[PD] using puredata to play playlist gapless

Rick T ratulloch at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 07:57:51 CET 2013


Yes I have tried giving textfile a bang.  Still no sound

I'm not sure what you mean by the second response since I get sound
when I click on the message with the single wav file hard coded in the
message box.  I don't get sound when I load a playlist text file.

Thanks

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Dafydd Hughes <dafydd61 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you nitride giving textile a bang after opening the file?
>
> Also, the test message should be connected straight to readsf~, not to the
> message - you should hear the file played then.
>
>
> On Tuesday, February 19, 2013, Rick T wrote:
>>
>> Ok I'm still having issues I uploaded an image of the PD to see if
>> someone spots something off the bat
>> http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/12/selection007p.png/
>> and I've attached a text file with the debugging stuff included I can
>> hear the sound when I click on the
>> [open /tmp/test/n000041test.wav(   message box
>>
>> But I get no sound using the open panel to load the textfile
>> I've also attached the negplaylist.txt file and renamed everything
>> in-case I had some strange control character hiding in the file.
>>
>> When I bang the [openpanel] object and clink on the [print(  message
>> box above the [textfile] I get this in the PD log
>>
>> --------- textfile or qlist contents: -----------
>>  n000041test.wav \;
>>  \;
>>  n000042test.wav \;
>>  \;
>>  n000043test.wav \;
>>  \;
>>  n000044test.wav \;
>>  \;
>>  n000045test.wav \;
>>  \;
>>  n000046test.wav \;
>>  \;
>>  n000047test.wav \;
>>  \;
>>  n000048test.wav \;
>>  \;
>>  n000049test.wav \;
>>  \;
>>  n000050test.wav \;
>>  \;
>>
>> Still trying to figure out why this won't play the files.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Dafydd Hughes <dafydd61 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Oh silly me. You need to look at the syntax for using readsf~ - it's
>> > more
>> > complicated. First, readsf~ needs an open message e.g. "open
>> > 001test.wav",
>> > then it needs a "1" to start playback. Forgive me if you already know
>> > this,
>> > but you can string 2 messages together with a comma. And to get the
>> > filename
>> > from textfile into a message like that, you need to use $1 as a
>> > placeholder.
>> > So between textfile and readsf~ you need a message saying something like
>> > "open $1, 1". That'll turn into 2 messages: "open 001test.wav" and then
>> > "1".
>> > If the files are in the same directory as the patch, it should work (I
>> > think).
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > Dafydd
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Rick T <ratulloch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I had my hopes up but adding the semicolon to the end didn't help.
>> >>
>> >> I have all the files in the same directory and for whatever reason it
>> >> just refuses to play.  I don't even have any errors on the Puredata
>> >> Log screen.  Any other ideas?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Dafydd Hughes <dafydd61 at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Hi Rick
>> >> >
>> >> > I think you might need a semicolon at the end of each line in your
>> >> > text
>> >> > file:
>> >> > 001test.wav;
>> >> > 002test.wav;
>> >> > 003test.wav;
>> >> >
>> >> > Cheers
>> >> > Dafydd
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Rick T <ratulloch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks for all the help/suggestions but I still seem to be running
>> >> >> into a problem of it not playing the files. I made the changes to
>> >> >> playlist file and edited the playlist.txt file
>> >> >> the playlist.txt file has
>> >> >> 001test.wav
>> >> >> 002test.wav
>> >> >> 003test.wav
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I've included the the pd patch to see if someone can tell me what
>> >> >> I'm
>> >> >> doing wrong
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Roman Haefeli <reduzent at gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> > On Die, 2013-02-19 at 07:47 -1000, Rick T wrote:
>> >> >> >> Yes I do have the ability to change the playlist file to a text
>> >> >> >> file
>> >> >> >> and alter it how it looks.  The thing I'm looking for is an
>> >> >> >> example
>> >> >> >> of
>> >> >> >> gapless playing.  I couldn't find one doing google search.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > You load your playlist (in its most simple form it would be just
>> >> >> > one
>> >> >> > filename per line) with [textfile]. You make [textfile] output its
>> >> >> > first
>> >> >> > line, feed that to [readsf~]. Then you feed the right outlet of
>> >> >> > [readsf~]  - which bangs when the file is finished - back to
>> >> >> > [textfile]
>> >> >> > to make it output the next filename.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Roman
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:53 AM, Roman Haefeli
>> >> >> >> <reduzent at gmail.com>
>> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >> > On Die, 2013-02-19 at 00:31 -1000, Rick T wrote:
>> >> >> >> >> Greetings All
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> I have a playlist file (songs.pls) that I would like to play
>> >> >> >> >> gapless
>> >> >> >> >> (without the 1 second pause between tracks) can puredata due
>> >> >> >> >> this
>> >> >> >> >> if
>> >> >> >> >> so is
>> >> >> >> >> there and example?
>> >> >> >> >



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