Library documentation for "missing" libraries

Processing
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I’ve helped a few people in the past. One of the topics used import processing.video.*;. I can not remember that I had to install that library specifically (possibly I did use of version of Processing IDE 3.x) but I might be mistaken. However today I had to manually install the library.

I do not know if this is due to an oversight when the Processing IDE is build or if the approach by the developers has changed. I found a topic going back to May 2022 (Video library simply missing?) so it seems to be an old issue.

If this was not due to an oversight I would like to suggest that a note is made in the library reference (Video / Libraries / Processing.org) that this library has to be installed manually.
If it was due to an oversight I did expect it to be fixed by now :wink: But if nobody tells the developers … Where can I report this? https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues?

The same applies to the sound library (and there might be more).

Remark:
What is strange (to me) is that some libraries (e.g. Serial or PDF Export) do not require manual installation.

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Forgot to mention :frowning:
Windows 11
Processing zip installs of 4.3, 4.4.7 and 4.4.10; all point to the same sketch directory (but I think that that is expected).

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As far as I understand it, the video library was unbundled because it is huge (300mb).

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It indeed took a while to download. But that does not apply to the sound library.

Suggestion still stands :wink:

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I feel this is going off topic…

They all share the same “Sketchbook Folder” directory.

You can customize your environment for each install:
Can I install Processing 4.4.4 on local drive? - #8 by glv

:)

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I don’t mind too much if I can learn :wink:

I know that :slight_smile:

And that I did not know so thanks :+1: I have no need for it at this moment but it might be useful in the future.