I recently upgraded from an Intel Mac (32-bit) to an M2 (64-bit). This caused the loss of the Unauthorized external, including the [playlist] and [readanysf~] objects.

Is there an updated version of Unauthorized that is available for 64-bit Mac, or has this external been abandoned?

Otherwise, is there an alternative to the [playlist] or [readanysf~] objects? Or is it possible to compile these objects for MacOS?

Apologies if this has already been asked. I attempted to find some documentation, but have so far been unsuccessful.

@jo Hi there,

To my eye the Unauthorized library looks rather abandoned, I'm not sure if the source code is on Github or elsewhere but a quick search didn't turn up anything promising. There are a bunch of other Pd-Extended era libraries that are similarly unmaintained.

There is a version in Deken (Help menu -> Find externals) called:
unauthorized-v0-0extended-(Darwin-i386-32)(Darwin-PowerPC-32)(Darwin-x86_64-32)
I think libraries with that "v0-0extended" name were taken directly from one of the final versions of Pd_Extended, and if there is no more recent version, that's a likely sign that the library is unmaintained. Since Darwin-x86_64-32 is listed, it seems your only option for using these objects is to run Pd with Rosetta 2 (Intel emulation) and reinstall the library with Deken. I also recently migrated from Intel to M2, and since my patch is dependent on a whole bunch of abandoned libraries, I'm currently running everything in Intel mode. It'd be great to have more native Apple Silicon versions of older libraries, if enough savvy Mac users are able to find the source code repos & compile updated versions.

As for those specific objects you mentioned, I haven't used either, so unfortunately I don't have a good recommendation for replacements.

@beep.beep @jo The source code for "unauthorised" is here....... http://puredata.info/downloads/pd-extended .... you need to download the entire source tarball.
[readanysf~] was not part of extended. The source code for it is here ...... http://aug.ment.org/readanysf/download.php
I don't know much at all about compiling, but I can imagine that dependancies could be a problem....
David.

Thanks all.

I also don't know much about compiling/haven't had success with the process. Does anyone have a good tutorial for compiling outdated externals for MacOS (M2)?

Rosetta 2 is a nice option for now. It's currently running some of my old patches using Pd 51.4. I am using the [playlist] object again, which is a huge help.

And thank you for the correction regarding [readanysf~]. Please let me know if anyone has a recommendations for a multi-format file player (mp3, m4a, ogg, wav) on MacOS.

Thanks!

[ffplay~] is newer, but not M1/M2 yet? @myQwil @60hz
https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/12980/ffplay-an-implementation-of-ffmpeg-for-audio-playback-of-almost-any-media-format/1

https://github.com/myQwil/pd-quilt

https://deken.puredata.info/search.html?libraries=&objects=ffplay*&descriptions=

Unfortunately, I could not get [ffplay~] to work. Followed the install instructions via Pd51 and Pd54 with no success. Error reads: /usr/local/opt/libsamplerate/lib/libsamplerate.0.dylib' (no such file)...

With [readyanysf~] and [ffplay~] not working, are there any other options for MP3 playback on MacOS M2?

ceammc library have [snd.play~] that can read and import WAV, AIFF, MP3, AAC, ALAC etc... There is also [snd.file] that is the same as [soundfiler] but import all file format to a buffer. This package could literally replace basically all other libs. You can find it on deken or https://github.com/uliss/pd-ceammc/releases/tag/v2023.10

@jo said:

has this external been abandoned?

yup, totally, though purr data still carries it?

you and anyone else should just forget about it though.

"ELSE" has play.file~ and sfload that deal with MP3s and other formats

you can have a GUIless playlist alternative with [else/dir]

cheers

sorry for deleting the messages, long story, big drama.

Anyway, I was able to fork and compile unauthorized for apple silicon. If someone really needs it, I can send the source code and instructions., or the binaries, or something.