Or you could just:
v = video "test.mp3"
start {v.play}
That's why, the window hasn't been shown yet, so it needs to be. The
start block calls it when the window is ready.
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Satoshi Asakawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> I tried to run your code on my WindowsXP box with Shoes-0.r1057.
> I put the mp3 files under the same directory with the code file.
> You put them under '/' (root) directory?
>
> So, my code is the following. It works well.
>
> Shoes.app do
> video "test1.mp3", :autoplay => true
>
> v = video "test2.mp3"
> timer(5){v.play}
> end
>
> 1st:
> You need to add :autoplay => true option.
> See Shoes manual.
> http://help.shoooes.net/Styles.html
>
> 2nd:
> With my Windows pc, the two mp3 musics are played overlapping...
>
> Hope it helps,
> ashbb
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Brian Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi fellow adventurers,
>>
>> I'm running into issues with the Video element, and I don't know how much
>> of it is me misunderstanding the documentation and how much of it is buggy
>> shoes. I'm on Leopard 10.5.5 Intel running shoes r1057 (I downloaded, not
>> compiled).
>>
>> First, this never plays my mp3:
>>
>> Shoes.app do
>> @v = video "/test1.mp3"
>> @v.play
>> end
>>
>> However, this does:
>>
>> Shoes.app do
>> @v = video "/test1.mp3"
>> timer(0.01) { @v.play }
>> end
>>
>> Does the event loop need to process before a new Video element can be
>> played? I saw nothing in the docs.
>>
>> Also, is there no way to play more than one video/audio file at the same
>> time? Nothing in to docs says you can, but nothing says you cannot, either.
>> In any case, this never plays my second file:
>>
>> Shoes.app do
>> @v = video "/test1.mp3"
>> timer(1) { @v.play }
>>
>> @v2 = video "/test2.mp3"
>> timer(2) { @v2.play }
>> end
>>
>> In my quest to learn shoes I planned to create a small shoes game with
>> moody music and sound effects, but I'm stumbling here.
>>
>> Marginally related, is there a bug tracker for shoes? I can't find any
>> mention of one, or I would've just posted this there. Thanks all.
>>
>> -- Brian
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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