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 oliver@klingt.org 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
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