[PD] using puredata to play playlist gapless

Rick T ratulloch at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 20:31:37 CET 2013


Thanks so much for the help it worked!!!!

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Roman Haefeli <reduzent at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-02-19 at 20:57 -1000, Rick T wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Ok. [textfile] does not prepend any selector to its output. I simply
> outputs 'filename.wav', but the messagebox [open $1, 1( expects a
> 'symbol filename.wav' message. Insert a an object [symbol] between
> [textfile] and [open $1, 1(.
>
> I made a little sketch (see attachment) which turns out to almost
> identical to your version.
>
>
> Roman
>
>
>> 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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