After a number of requests, I've tidied up this Quartz Compotision overlay that will display a Twitter search (for example, you can search for "@yourusername" to find all of the tweets that mention a particular username).
Here's the file: http://www.inklen.com/download/172/TwitterXMLFeed_MixEmergency.zip
Download. Unzip. Edit (to add your username - you'll need Quartz Composer for this). Save. And then load it into MixEmergency in the Quartz Composition Overlay section.
I've changed a few things:
- Change the positioning system (positioned relative to the bottom, so you don't lose it on 16:9 screens).
- Added a customisable time limit, currently defaulting to showing Tweets within the last 12 hours.
- Colours are now more easily customised.
- The text will now look clearer (there was an issue with the unit sizes).
The original file was created by this MixEmergency user: http://twitter.com/vjxplicit ....so maybe "follow" him if you end up using it, and send him a tweet to say thanks!
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1) Open the .qtz file in Quartz Composer.
2) Make sure that none of the patches are selected.
3) Push the keyboard shortcut command-1 (to open the Inspector).
4) In the field titled "#", type the hash tag you wish to search for (e.g. "@inklen" to list my twitter mentions).
5) Push return.... that's it.
You can also edit a number of other parameters, which should be fairly self-explanatory.
2) Make sure that none of the patches are selected.
3) Push the keyboard shortcut command-1 (to open the Inspector).
4) In the field titled "#", type the hash tag you wish to search for (e.g. "@inklen" to list my twitter mentions).
5) Push return.... that's it.
I did all that and now i got only blue background...no tweets...
it's driving me nuts now
@dave28 - Step 1: Open the .qtz file in Quartz Composer (the instructions are for Quartz Composer - not MixEmergency)
sorry for being such a nooob its quite embarrassing :/
cheers dave
If anyone can help or has any other idea of a different method to censor the feed that would be great.
Nick is there any way to make a Quartz file thats linked back to a #(hashtag)fanpage on Facebook that keeps updating like this twitter Quartz?
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-P0awB99nQL8/T328XVa8SvI/AAAAAAAAAQU/0HeI27GbVkA/s0-d/2012-04-05
you can set a feed to a user ie: "@Joshua_Carl" or "@inklen"
but not to a hash-tag ie: "# wtf " or " #PartyAtDaves "
I found this link to twitter rss feed cheat sheet..
http://theinfobabe.blogspot.com/2011/06/twitter-rss-feed-creation-cheat-sheet.html
@Joshua_Carl
If you want to search for mentions. Or, enter:
PartyAtDaves
If you want to search for the hashtag #PartyAtDaves (it'll automatically add the # in front of it).
I had afew people ask me the same thing
Thanks
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.
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.
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
File name, file type, location, and full path?
@dvdjmattmatics - you have a patch selected. In the editor, make sure that nothing is selected (click on the background).
and technically you dont need a twitter account to use this feature
Then everything will work just fine.
Kudos to everybody who helped out on this project. Many thanks.
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
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
Regarding checking tweets beforehand - well, that's not possible with the way that this is doing them. It would be possible to add a filter for words that you don't want to display.
Thanks,
Sean
There may be a better solution though - but I don't really have the spare time to look into it right now.
For the Y position:
Find the math patch that is joined to the Rendering Destination Dimensions.
Right now it looks like this equation: input x -0.5 + 0.15
If you want to change the position, and have it sit relative to the bottom, then change the 0.15 number to something else....
If you want to have it relative to the top, then it should look like this: input x 0.5 + -0.15
http://www.conroyp.com/2010/03/11/declutter/
It only blocks unwanted words through the web interface, however the javascript is there.. If someone can combine this with the existing qtz file, we'd have our answer. I'd do it if I knew how...
i think the way to do this would be to make a text file with a list of words to blacklist. the qtz would then need to retreive this list, search every word, find a match in the xml and remove the xml node that contains a match.
i think trying to add this feature will add a ton of overhead and is little tricky. imo, it's not worth it.
i have 2-3 qtz saved as presets with different keywords. so if bad tweets start coming in, i'll just switch.
http://pipes.yahoo.com
come to think of it..... does the other person who mentions your name...do they also have to unprotect their tweets? can anyone confirm?
reason I ask, is that I've had a few people mention me within the allotted time, and 2 of the 5 only come through.....
Looking at Facebook feed. Found how to show them. Just working on filtering and what I can and can't display. Not as much info or features at moment can only really get rss feeds for pages and that's about it.
However for those of you looking and wanting this feature unless you a guru, there is actually no easy way to get rss feeds. Once I have found an easy way to give these feeds I will release a beta. but will start a new post so not high jacking this one
this is a highly anticipated feature for me since over here in central europe, EVERYBODY is on facebook but twitter is very small.
keep us posted.
greetz,
scorp
*EDIT* I had the old file, I D/L the new one and it was in front of my face!
make sure parameters are showing. click the math patch (between Rendering Destination Dimensions and Y Input). you can change Operand #1 or Operand #2.
Thanks,
Jeff
jsgwiz@mac.com
If it doesn't, then it could probably be reprogrammed to do this though.
mixemergency%20OR%20%40inklen%20include%3Aretweets
%40 = @
%3A = :
basically if you put exactly what Patrick wrote, the twitter api will return tweets that have the hastag of mixemergency or replies to @inklen. the rest of it says to include retweets
there is a parameter of the twitter api that includes retweets so theoretically this can work. test it out.
There's a Math patch that connects to a patch with the title "Y Input"... use the patch inspector on the Math patch and change the -0.5 to 0.5, and the + to a -
ive also got 2 @ and 2 hashtags that it grabs tweets from which is amazing! but!
as soon as i get a new tweed or hashtag, it removes the other tweets and doesnt show the other tweets!? does anyone know why or how i change this??
thanks!!