[Sugar-devel] ObjectChooser() Issue?

[Aleksey Lim]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 01:01:02PM -0500, Art Hunkins wrote:
> At Sasha's suggestion, I've arrived at the following code to send the 
> filepath of a soundfile to Csound via its reference in the Journal. The 
> filename (self.filename[0]) is being correctly passed:
> 
>  def choose1(self, widget):
>   chooser =  ObjectChooser(parent=self, what_filter=mime.GENERIC_TYPE_AUDIO)
>   result = chooser.run()
>   if result == gtk.RESPONSE_ACCEPT:
>     jobject = chooser.get_selected_object()

After destroying "jobject" object, you will lose 
/home/olpc/.sugar/default/data/f70f03b1-fe40-44e6-9d75-5ef274cf0ad2.wav
file, so either keep this object or move/hard-link file somethere
for later usage (but remove it after using).

>     if jobject and jobject.file_path:
>       self.filename[0] = str(jobject.file_path)
> #      open(jobject.file_path).read()
> #      open(self.filename[0]).read()
>   else:
>     self.filename[0] = "0"
> 
> The problem is that the file cannot be opened by Csound - either via the 
> above function as it stands, or by the addition of either line that is 
> commented out.
> 
> I receive this error message (from Csound):
> diskinfo can't open 
> /home/olpc/.sugar/default/data/f70f03b1-fe40-44e6-9d75-5ef274cf0ad2.wav
> The filepath and name are correct, and the file can be played fine with 
> either Browse or Jukebox.
> 
> What must I do to make the referenced soundfile readable?
> 
> Art Hunkins
> 
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-- 
Aleksey