Load / Get Audio Files From Folder?

[griffinboy]

						FileSystem.browseForDirectory(FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.Downloads), function(folder)
		{
			if (!isDefined(folder))
				return;
				

			
		//	var fileList = Engine.getSampleFilesFromDirectory( file.toString(file.FullPath), false);
			
			Console.print("Confirmed");
			
		//	Console.print(fileList);
			
		});
		
		
};
Content.getComponent("btn_LoadFolder").setControlCallback(onbtn_LoadFolderControl);

What's the proper way to get a folder in Hise, and get the audio files from it? I'd like to get the paths.
Thanks

[d.healey]

@griffinboy

You can get a reference to a predefined folder using FileSystem.getFolder(locationType)

Here's a partial list of the location types - there are more than this though which will show up in the autocomplete.

For example to get the downloads folder you would use local downloadsFolder = FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.Downloads);

If you want to get a subfolder there you could then use downloadsFolder.getChildFile("MySubfolder")

If you want to get that folder, and create it if it doesn't already exist you would replace getChildFile with createDirectory

To check if a file object is a directory you would use myObj.isDirectory() - check the API docs for all the available functions.

To get the files within a folder you use FileSystem.findFiles()

You might find this video helpful

[griffinboy]

@d-healey
To the rescue once again, thank you!
I was looking for a way to get a list of the paths of all audiofiles inside of a folder (user selects a folder, I extract the audio file locations from inside it). I'm sure that your video will likely have what I need.

[griffinboy]

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[griffinboy]

@griffinboy

The answer:

inline function onbtn_LoadFolderControl(component, value)
{
    if (!value)
        return;

    FileSystem.browseForDirectory(FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.Downloads), function(dir)
    {
        if (!isDefined(dir) || !dir.isDirectory())
            return;

		// Print folder name
        Console.print(dir.toString(dir.FullPath));

		// Find and print all file paths
        var fls = FileSystem.findFiles(dir, "*.wav", true);
        for (var i = 0; i < fls.length; ++i)
            Console.print(fls[i].toString(fls[i].FullPath));
    });
};
Content.getComponent("btn_LoadFolder").setControlCallback(onbtn_LoadFolderControl);

My button is called:
btn_LoadFolder

[d.healey]

@griffinboy said in Load / Get Audio Files From Folder?:

for (var i = 0; i

You don't need the var here - this isn't JavaScript 🤪

[griffinboy]

@d-healey

Lol, thanks. I'm definitely still not used to it!