Hello and thanks for checking out my question,
I am working on a project analysing film and visualizing the data I got from it. I'm quite new at programming and only have some basic experience in java and javascript. For my project I want to store the db levels of a movie in a csv file, to later work with the data in processing. I couldn't find anything that wasn't too complex for me to comprehend for Mac (OSX.)
Help would be much appreciated! Thank you.
You're going to have to break your problem down into smaller steps.
Step 1: Generating the CSV file.
There are probably a million different ways to do this, and that can be pretty confusing. But break this down into smaller sub-steps and then take those steps one at a time. Can you get a movie playing in Processing? There is a Video library that does just that. Then can you get the volume level every X seconds? You might start with a separate sketch that just prints something to the console every X seconds. For getting the volume, you might try out the Minim library. If that doesn't work, Google is your friend, and remember to keep breaking your problem down into smaller steps!
Step 2: Loading the CSV file.
Now that you have the CSV file, you have to load it into Proccessing. There are several functions in the reference that might come in handy. Again, start with an example program that just prints the values to the console. Get that working perfectly before moving on.
Step 3: Visualizing the data.
Now that you have the data in your Processing code, you can start thinking about how you want to visualize the data. Maybe a line chart that just shows the volume over time just to start with.
If you get stuck on a specific step, then try to break it down into smaller sub-steps. Create an example program that just tests one of those smaller sub-steps (also known as an MCVE), and you'll be able to ask a more specific code-oriented question. Good luck, sounds like an interesting project!