FineCutBodies

i try to drop a folder to live.drop object, but:

1, if i check the help file of live.drop, then i can do it there and seems everything working... But i can drop folders from explorer, not ableton browser!

2, if i drop a folder from live's browser to my M4L device, nothing happens

3, if i drop a folder from outside live to my M4L device: it handles as it would be a file and says "Media files missing"... looks for a file, what is a folder name :)

is there a way i can drop folder to a live.drop object?

1, if i check the help file of live.drop, then i can do it there and seems everything working... But i can drop folders from explorer, not ableton browser!
2, if i drop a folder from live's browser to my M4L device, nothing happens
3, if i drop a folder from outside live to my M4L device: it handles as it would be a file and says "Media files missing"... looks for a file, what is a folder name :)

how-to-drop-folders-to-live-drop

yep . ive noticed that dropping folder from abletons browser wont work ,only files . i wish i would

but even you can't drop files from from the work area, only from the browser... is it normal behaviour?

no i can't... it's strange... it can be a bug...

Folders are not supported, doesn't appear like a bug to me; more something by design.

First the name itself sort of implies its for files only. But if you experiment and try to use the Explorer to drop in folders you'll notice that although it allows you to 'drop' it the object itself can't really handle it; sometimes even getting Live to trigger errors such as "media files missing".

From the Live browser itself this behaviour is even blocked. So I think its by design and thus 'files only'.

if you check the live.drop help patch in Max help then you will see it supports folders! even it can output FOLD as a type of received object! And if you drop a folder to that help patcher from a browser, then it will work properly!

@FineCutBodies: Max6 I assume? But with M4L 6 is still not officially supported afaik and has had many issues. So when it comes to M4L I always keep Max5 in mind.

@FineCutBodies: Max6 I assume?  But with M4L 6 is still not officially supported afaik and has had many issues. So when it comes to M4L I always keep Max5 in mind.


yeah it's M6... maybe you are right... it's just strange the live.drop help can do something what u cant do in live :D

sure wish this was fixed. is there any other way, besides dropfile that can do this. Dropfile is too stupid to remember things when you re-open the Live set.

Has anybody looked at the Folder object? The helpfile, shows a Dropfile that says "Drop A Folder Here!" It is connected to the Folder object which is connected to a umenu that displays all of the files in the folder. But nothing happens if you use this approach in a max 4 live device, even if you use a Live.drop and/or a Live.menu.

There is also the problem that dropfile doesn't seem to accept things from the Live Browser, only from windows explorer. And of course, it doesn't seem to remember anything after restarting the Live set. Naturally Live.drop still doesn't allow folders. WTF??????!!!!!

Why doesn't it work in Live 10/Max 8?????

Has anybody looked at the Folder object? The  helpfile, shows a Dropfile  that says "Drop A Folder Here!"  It is connected to the Folder object which is connected to a umenu that displays all of the files in the folder.  But nothing happens if you use this approach in a max 4 live device, even if you use a Live.drop and/or a Live.menu.

There is also the problem that dropfile doesn't seem to accept things from the Live Browser, only from windows explorer. And of course, it doesn't seem to remember anything after restarting the Live set.  Naturally Live.drop still doesn't allow folders. WTF??????!!!!! 

So has this been fixed? Is there an object that allows dropping folders from inside live? I can only drop from outside.

 no you can't, this is a restriction inside Ableton Live

Max Power no you can't, this is a restriction inside Ableton Live

[live.drop] works just as [dropfile] and some others, which are all bound to what we previously called the 

, i.e. the operatings systems´ drag and drop on the macintosh

(yes, i know, it is different in windows 10, where it can also be used within the same application.)

furthermore, in some applications, things like VST plug-ins in their custom file menu might not even work by the path to the file but create a copy of the preloaded document, which is already in RAM.

[live.drop] works just as [dropfile] and some others, which are all bound to what we previously called the drag and drop manager, i.e. the operatings systems´ drag and drop on the macintosh

which to my knowlegde always only works between applications (which then includes the finder).

furthermore, in some applications, things like VST plug-ins in their custom file menu might not even work by the path to the file but create a copy of the preloaded document, which is already in RAM. 

How to drop folders to "live.drop"