Hi,

I ve detected some old issues here concerend with loop points in wave-files but could
not extract the actual status of this topic out of those.

Hence my question: Is there any possiblity to extract loop points from wave-files in PD.

Thanks for any hints in advance

Absalom

well depending on what method you use to play the sound file, some objects output a bang when the file has come to it's end.

Otherwise, further down the thread, I crafted a way of looping without that bang message, but it's fallible.

http://puredata.hurleur.com/sujet-1741-read-soundfile-different-speeds-backwards

no, i think absalom is talking about loop and region points stored within the header of the .wav file itself.
i asked about this a year or so ago, and didn't get any result.

a mild workaround is to create your regions in audacity, because it saves the region data as a text file, which you can hack to get read in pd.

but really, getting the header data out of the .wav files themselves should just be a really simple process for someone with the coding knowledge. just doesn't seem to have been done yet.

( ps..not sure if it will help you, but i made this patch to mark regions in drumloops.
http://puredata.hurleur.com/sujet-1953-sample-slicer-user-selectable-slices )

>no, i think absalom is talking about loop and region points stored within the >header of the .wav file itself.
>i asked about this a year or so ago, and didn't get any result.

Yes this is exactly what I mean. So if this the current status its worthwhile to know anyhow

>a mild workaround is to create your regions in audacity, because it saves the >region data as a text file, which you can hack to get read in pd.

>but really, getting the header data out of the .wav files themselves should just >be a really simple process for someone with the coding knowledge. just doesn't >seem to have been done yet.

It might be worthwhile to try it, in spite of the fact that Im not familiar with implementing PD abstracts in C or C++. Java which Im very familiar with only has a pure sound api of which I dont know whether it allows to access this kind header information.

Thanks for the information