More accurately I believe it's the result of a corrupted sound *member*. Try getting rid of/replacing that sound.
Hi Mr. Howdy-Tzi...
OK, I did. And it seems that a wav file imported (standard import)
works without error. But, a shockwave audio castmember imported (linked
to external file) gets the error message. And, that same shockwave
audio brought into the cast *with a standard import* also gets the error
message.
Odd. I wonder if you're having compatibility issues with whatever sound device Director is trying to use. I wonder too if your SWA Xtra might not be damaged or in need of update.
I don't know if/what version Dir for Win started adding MP3 support. If your version has that, can you try saving the file as an MP3 instead and using that? (Just to see what happens.)
Barring that, how about tweaking the SWA compression settings? Maybe a change here and there could render the sound comprehensible to Otto's teeny little brain.
Or there could be some spectacularly obvious fix that I just don't know about because SWA problems on Win are almost totally off my scope. With luck someone else on the list will see this thread and, knowing the solution, offer suggestions.
I'm guessing it errors because the projector tries to access two spots on the hard drive simultaneously.
I wouldn't think that's too likely (that is, I don't think the projector's trying to hit two different sectors at once). Software and OSen are designed to properly handle random read events without fouling up. And linking to an external file isn't functionally different from using an alias/symbolic link/shortcut -- just a pointer to where the file actually resides. If linked media was a serious problem for Director to handle, you'd have heard about it much, much sooner than now.
Could there be some delay in decompressing swa's that causes this error?
Possibly, but you're queueing them, not playing them. Which makes me wonder what happens if you just play without queueing. Have you given that a shot?
PS: Are you not using "Howdy-Tzi" anymore?
Not at the moment. ;)
I've been wondering now for quite a long time, what, may I ask, is the meaning behind the name "Howdy-Tzi?"
The "Howdy" bit is a reference to a much older nom d'email, "The Howdy Man." "Tzi" is a pun. The Chinese glyph that means "sage" or "wise one", "tzi", is the same glyph that means "child". The only difference is tone in pronunciation. So it seemed like a nicely ironic term.
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