Judging from the error, try casting to const char* at src/readanysf~.cpp:227:

    x->rm->openFile((const char*)s->s_name, 0, x->num_frames_in_fifo, x->num_sam...

On Aug 6, 2019, at 12:00 PM, pd-list-request@lists.iem.at wrote:

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 21:48:32 +0100
From: Nick Burge <nburge@virginmedia.com>
To: pd-list@lists.iem.at
Subject: [PD] readanysf~ on osx 10.14
Message-ID: <C48DADD7-D0E3-473E-9BAF-C2C8F3FAB954@virginmedia.com>
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The binary for external readanysf~ crashes PD Vanilla on my MacbookPro running mojave. osx 10.14. The crash occurs as soon as I try to load a media file (mp.3 for example)

I thought it might be worth trying to compile it from source to see if that worked, so I’ve succesfully installed gavl and gmerllin-avdecoder from fink, edited the readanysf~ makefile to correct the path to my m_pd.h file as follows…

PD_INCLUDES=/Applications/Pd.app/Contents/Resources/src/

typing make gives the following error:

readanysf~0.43 nick$ make
mkdir objs
c++  -c -o objs/FifoVideoFrames.o src/FifoVideoFrames.cpp -I./  -I/sw/include -I/sw/include/gavl -I/sw/include/gmerlin -I/Applications/Pd.app/Contents/Resources/src/ -I/sw/include -fast -fPIC  
clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-fast' [-Wunused-command-line-argument]
c++  -c -o objs/FifoAudioFrames.o src/FifoAudioFrames.cpp -I./  -I/sw/include -I/sw/include/gavl -I/sw/include/gmerlin -I/Applications/Pd.app/Contents/Resources/src/ -I/sw/include -fast -fPIC  
clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-fast' [-Wunused-command-line-argument]
c++  -c -o objs/ReadMedia.o src/ReadMedia.cpp -I./  -I/sw/include -I/sw/include/gavl -I/sw/include/gmerlin -I/Applications/Pd.app/Contents/Resources/src/ -I/sw/include -fast -fPIC  
clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-fast' [-Wunused-command-line-argument]
c++   -o  readanysf~.pd_darwin  -I./  -I/sw/include -I/sw/include/gavl -I/sw/include/gmerlin -I/Applications/Pd.app/Contents/Resources/src/ -I/sw/include -fast -fPIC    \
src/readanysf~.cpp \
objs/FifoAudioFrames.o \
objs/FifoVideoFrames.o \
objs/ReadMedia.o \
-bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/sw/lib -lgavl -lgmerlin_avdec -L/usr/local/opt/libpng/lib 
src/readanysf~.cpp:227:19: error: cannot initialize a parameter of type 'char *'
     with an lvalue of type 'const char *'
       x->rm->openFile( s->s_name, 0, x->num_frames_in_fifo, x->num_sam...
                        ^~~~~~~~~
src/ReadMedia.h:59:25: note: passing argument to parameter 'filename' here
               void openFile( char * filename, int vfifosize, int afifo...
                                     ^
1 error generated.
make: *** [pd_darwin] Error 1

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