Now I'm really confused... I'm running Windows XP pro and director 8.5.1. from time to time output fails switching between wav files and mp3's. Playing a MOV from the same projector makes output available again.
I'll re-write it in the morning to use puppetSound. (it's 00:41 local time) ta wobbly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buzz Kettles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 11:32 PM Subject: Re: <lingo-l> play soundfile problems > That's odd. > > Changing the soundKeepDevice shouldn't effect anything if Director is > the only application with an active sound source at the time. > > Both .mp3 & .wav use the same output device. > You can determine which device it is from the message window by using > 'put the soundDevice'. > > IMPORTANT NOTE: sound playFile was declared obsolete as of d8 (or > maybe even d702). This could be a contribution to your problem - you > may have found a bug with sound playFile in one of the newer flavors > of Windows. Which Windows OS are you running? > > Instead of sound playFile, one should use linked sound members (or > placeholders, as necessary) & use puppetSound or sound().play() to > play files off disc instead. > > hth > > -Buzz > > At 9:49 PM +0100 4/8/02, you wrote: > >Cheers Howdy!, > >Yes I am using windows and that did the trick. > > > >Wobbly > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Howdy-Tzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:57 PM > >Subject: Re: <lingo-l> play soundfile problems > > > > > >> At 14:14 +0100 04/08/2002, Wobbly wrote: > >> > >> >Using sound playfile, I can play external MP3 files but not WAV. My copy > >of > >> >Rosenzweig "using director 8". says it will work with WAV, some of the > >> >examples I have looked at show wav files as the target. what am I doing > >> >wrong?? > >> > >> If this is Windows have you tried killing soundKeepDevice on startMovie?: > >> > >> on startMovie > >> the soundKeepDevice = FALSE > >> END startMovie > >> > >> Only one sound driver on the designed-and-used-by-geniuses Windows > >> platform can be in use at ay time, and Director seems to be a little > >> slow on the uptake when it comes to surrendering one so another can > >> load. Since MP3 and WAV surely use different mix outs, this might do > >> the trick for you. > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Warren Ockrassa | http://www.nightwares.com/ > >> Director help | Free files | Sample chapters | Freelance | Consulting > >> Author | Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: A Beginner's Guide > >> Published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill > >> http://www.osborne.com/indexes/beginners_guides.shtml > >> [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is > >for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > > > >--- > >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > >Version: 6.0.343 / Virus Database: 190 - Release Date: 22/03/2002 > > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go > >to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the > >list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with > >programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.343 / Virus Database: 190 - Release Date: 21/03/2002 [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
