doidel

In my webpage I'm downloading music files from the server and then do some stuff with it.

So in essence what I want to do is to send my downloaded audio files + some metadata to a locally installed MaxMSP.

Many solutions for bringing files from a webpage to MAX go over "third-party" server, but I'd like to avoid that since the soundfiles are already downloaded.

It doesn't necessarily have to be the file itself I "send" (per path or whatever), buffers or raw bytes over some sort of connection would be fine too IF MaxMSP can then further use them as audio files.

I have no experience with MaxMSP at all, therefore I'd very much appreciate some input! Do you think what I want to do is possible, and if so, how?

In my webpage I'm downloading music files from the server and then do some stuff with it.
So in essence what I want to do is to send my downloaded audio files + some metadata to a locally installed MaxMSP.
Many solutions for bringing files from a webpage to MAX go over "third-party" server, but I'd like to avoid that since the soundfiles are already downloaded.
It doesn't necessarily have to be the file itself I "send" (per path or whatever), buffers or raw bytes over some sort of connection would be fine too IF MaxMSP can then further use them as audio files.

browser-to-maxmsp

So you have an unknown, changing number of audio files on your computer, in a known directory and want to do things to it with max?

If so: look into [folder], [umenu], [buffer~], [groove~].

Maybe to ceep track of things [dict], [coll]

Not sure if i understand you correctly.
So you have an unknown, changing number of audio files on your computer, in a known directory and want to do things to it with max?
If so: look into [folder], [umenu], [buffer~], [groove~].
Maybe to ceep track of things [dict], [coll]


Ah, not quite. Not in a known directory. If you download a file in the browser it's just tossed in some random temporary folder. With the browser itself I am unable to target a specific download location (for security reasons, the browser is like a sandbox).

So what I want is to somehow transfer the downloaded file to MaxMSP. I download the file from the server as arraybuffer, decode it with WebAudioAPI and I have the buffer as a result.

So what I have in the end is not a "file" but a buffer with the decrypted (or encrypted, I can have both) sound.

Hope this helps..? Tell me if it's still unclear

Is there maybe a way I can open up a connection (just locally, on the client) to MaxMSP and transfer the files? I got to know that MaxMSP has some protocols like sockets etc., but I'm not sure whether that works as MaxMSP being the server and the browser being the client. I guess it just works with MaxMSP being the client...

Ah, not quite. Not in a known directory. If you download a file in the browser it's just tossed in some random temporary folder. With the browser itself I am unable to target a specific download location (for security reasons, the browser is like a sandbox).
So what I want is to somehow transfer the downloaded file to MaxMSP. I download the file from the server as arraybuffer, decode it with WebAudioAPI and I have the buffer as a result.
So what I have in the end is not a "file" but a buffer with the decrypted (or encrypted, I can have both) sound.

hm, I'm a web-noob, I guess/hope somebody else will chime in soon.

I guess you have searched the web for Max externals that provide the protocol/connection you need?

hm, I'm a web-noob, I guess/hope somebody else will chime in soon.
I guess you have searched the web for Max externals that provide the protocol/connection you need?
What would that be?


I got to know that Max can establish connections over Sockets etc. and the browser can too, I'll maybe have to examine that but it will only work if Max has some sort of accessible socket connection.. port or so. Like, if I could connect to "localhost:20394" with Max receiving the socket connection, but then Max would have to run a standalone server for that.

Thanks for your help though!
Still very much open for suggestions! :)


where is siska adam? anyway, he has posted a lot of very advanced web related stuff, maybe look into his sadam library, there could be something i don't know.

Browser to MaxMSP