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This is a pretty simple concept: can I get some kind of signal or flag in a patch when a .wav file is unable to load?

There are many formats of .wav files that Max isn't able to open, and in my automated patches there is no way for the system to know if a file failed to load into an sfplay~ or buffer~ object. An error message comes up in the Max window, but I can't figure out how to use that information inside the patcher to tell it to try a different file.

This is a pretty simple concept: can I get some kind of signal or flag in a patch when a .wav file is unable to load? 

how-to-detect-when-wav-cant-be-loaded

There is a way to detect errors in the max window...I forget now, but someone is sure to know.

thereishopeforus@hotmail.com wrote on Wed, 01 July 2009 03:55

The help file doesn't behave how it says it will, but it's definitely giving me text from the Max window that I can parse. 

thereishopeforus@hotmail.com wrote on Wed, 01 July 2009 03:55Look at the [error] object help file.

The help file doesn't behave how it says it will, but it's definitely giving me text from the Max window that I can parse. 


How to detect when .wav can't be loaded?