, 0, 1600, 960);      
      
    ofSetColor(0xffffff);  
    vidGrabber.draw(1280, 0);  
  
    char chars[] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM";  
      
    if (vidGrabber.isFrameNew())  
    {  
        pixels = vidGrabber.getPixels();  
          
        int i;  
        int n = shapesPerFrame;  
        for (i = 0; i < n; i++)  
        {  
            int x = (int)ofRandom(0, camWidth);  
            int y = (int)ofRandom(0, camHeight);  
              
            int r = pixels[(x * 3) + (y * camWidth * 3)];  
            int g = pixels[(x * 3) + (y * camWidth * 3) + 1];  
            int b = pixels[(x * 3) + (y * camWidth * 3) + 2];  
              
            float brightness = r + g + b;  
              
            ofSetColor(r, g, b, ofRandom(0, 255));  
              
            float scale = 0.4 + brightness / 600;  
              
            stringstream ss;  
            string s;  
            char c = chars[(int)ofRandom(0, sizeof(chars) - 1)];  
            ss << c;  
            ss >> s;  
  
            glPushMatrix();  
            glTranslatef(x * 4, y * 4, 0.0f);      
            ofScale(scale, scale, 1);  
            franklinBook.drawString(s, 0, 0);      
            glPopMatrix();                  
        }  
    }  
}
#2

I just managed to fix it whilst pretending to be busy at work. Rather than relying on ofSetBackgroundAuto(false), I created a new ofTexture and called the draw method before the assets are added and loadScreenData afterward.