Compatibility With MacOs Big Sur

[MrDjeep]

Hi !

I used to work with S2L on Mac and it's awesome !
But when i updated my Mac to Big Sur OS, It doesn't work anymore... Do you think that you'll update it ?

Thank You

[MrDjeep]

When I say It doesn't work anymore, I mean that the Software doesn't open...

Thank You !

[sstaub]

Any news about?

[fganzevoort]

I have a new M1 Mac, so I have to use Big Sur. Is there any chance that it will work anytime soon? I get the "splash screen" (the app icon) then the app asks to allow mic acces. After that step it freezes.

[luminosuslight]

Unfortunately I'm not working on or maintaining Sound2Light anymore. Either someone from ETC creates a new build or you could use Luminosus instead, it provides very similar functionality but in a totally different user interface. Fortunately someone made it working for Big Sur: ETCLabs/LuminosusEosEdition#34 (comment)

[sstaub]

Hi Tim,
The problem is the same like Luminosus, it doesn't work on newer macOS versions. Hans Leiter told me that a further development will only happen if they found a student employee who want's to restart the project.

[luminosuslight]

Hi @sstaub, Luminosus actually works on Big Sur and even M1 Macs, thanks to @xhpohanka. See the comment that I linked above for where to download it. Maybe @xhpohanka can do the same for Sound2Light.

[xhpohanka]

Hi @luminosuslight,
I indeed sometimes play with Luminosus and I'm able to provide actual builds (without installers, but I also think if someone is not able to use sw without installer, then Luminosus is not a right tool for him).
It would be nice to put a link to my github to luminosus.org with a notice that new builds can be occasionally found there :-). People are confused now and think that the project is dead.

I don't know anything about Sound2Light now.

[luminosuslight]

Thanks @xhpohanka for this suggestion, I just put a link to your GitHub releases page on the webpage!
For now, it still says its not maintained anymore because I guess you don't want to offer actual support for it regularly. Although of course I would be happy to hand this over to you completely if you like 💁‍♂️

[sstaub]

As an advice, the macOS version from @xhpohanka works also on macOS Monterey, great.

[fganzevoort]

Hi, great news to hear that Luminosus was revived despite previous posts on the website that development was halted. I will give it a try and hope you all feel how much your work is appreciated by the lighting community. Thanks a lot!

[xhpohanka]

I was trying if my bigsur virtual PC still works and it does. If @fganzevoort or anyone else want to try, this was built there https://drive.google.com/file/d/19hFBovc_clhk3aZAD5e2As3b4HukfRu9/view?usp=sharing. No testing on my side, thouhg.

[sstaub]

@xhpohanka thank's for your experience

• It is possible to start the app
• there is no access to the Microphone, that is the main problem because of right management, the same problem with luminosus
• luminosus ask for network communication, S2L not
• missing icon

[MrDjeep]

@xhpohanka, thanks a lot for trying to keep these programs alive !
Nothing else to say than @sstaub.
If it can help, the microphone detection works well on the 0.0.2.1.0.9's version of S2L (Actually on Monterrey)

[sstaub]

@MrDjeep thank's for the advice, it seems v0.0.3.1.0.2 is wrong compiled for macOS.