Best way for "switching patches" (mixer)

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hello out there.

i’m (still) trying to build a simple patch and video mixer. for various prototypes i loaded all patches i wanted to use as a subpatch, and simply switched their TextureOut pins. But this “solution” is of course wasting a lot of my performance, and additionally it’s not really flexible, because i can’t read out folders or anything.
so is there a better solution for dealing with this? i think so, but i haven’t found anything yet.

thanks,
phil

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http://vvvv.org/tiki-index.php?page=catweasel-Patches

Check out the patch switcher there, its the basics that you can add your own gui too. I’ve just discovered that its spreadable so if you want the xfade 2 patches kind of thing you can do that too, although most of my patches max out my pc, so xfading is out the question!

Cat