NYC's MTA Train Time Realtime in TouchDesigner!

In this video, I walk through a project that I have built to display real time train updates for any line or station in New York City’s subway system, using a publicly available API! We will walk though all the steps from API setup to textual display, and along the way touch on some higher-level concepts that are not always front and center.

In this video / project file, you will see:
– How to use any table DAT as a parameter menu source
– Why running a local server in a separate process can be a helpful technique
– A live example of using a .bat file to start up a project
– Fully featured TouchDesigner fluid simulation

Project Files:
https://www.patreon.com/water__shed

MTAPI: https://github.com/jonthornton/MTAPI

00:00 – Start
01:19 – NYC MTA Train Time Project Overview
02:57 – MTAPI Setup
15:00 – Patch Walkthru – Dynamic Parameter Menu Lists
19:13 – TD MTAPI Extension Overview
25:56 – MTA Stations Rendering Setup
29:06 – Arrival Time Display Cards
34:04 – Start with .bat file