Kinect - depth cam working only when changing parameters

Hi!

I’ve got a Kinect1 plugged into Bootcamp, running TouchDesigner 088.

On the Kinect TOP colour and Infrared images are working fine, but Depth is completely black. It only shows the image whist changing parameters (eg. when sliders are moving etc) of any operator. Sometimes it works when I click/unclick bypass but it seems like its behaviour is a bit random.

Player Index is fine but flickers a lot.

I’ve used it in other programs and it seems to be only a TD thing.

Any tips to help me out would be awesome! Thanks!

For Kinect v1, there are somethings you can try.

If using Kinect Xbox360 (model 1414 or 1473) try installing Kinect 1.8 SDK, not simply the Kinect 1.8 Runtime. I would just install the SDK anlways.

Secondly the Kinect v1 can be temperamental on USB3 ports, so it is recommended to use USB2 ports (opposite to Kinect v2 which requires a USB3 port and is still tempermental based on USB3 chipset used).

Make sure power adaptor is plugged in, running off just the USB will sometime illuminate the green LED indicator but it is not sufficient to properly run the Kinect.