Re: [PD] type casting for pix_film

2011-03-20 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
Those particular error messages often return gibberish for the filename. I wonder why the error message doesn't use the char* filename: error(Unable to find file: %#s, theFSSpec.name); Perhaps the functions above don't put data into .name if it can't find a file. Anyone object

Re: [PD] type casting for pix_film

2011-03-19 Thread sonia yuditskaya
Sorry, if I miss-filed the report (never filed one before). To re-phrase the problem; [pix_film] would neither accept filenames with a $1 in them or a %s. In my case [pix_film] has consistently accepted filenames relative to the patch's folder, relative to Path however I have had no such success.

Re: [PD] type casting for pix_film

2011-03-19 Thread chris clepper
I algorithmically generated and loaded files into pix_film on OSX millions and millions of times using 'open $1' without error. It would be helpful to see what your filenames look like. On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 6:46 AM, sonia yuditskaya marysgh...@gmail.comwrote: Sorry, if I miss-filed the

Re: [PD] type casting for pix_film

2011-03-19 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
On Sat, 19 Mar 2011, sonia yuditskaya wrote: To re-phrase the problem; [pix_film] would neither accept filenames with a $1 in them or a %s. No, [pix_film] does accept any symbol. Once the $1 has been processed by the messagebox, it is no longer a $1 (in the output of the messagebox). And

[PD] type casting for pix_film

2011-03-18 Thread sonia yuditskaya
Dear List, I am trying to make a video mixing type patch and am recording videos and naming them based on numbers spat out by the [time] object at the time of recording. Then I want to recall them for play back with something like [time] [][-2][] [set open $1.mov( and pipe that to pix_film, but

Re: [PD] type casting for pix_film

2011-03-18 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
On Fri, 18 Mar 2011, sonia yuditskaya wrote: [time] [][-2][] [set open $1.mov( I don't know what you mean when you write [][-2][]. and pipe that to pix_film, but pix_film tells me: error: [pix_filmDarwin]: unable to find file: ÿ﾿AK I can see its a type casting issue but from what to what?

Re: [PD] type casting for pix_film

2011-03-18 Thread sonia yuditskaya
solved the problem by sending variables to the [seek $1( message in the [unauthorized/playlist] object and feeding that to the [open $1( of [pix_film] don't why that works and the other one doesn't though. bug submitted. Sofy On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Mathieu Bouchard

Re: [PD] type casting for pix_film

2011-03-18 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
On Sat, 19 Mar 2011, sonia yuditskaya wrote: solved the problem by sending variables to the [seek $1( message in the [unauthorized/playlist] object and feeding that to the [open $1( of [pix_film] don't why that works and the other one doesn't though. bug submitted. I wrote all the details I