On 10/06/2012 12:25 PM, Ed Kelly wrote: > True, but looking outside of the scope of audio for a second...
my point was, that there is a reason for specialized objects, even if they are written in an obscure compiled language like C. i wouldn't want to do anything requiring low latencies (like audio) with PdOS. > > The point I am trying to make is that Pd should be able to read and write any > file, with interpretation of the data implemented on an ad-hoc basis. In this > way, mrpeach/binfile is incredibly useful. Obviously non-audio files will > mostly generate noise if played back as audio, but Pd provides so many other > ways in which data can be sonified, visualized etc... > [binfile] has many uses, and i'm very glad that it is there. e.g. the [srtfile] object i mentioned in the other thread ("[text3d] & video subtitling in Pd") is really a Pd-patch around [binfile]. there is still little merit in implementing [mp3write~] as patch, besides pedagogy and ego-boosty. mfgasrd IOhannes _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list