MuKCast is an light-weight client/server library for the Processing Development Environment (PDE).
MuKCast can be used to send messages between a client and a server. There are three predefined messages in the library.
- TextMessage
- NumberMessage
- ImageMessage
In case there is a need for a customized message, it is possible to create a custom message by implementing the interface Message.java.
MuKCastServer server;
PImage img1, img2;
void setup() {
size(800, 450);
frameRate(5);
textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
img1 = loadImage("vstreamsphere01.jpg");
img2 = loadImage("vstreamsphere02.jpg");
img1.resize(800, 450);
img2.resize(800, 450);
server = new MuKCastServer(this);
try {
server.startServer();
}
catch(IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
image(img1, 0, 110, width/2, 225);
image(img2, width/2, 110, width/2, 225);
textSize(48);
text("Server: " + server.getServerInfo(), width/2, height/2);
}
void draw() {
surface.setTitle("Server - FPS: " + frameRate);
try {
if (frameCount % 2 == 0) {
server.broadcastMessage(new ImageMessage(img1));
} else {
server.broadcastMessage(new ImageMessage(img2));
}
}
catch(IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}MuKCastClient client;
PImage image;
void setup() {
size(800, 450);
textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
client = new MuKCastClient(this, "localhost", 4242);
image = createImage(800, 450, RGB);
try {
client.connect();
}
catch(IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
void draw() {
background(0);
surface.setTitle("Client - FPS: " + frameRate);
if (image != null) {
image(image, 0, 0, width, height);
}
textSize(48);
text("Client: " + client.getClientInfo(), width/2, height/2);
}
void handleMessage(MuKCastClient client, Message message) {
image = ((ImageMessage) message).getImage(image);
}Download MuKCast library from here.
Unzip and copy it into the libraries folder in the Processing sketchbook. You will need to create this libraries folder if it does not exist.
To find (and change) the Processing sketchbook location on your computer, open the Preferences window from the Processing application (PDE) and look for the "Sketchbook location" item at the top.
By default the following locations are used for your sketchbook folder:
- For Mac users, the sketchbook folder is located inside
~/Documents/Processing - For Windows users, the sketchbook folder is located inside
My Documents/Processing
The folder structure for library Console should be as follows:
Processing
libraries
MuKCast
examples
library
reference
src
library.properties