Trouble loading audio from subdirectory

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I’m having a devil of a time getting my audio to load from a subdirectory using an xml playlist. Here’s my code:

for i=1, #song do  
 songs[i] = {  
 artist = song[i].child[1].value,  
 album = song[i].child[2].value,  
 title = song[i].child[3].value,  
 songStream = audio.loadStream(song[i].child[3].value, 'drake\_take\_care/' .. song[i].child[3].value)  
 }  
  
 print( "\n--------------------------------------------------" )  
 print( "Artist: ", songs[i].artist )  
 print( "Album: ", songs[i].album )  
 print( "Title: ", songs[i].title )  
 print( "SongStream: ", songs[i].songStream )  
 end

and the output:
[bash]

Artist: Drake
Album: Take Care
Title: 01 Over My Dead Body.mp3
SongStream: nil
WARNING: Cannot create path for resource file ‘02 Shot For Me.mp3’. File does not exist.

WARNING: Failed to create audio sound(02 Shot For Me.mp3)
[/bash]

Not only is it not loading, but it seems to be trying to load the next song down from the xml playlist (although I’m sure that’s some programming error on my part). Any ideas?
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#2

try this line instead of line 6

songStream = audio.loadStream("drake\_take\_care/"..song[i].child[3].value)

EDIT : … also take a look at this
http://developer.anscamobile.com/reference/index/audioloadstream [import]uid: 96659 topic_id: 20199 reply_id: 78922[/import]

#3

Man, I appreciate your help. That worked. I have another question that’s not really a Corona question, but I’ve been going back and forth with in my mind. Would I be better off with a JSON Playlist over an XML one? Or does it really not even matter? [import]uid: 47235 topic_id: 20199 reply_id: 79052[/import]

#4

sorry, i don’t know which is the best way,
i didn’t worked with a JSON playlist or with an xml one . as i didn’t have a game required a playlist yet … [import]uid: 96659 topic_id: 20199 reply_id: 79133[/import]

#5

The “Best” way is the one that suits your needs. There is no defined “best” per se.

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#6

Appreciate it Danny. Thanks as well to you akamel for all you have done [import]uid: 47235 topic_id: 20199 reply_id: 79270[/import]