Hi list :)

I'm building a patch where I need to use 50 audio files. Each one is about 12:50 minutes, I encoded them as 16 bit, 44,1KHz, mono and in total they are taking about 3.3GB. I would like to distribute my patch packaged as a QT application using libpd and the total file size of the application bundle would not be practical for this.

I guess this could also be encoded as a single 50 channel file.

An option I'm considering is to setup a streaming or file server where the audio files would be available and the PD patch would start downloading the file or files, buffer and start playing when sufficient samples are available. A disk buffer for subsequent plays would be great.

So my questions are:

Are the components to consume a stream, buffer it, decompress it and get a signal outlet available anywhere as externals or abstractions or whatever?

What would be the compressed audio format for something like this?