I'm trying to think of a way to use Pd in a non-realtime, batch process sort of fashion.

The idea is that I could pass file names and parameters via command line (or whatever), and Pd would process the data accordingly and write the results to a file.

I realize Pd probably isn't the best tool for the job, but it might make some things simpler. I'm trying to do some stuff for work that requires both batch processing and efficient real time processing. It would be nice if both could be done with the same software. The alternative is to use Pd for real time stuff and Octave for batch stuff. Octave can be used for some real time stuff, but it's pretty slow.

Any suggestions?

Thinking about it a little more, I could call Pd so that it automatically loads a patch and have that automatically process a .wav file based on parameters passed in a .txt file, then save to another .wav file.

But can I make Pd terminate when this is finished?

Figured it out, -batch (I think?) and "pd quit" message are what I needed.

...thanks?

You can send a "quit" msg to pd to make it ...quit...

...maybe have a look at the helpbrowser: Manuals/pd-msg/.

Awww, too late, again...

...thanks?

Yeah no problem, you're welcome...

I usually try to avoid making pointless "never mind, thanks anyway" posts on forums, but at least it keeps me thinking about it.

And this forum is slow anyway, I was half expecting I'd find a solution before anyone even saw it.

@acreil said:

And this forum is slow anyway

Strange, i often get answers really fast thanks to the great minds following things up...