Hi Bill, > Am 15.09.2016 um 11:02 schrieb panagiotis merakos > <panos.mera...@livecode.com>: > > Hi Bill, > > Audio clips cannot be .mp3. The supported formats, according to the > dictionary entry for "audioClip" are: > > *Audio clips can be in WAV, AIFF, or AU format*
UNCOMPRESSED aiff and wav files, to be precise! > I agree with you that the player object has many more capabilities. The > only advantage of audioClips is that you can store the sound *in the stack*: > > *Unlike a player, an audio clip contains the sound that it plays. This > increases the memory required by your stack, because the sound data is > loaded into memory along with the rest of the stack whenever the stack file > is open. However, it prevents the sound from being accidentally separated > from the stack file and lost.* > > Best regards, > Panos > -- > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:45 AM, William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> > wrote: > >> Folks: >> Just wondering about playing sound with 8.1. I assume that using the video >> player control is the way to do it. But, I tried the Play “audioclip” fName >> command with an mp3 audio and it just gave me noise. The video player >> control works fine. But, I just want to ask, or point out, whether this is >> a bug in the play command, or whether it is just something left over in the >> documentation. The dictionary give an example of aiff file, but doesn’t >> mention restrictions on what format can be played. >> >> Also, the command to stop playing is confusing. The dictionary says the >> syntax is: >> stop [playing] {player | videoclip | audioClip} >> >> This doesn’t work and you need to use: >> play "audioClip" stop >> >> Just wondering and in the interests of accurate documentation, mentioning >> this. >> >> The online lesson at: >> http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/25230-play-sounds#!prettyPhoto < >> http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/25230-play-sounds#!prettyPhoto> >> is ok, though. >> >> I’m wondering, with the player object, whether this feature is even needed. >> >> Best >> Bill Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major-k.de _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode