I chose a small file and could see how soundfile_info is faster (btw, why are you using -stdlib?)
So, shall we open a feature request on github? Em sex., 28 de jan. de 2022 às 17:05, oliver <[email protected]> escreveu: > Miller Puckette via Pd-list wrote: > > Excellent - nothing to do then. My favorite kind of dolist. > > > Well, not quite ... > > Lucas' method of using [soundfiler] to get a (really long) soundfile's > length still loads the complete file into RAM, as it would into an > array. (i'm talking a 60 minute long audio file here) > > This has 3 drawbacks: > > 1.) audio dropout while loading, depending on the file's length > 2.) can use huge amounts of RAM > 3.) takes much longer than [soundfile_info] > > attached is an example patch that illustrates both approaches. > > (use the same long soundfile for each method to see what i mean) > > > > then again: since i use IEMLIB regularly it's not that much of a hassle. > it's just not plain vanilla, that's all ... > > > best > > oliver > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >
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