filter types for folder object and ubumenu

    Zachary Seldess
    May 28 2006 | 1:38 pm
    Hi Everyone,
    This is a simple question. I can't seem to get the folder object to acknowledge mp3's. I know it needs to be fed a "Types" message, but I'm not sure what the appropriate abbvreviation for mp3's is. I already tried MPEG and other such variants. What I really want is for the folder object to show all sound files, regardless of format. WAVE and AIFF is no problem, it's the compressed formats that I can't figure out. Nothing specific in the docs about this.
    Same question regarding filter types for ubumenu. How to specify compressed audio files in the inspector.
    Z
    • nick rothwell / cassiel
      May 28 2006 | 2:07 pm
      A quick look reveals one MP3 file with a type 'Mp3 ' and one with no type at all (this being usual for OS X's schizophrenic TYPE/CREA support.) Under Windows, I believe there's a configuration file somewhere which Max uses to associate file extensions with Mac-style type tokens.
      -- N.
      nick rothwell -- composition, systems, performance -- http:// www.cassiel.com
    • Peter Castine
      May 28 2006 | 3:21 pm
      The file in question is init/max-fileformats.txt
      That said, 'MPEG' should do nicely and I'm not sure why it didn't work for you. The files are really valid?
      -- Peter
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    • Zachary Seldess
      May 28 2006 | 3:59 pm
      the max-fileformats.txt file is the answer. Thanks everyone. The init file on my computer didn't have .mp3 mapped to any code, so I just added it. Works perfectly, and now I know how to deal with other extensions in the future, if necessary.
      Z
    • Hjalte Bested Møller
      May 30 2006 | 7:04 am
      a quick way of finding out, can also be with JHNO's folderiter object, which reports TYPE out the middle outlet...