TouchDesigner (nozzle-TOP)

nozzle-TOP provides TouchDesigner Custom TOP plugins for nozzle GPU texture sharing.

Plugins

Nozzle Send

Filter TOP (1 input). Publishes the input texture via nozzle and passes it through as output.

Nozzle Receive

Generator TOP (0 inputs). Receives a nozzle frame and outputs it as a texture. Cooks every frame to poll for new frames.

Both plugins use CPUMem mode — texture data is transferred through CPU memory. This works on all platforms but is slower than direct GPU sharing. A future CUDA mode release (Windows/NVIDIA only) may improve performance.

Parameters

Build

Prerequisites

• CMake 3.20+
• C++17 compiler
• macOS 12+ or Windows 10+

macOS

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/nozzle-io/nozzle-TOP.git
cd nozzle-TOP
cmake -B build
cmake --build build

Output: plugin/NozzleSend.plugin and plugin/NozzleReceive.plugin (universal binary: arm64 + x86_64).

Windows

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/nozzle-io/nozzle-TOP.git
cd nozzle-TOP
cmake -B build
cmake --build build --config Release

Output: plugin/NozzleSend.dll and plugin/NozzleReceive.dll.

Install

Copy the .plugin (macOS) or .dll (Windows) files to your TouchDesigner Custom OPs folder. See Custom Operators — Plugin Folder Locations.

Pixel Format Support