It works as expected here. I tried the sequences 1-2-3 and 1-3 repeatedly. I also put "sound(1).status" in the object inspector to monitor the process. It toggled btw values 3 (playing) & 0 (stopped) as expected.
WinXP Pro, Dir MX, integrated sound (on motherboard). Environment: [#shockMachine: 0, #shockMachineVersion: "", #platform: "Windows,32", #runMode: "Author", #colorDepth: 32, #internetConnected: #online, #uiLanguage: "English", #osLanguage: "Swedish", #productBuildVersion: "104", #productVersion: "8.5.1", #osVersion: "Windows XP,5,1,148,2,Service Pack 1"] soundKeepDevice: put the soundkeepdevice --1 Bertil Flink Creative Media ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Di Luzio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 10:20 AM Subject: <lingo-l> sound stop doesn't stop sound (test dir) > Hi List, > > I'm beginning to think that directors sound engine is as bad as its text > engine. In fact, I always have to find workarounds for sound bugs in > Director, but this one really bites. > > When I stop a sound and play a new one in its place, I hear a small portion > of the previous sound before the new sound plays if less time has elapsed > then the length of the sound. This indicates that the sound is still playing > but not audible. I have uploaded a test film for you to try and let me know > it this happens to you to. Pehaps someone can also try this in Dir 2004. > > http://www.workhouse.de/director/sndStop.dir > > My soundManager now plays a silent sound anytime it stops a sound to avoid > this bug. (My soundManager is really a sound bug elimination script or "this > is what Director is supposed to do when a sound is faded out, a miaw is > forgotten, a sound is stopped, ....") > > Another problem I have noticed is that, in Dir MX, I can still hear a sound > when the sound level or it's sound volume is set to 0 on my Dell Inspiron > 8000. The same code in Dir 8.5 works as expected. > > What aggrevates me is that every new version of Director causes me to > reevaluate code in areas where no improvements or changes have, supposedly, > taken place. > > Frank > Dir MX Windows 2000 > [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!]
