Description:

11ffload~ starts a separate thread to decode audio files and write into a buffer~.

Compared to buffer~‘s own method of loading files, we are not blocked until the complete file has been decoded and written to the refered buffer~, we can start playback while the remaining data is written.
The goal was to make a fast pre-listener for any kind of audio file format.

But it is also a flexible tool beyond that special loading feature.      

- load surround sound channels from video files

- define exactly the timeframe and channels to be loaded from the source file or buffer~

- and replace or mix content into the target buffer with optional fadetimes

- possible conversions while loading e.g. samplerate, mono mixdown 

- get file properties including metadata(text only) without loading audio into a buffer~

- based on ffmpeg, we support a lot of audio formats, https://ffmpeg.org/general.html#Audio-Codecs

Please check out the included .maxhelp file to get a better picture.