Have you tried converting the sound file to an oggvorbis sound file? I have had a lot more luck with those files then with MP3s.
Paul Vincent Craven > On Sep 14, 2015, at 1:33 PM, Bob Irving <bob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Bumping into some sound issues.... > > Students are using wav and mp3 files and getting "cannot open" errors. The > files are named correctly in the code and match spelling in the folder. > However, large (over 3-4Mb) files seem to be giving this error. > > To make it more complicated, some students are running Python in Win7 in a > VirtualBox on their Macbooks.... > > I tried the same files on my native Win7 laptop and didn't encounter the same > problem. Sound files played as expected. > > But I'm wondering if the sheer size of the files could be causing this error? > > TIA, > Bob Irving > > > -- > Twitter: @birv2 > www.bob-irving.com > http://www.scoop.it/t/on-the-digital-frontier >
