Patrick,
[folderpanel] is an object from the TOF library, which is included with pd-extended but which I always have to add manually in the paths menu (don't know why this is, my guess is: bug).
[$n 1] is short for [dollarg] from the iemlib (also included with pd-extended). I'm not sure what the problem is with it, but it doesn't always load for me either. In fact, I'm going to contact the list about it now.
I fixed a couple things including replacing [$n 1] with [dollarg] and correcting the output of the right outlet, and attached the new version to this message.
To get it working you should just have to add the TOF library to your paths and/or startup (I have it in both, don't remember which is required), in order for it to recognize [folderpanel]. Hope that does it.
-Ben
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Pagano, Patrick pat@digitalworlds.ufl.edu wrote:
Looks like it's missing "folderpanel" and &n 1
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Baker-Smith [mailto:bbakersmith@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 2:33 PM To: Pagano, Patrick Cc: pd list Subject: Re: [PD] PD autoselects from a folder
Oops, looks like I left a couple [print] objects in the abstraction from when I was debugging it. You can delete [print STACK2] [print STACK3] [print STACK4]
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Ben Baker-Smith bbakersmith@gmail.com wrote:
Patrick,
Here's an abstraction I made to handle file browsing with a GUI interface. I actually based it on one of the PDMTL abstractions, having not known until this thread that [playlist] existed. Anyway, it should do all the same things playlist does, except for being resizeable.
You can select files by index or using the GUI. The right outlet gives you the number of loaded files, so you can use this to set the range of a [random] object and use it to select files by index.
Attached is the patch and its help file.
-Ben
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Pagano, Patrick pat@digitalworlds.ufl.edu wrote:
This is a VERY helpful patch, thanks. I wish we could have something like playlist~ for windows.
pp
-----Original Message----- From: pd-list-bounces@iem.at [mailto:pd-list-bounces@iem.at] On Behalf Of Ben Baker-Smith Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 2:35 AM To: Andrew Faraday; pd list Subject: Re: [PD] PD autoselects from a folder
Hey All It's the perpetual newbie here again. I've been working on a generative gem patch (to run on a seperate machine when I work) and I want this to load >and re-load images from a selected folder. So far the only thing remotely like it I've found is [openpanel] which requires a user to choose. I really want an >object to load files from this directory randomly or sequentially without human interaction. I think I've seen something like this before, just no idea what it >is. Also, I could use something like it for audio Thanks Andrew
This patch will do what you want. It was originally created for audio loops, but will work for any directory or file extension.
-Ben