a mobile with GPS and blutooth? :)

not sure if the file path really is part of the song somehow, the SONG section mentions paths but i am not sure what that means. https://docs.cycling74.com/max5/refpages/m4l-ref/m4l_live_object_model.html

The root path of a song is 'live_set'. From there you can navigate within the song but not anything outside like the file path.

this question has been asked many times here, no one seem to know how to use

get_document Returns: the current live set.

ha, ha, happy not to be live user...

'get_document' just allows to access the current live set from the application root path 'live_app' instead of using the path 'live_set' directly.

In other words there is no way to ask live for the name and path of loaded project in order to for example load stuff like samples or picts into m4l device ?

did you notice how it said "canonical path" in the reference. it should be followed by an apology explanation.

The term "canonical path" is explained in the Live API overview chapter.

it is something which is extremly useful when you are on an operating system which forces you to install live under /user, and you wish to find out about the relation between the live set and an arbitrary file on a higher level or another disk. ^^

That is a joke - about not being able to retrieve OS infos ? vanilla max objects like gestalt, not to mention use of shell, node.js and other 3rd party externals able to talk to world outside of Live's little sandbox. also path to thispatcher to get the absolute path to it's location, and all messages to max seem to work

maybe me and the OP are wrong about that, but it could easily be that it is not so easy to get the live project files´ real path in order to find a subfolder beside it or whatever he wants to do.

if it is the case, one is probably best advised to ignore my stupid jokes - and possible workarounds involving java or shell, too - but instead change your own strategy how and where you store your files on disk. i am working with a lot of different programs and i never had the need to know where the application is. well, except for max/msp. but i know that the max to max is ":", i dont need to get it programmatically. :D