[PD] mp3 (layerII) or .wav/.aif stereo player!

[Lorenzo Sutton]

On 23/11/12 11:21, Björn Eriksson wrote:
> I think one of the reason one might have to be able to play mp3´s or 
> ogg´s from inside a pd-patch can be that you´re working with some 
> interactivity, thematic project for instance where one is sniffing the 
> web for sounds.
>
> I regard mp3´s as usual as for instance jpg´s are on the web, speaking 
> of some image analogy of compressed formats. I don´t like the 
> licencing of mp3 though and would prefer ogg to be the main standard.
>
> Sometimes there aren´t time enough to do conversions on the fly to 
> uncompressed formats before importing files onto pd.
>
> I can with other words imaging a number of situations which could call 
> for a a playability of mp3 and oggs.

Obviously, there are cases where mp3 can be an option, but OP mentioned 
exporting from logic. Of course withot further background it's hard to 
tell, and there are many cases.

>
> Soundwise we all know wave and aiff sounds better, but I am a bit 
> surprised this seems to be a so complicated and sensitive issue about 
> having pd play a compressed sound file with some ease. Maybe this has 
> been discussed over the years over and over,so forgive me if this 
> already stated somewhere about these things.

It's not *that* coplicated really, and many options have been suggested, 
guess the 'sensitive' thing is that OP ended his original message with:

"Anyways I'll be happy too if I can play an not compressed audio file 
like an  .aiff or .wav but in stereo? how the f*ck I do that?"

Which is not probably not the best way to find concrete advice on a list :)

Lorenzo.

>
> /Björn Eriksson
>
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Lorenzo Sutton 
> <lorenzofsutton at gmail.com <mailto:lorenzofsutton at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 20/11/12 19:04, Òscar Martínez Carmona wrote:
>
>         [readsf~] seems to be what I was looking for!
>         I'm not sure about mp3 layers and names , but when that layer
>         II file is what I get with an mp3 bounce with Logic...
>
>
>     Why should you export to mp* from logic? That sounds rather insane
>     unless you *need* mp*
>
>     mp* are lossy compressed, and unless you have a precise
>     'aesthetic' reason to having mpeg-degraded audio quality simply
>     export to a lossless format.
>
>     That said there are probably thousands of converters out there
>     from-to mp* to anything, google is your friend there.
>
>     Lorenzo.
>
>         Thank you both!
>
>
>
>         On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 6:56 PM, chris clepper
>         <cgclepper at gmail.com <mailto:cgclepper at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:cgclepper at gmail.com <mailto:cgclepper at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
>             A MPEG-1 LAyer II file is MP2 not MP3.  You will need to
>         find a
>             player/converter for that.  Maybe VLC?
>
>             There are multiple ways to play .wav files with Pd - check the
>             example patches included with it.
>
>             On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Òscar Martínez Carmona
>             <xamps23 at gmail.com <mailto:xamps23 at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:xamps23 at gmail.com <mailto:xamps23 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
>                 Hi List!
>                 I'm trying to play an mp3 layerII file with [mp3play~]
>         ans it
>                 does only support layer III files. While I'm looking
>         for the
>                 appropiate converter (fail at that by now) I was
>         wondering if
>                 there was another external able to play layer II files
>         (the
>                 most common type, not?).
>                 Anyways I'll be happy too if I can play an not compressed
>                 audio file like an  .aiff or .wav but in stereo? how
>         the f*ck
>                 I do that?
>                 Thanx!
>
>                 --         Òscar Martínez Carmona
>
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