Wiki source for PsychtoolboxFaq
=== [[http://psychtoolbox.org Psychtoolbox-3]] Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ===
~- [[FaqDownload How do I get PTB-3?]]
~- [[FaqHowDoIExitScreen How do I close a screen and return to the command line (Mac or Win)?]]
~- [[FaqBackwardsCompatible Is PTB-3 backwards compatible with PTB-2 (Mac or Win)?]]
~- [[IntelMacCurrentState Does the PTB-3 run on the new Intel-based Macintosh computers?]]
~- [[FaqWarningPrefs How can I skip the checks that Screen performs when it starts up?]]
~- [[FaqInitialScreen How do I make the initial screen black instead of white?]]
~- [[FaqScreenOpenWindow Why does it take 40 s to open my first window?]]
~- [[FaqBlueScreen When opening an onscreen window, Psychtoolbox shows a blue or white screen and then nothing happens?!?]]
~- [[FaqTextureWindow What's the difference between a texture, a window, and a screen?]]
~- [[FaqDuplicateOffscreen How do I duplicate an offscreen window?]]
~- [[MultipleKbcheck How to perform keyboard check for multiple keyboards (Mac OS/X Only)?]]
~- [[FaqTextSize Can I set TextSize (and other parameters) for all windows/screens?]]
~- [[FaqOffscreenMultipleBuffers Can offscreen windows (created with 'OpenOffScreenWindow') have multiple buffers?]]
~- [[FaqVirusWin Windows: Why does my virus checker complain about the PTB-3 distribution?]]
~- [[FaqFlipTimestamps What do the timestamps returned by Screen('Flip') mean?]]
~- [[Faq10BitDACs Is it possible to get 10-bit DAC resolution with PTB-3 under WinXP or OS/X?]]
~- [[FaqImageTransparency How to display images with transparent backgrounds?]]
~- [[FaqPerformanceTuning1 How can I try to improve timing and performance of PTB-3 code?]]
~- [[FaqQuickTimeTrouble When trying to play movies with Quicktime, Matlab crashes or gives Bus errors! What can i do?]]
~- [[FaqGetSecsTestFails Psychtoolbox or the GetSecsTest script tell me that the clock and timers on my computer are broken! What now?!?]]
~- [[FaqDownloadFails Why does DownloadPsychtoolbox persistently fail with svn CHECKOUT and PROPFIND errors?]]
~- [[FaqTTLTrigger How to send TTL triggers via parallel port (Win 2k/XP/Vista/7 only)?]]
~- [[FaqVista Are there known issues with Windows Vista and how to resolve them?]]
~- [[FaqAnimationAndResponse How can I collect responses while repeatedly presenting/updating visual stimuli?]]
~- [[FaqScreenShots How can I take a screenshot of my stimuli?]]
~- [[FaqMatlabFigureUpdate How can I update Matlab figures during the experiment?]]
~- [[Faq64BitSupport Does Psychtoolbox work with 64-bit versions of Matlab or Octave?]]
~- [[FaqHDvideoPlayback How can I play back high-resolution high-speed video?]]
~- [[FaqAddFaq How do I add a FAQ & answer to this list?]]
~- [[FaqDownload How do I get PTB-3?]]
~- [[FaqHowDoIExitScreen How do I close a screen and return to the command line (Mac or Win)?]]
~- [[FaqBackwardsCompatible Is PTB-3 backwards compatible with PTB-2 (Mac or Win)?]]
~- [[IntelMacCurrentState Does the PTB-3 run on the new Intel-based Macintosh computers?]]
~- [[FaqWarningPrefs How can I skip the checks that Screen performs when it starts up?]]
~- [[FaqInitialScreen How do I make the initial screen black instead of white?]]
~- [[FaqScreenOpenWindow Why does it take 40 s to open my first window?]]
~- [[FaqBlueScreen When opening an onscreen window, Psychtoolbox shows a blue or white screen and then nothing happens?!?]]
~- [[FaqTextureWindow What's the difference between a texture, a window, and a screen?]]
~- [[FaqDuplicateOffscreen How do I duplicate an offscreen window?]]
~- [[MultipleKbcheck How to perform keyboard check for multiple keyboards (Mac OS/X Only)?]]
~- [[FaqTextSize Can I set TextSize (and other parameters) for all windows/screens?]]
~- [[FaqOffscreenMultipleBuffers Can offscreen windows (created with 'OpenOffScreenWindow') have multiple buffers?]]
~- [[FaqVirusWin Windows: Why does my virus checker complain about the PTB-3 distribution?]]
~- [[FaqFlipTimestamps What do the timestamps returned by Screen('Flip') mean?]]
~- [[Faq10BitDACs Is it possible to get 10-bit DAC resolution with PTB-3 under WinXP or OS/X?]]
~- [[FaqImageTransparency How to display images with transparent backgrounds?]]
~- [[FaqPerformanceTuning1 How can I try to improve timing and performance of PTB-3 code?]]
~- [[FaqQuickTimeTrouble When trying to play movies with Quicktime, Matlab crashes or gives Bus errors! What can i do?]]
~- [[FaqGetSecsTestFails Psychtoolbox or the GetSecsTest script tell me that the clock and timers on my computer are broken! What now?!?]]
~- [[FaqDownloadFails Why does DownloadPsychtoolbox persistently fail with svn CHECKOUT and PROPFIND errors?]]
~- [[FaqTTLTrigger How to send TTL triggers via parallel port (Win 2k/XP/Vista/7 only)?]]
~- [[FaqVista Are there known issues with Windows Vista and how to resolve them?]]
~- [[FaqAnimationAndResponse How can I collect responses while repeatedly presenting/updating visual stimuli?]]
~- [[FaqScreenShots How can I take a screenshot of my stimuli?]]
~- [[FaqMatlabFigureUpdate How can I update Matlab figures during the experiment?]]
~- [[Faq64BitSupport Does Psychtoolbox work with 64-bit versions of Matlab or Octave?]]
~- [[FaqHDvideoPlayback How can I play back high-resolution high-speed video?]]
~- [[FaqAddFaq How do I add a FAQ & answer to this list?]]
