This tutorial will show you how to play a project autonomously with MilluNode, so you could run a Millumin's project on a PC.

Preparation

Once your project is created on Millumin, click on "Project" menubar then "Collect files".
Then copy the resulting folder onto an external drive (such as a USB stick) and transfert it on the MilluNode's computer.

Open

Now on MilluNode's computer and once the project copied, run MilluNode and open your project.
The dashboard of your project is displayed vertically in MilluNode's interface, and you can launch or stop a particular column.



However you may be missing a video output. To choose one, click the "Setup" button and choose the display among the ones connected to the computer. A windows with the video output will appear and you go fullscreen by activating the ad hoc checkbox.

Alternative

If you do not want to transfert your project via an external drive, consider using Millumin to remotely edit your project on the MilluNode.
Please read this tutorial.

This tutorial will show you how to use MilluNode as a "remote display", so you could get more outputs than the physical ones of your computer. Also, this will create a project that can play autonomously then.

Detection

First, be sure your computers are on the same network. We recommend to use network Ethernet cable for efficiency, but a good Wifi can be also used.
Launch Millumin then your MilluNode(s), and go click the "Use Remote Control" button :





Now, open Millumin's "Output" popup (shortcut is CMD+;) : the detected MilluNode(s) will appear at the top of your canvas properties :

Canvas

Select a MilluNode in the list : now you can select outputs from this MilluNode.



It is important to understand that a canvas must be connected to only one computer : either your Macintosh running Millumin, either one of your computers running a MilluNode. If you need to use different outputs from various computer, just create one canvas per computer. Of course, you can use several outputs in each canvas (for soft-edge purposes for example).

Designing

Once the canvas for MilluNode setup, you can close Millumin's "Output" popup then create your content just as usual.
Media files will be automatically transfered to the MilluNode for efficient playback (a placeholder will show you the transfert progress if needed).

Monitoring

To save power, you can use monitoring so only MilluNode is rendering the content, and Millumin still gets a preview via the network.
There are 4 modes for monitoring : the first 3 ones are various quality of monitoring, while the fourth one makes both Millumin and MilluNode rendering the content.

Playing Autonomously

Feel free to disconnect Millumin from the MilluNode, so its canvas can run as an autonomous project.
Please read this tutorial to learn more.

You can activate OSC control in project's settings :



MilluNode will display the IP address of the computer and the port to send OSC messages.
Note that MilluNode provides a Bonjour server, so it is easily recognized by applications such as TouchOSC.

Then you can use the following OSC messages :

• /millunode/action/launchPreviousColumn
• /millunode/action/launchNextColumn
• /millunode/action/launchOrStopColumn
• /millunode/action/launchColumn
• /millunode/action/stopColumn
• /millunode/action/fullscreen
• /millunode/action/setIndexOfCurrentCanvas

For your convenience, we created this template here that you can use with TouchOSC.