audio errors frustration

Scripting Issues
1

Is there a particular bitrate, codec or other, that a sound file must be saved in. I created some mp3 and wav sounds using wavepad, and I get an error when I try to play them in Panda. At one time one played, but then I keep getting this error on all of them.

:movies(error): Could not open Sound/Tara.MP3
:audio(error): Cannot open file: Sound/Tara.MP3
:audio(error): Could not open audio Sound/Tara.MP3

Any suggestions on this?

2

Panda handles 16 bit (I have used 32 bit but 16 bit it is guaranteed load).

Usually I work with 44100 Hz sample rate and a CBR Bitrate of 128 kbps.

If you keep having problems let me know. Also what presets are you working with?

3

Are you using fmod or openAL? See if one or the other runs better. For long time fmod ran the best but i think on the 1.6.0 openAl runs with fewer errors.

4

Now that’s just dumb.
I’m refering to myself guys. The reason I wasn’t hearing the sound is because I saved the files to a temporary folder and forgot to move them to my game folder. Wasted 20 minutes.

I appreciate your response though.
Darkana, I use the same audio format you use.
I didn’t understand what you meant by presets though, although it may not be necessary.

treeform, I think I came across that expression ‘fmod’ before, but I have no idea what that or openAL means. If you have the time and care to explain, I’d welcome it.

Thanks

5

Panda supports a few sound systems, FMOD and OpenAL being the two of them in the default build. FMOD is a proprietary sound system which you can only use if you don’t sell your game, while OpenAL is open-source. FMOD is more stable in Panda while Panda’s OpenAL implementation seems to be somewhat buggy.

You can switch by editing your Config.prc file, find the line containing “audio-library-name” and change the value to either “libp3fmod_audio” or “libp3openal_audio”.

6

Ah! Now I remember where I saw that word before. It was in the manual. Thanks for clarifying things for me pro.

Now that I am on the subject of audio, I want to ask you this question. In one of my post I remember someone suggesting that it would be best not to use soundIntervals. What particular reason is there for not doing so? I have used sondIntervals before and I found there seem to have problems with certain audio. For example, it played sounds I recorded with AvRack, but when I edited them with Voice Chager they didn’t play properly. The new sounds I created with FL Studio and edited with wavepad don’t play at all when I use soundIntervals. In order to get them play during my intervals, I had to use this method:

# H Voice
self.hVoice001 = loader.loadSfx("Sound/HiIamTara.mp3")
self.hVoice002 = loader.loadSfx("Sound/IamKelly.mp3")
# H Voice Intervals
self.hVoiceIV_001 = SoundInterval(self.hVoice001, loop = 0)
self.hVoiceIV_002 = SoundInterval(self.hVoice002, loop = 0)
# H Voice Id
self.hVoiceID_001 = LerpFunc(self.hVoices001, duration = 0.25)
self.hVoiceID_002 = LerpFunc(self.hVoices002, duration = 0.25)

self.hIV = Sequence(Wait(20),
                            Parallel(self.hVoiceID_001, Func(self.narLetter_0.__setitem__, "text", "Hi! I'm Tara,"), 
                                    Func(self.narLetter_0.__setitem__, "text_fg", (1,1,0,1)), self.hVoiceIV_001), Wait(15), 
                                    Parallel(self.hVoiceID_002, Func(self.narLetter_0.__setitem__, "text", "and I'm Kelly."), 
                                            Func(self.narLetter_0.__setitem__, "text_fg", (1,0,0,1)), self.hVoiceIV_001), Wait(8))
self.hIV.start()

    # H Voices
    def hVoices001(self, task):
        self.hVoice001.play()
   
    def hVoices002(self, task):
        self.hVoice002.play()

Can you give me any useful infomation on using soundInterval or not using them, and what methods work best?