music help

[4sak3nX]

Hey all

i am adding music into a game in turing. The song wont play but when i change the song it does. The sond that i want to play worrks in itunes.

the code is

Turing:

process startmusic Music.PlayFile ("gamestart.mp3") end start music fork startmusic %%% the rest of the code is as follows and is irrelavent.

I am using the latest version of turing (4.1.1)
the sound file is in the same folder as the save
i am unsure why it wont work.

Thanks for the help

[Tony]

If this particular file plays elsewhere, and not with Turing, then there's some chance that it is encoded in a way that Turing can't figure out.

Try exporting it as a .wav file, and see if that works.

[hamid14]

Maybe it's DRM protected and as Tony said, Turing cannot decode the protected mp3. If you purchased it from itunes, its 100% DRM protected.

[Tony]

hamid14 @ Wed May 05, 2010 11:06 am wrote:

If you purchased it from itunes, its 100% DRM protected.

It's not 100%, as iTunes sells DRM-free tracks as well; though DRM is an example of why a file might be played in some players but not via others.

[DtY]

Tony @ Wed May 05, 2010 12:49 pm wrote:

hamid14 @ Wed May 05, 2010 11:06 am wrote:

If you purchased it from itunes, its 100% DRM protected.

It's not 100%, as iTunes sells DRM-free tracks as well; though DRM is an example of why a file might be played in some players but not via others.

iTunes has not sold any DRM protected music for a while, but if it's from iTunes, it wont be mp3 anyway.

On another note, does Turing even play mp3? I thought it would only play uncompressed wavs.

[Insectoid]

It plays MP3s. Actually in my experience it's better to use them, as Turing refuses to play more than 1 WAV at a time. 4.0.9 did at least (the version my school used). I don't remember how 4.1 handles them.

[TheGuardian001]

Turing will only play one of any file type at a time, not just wav. In fact, the Turing documentation specifies that one way to stop a sound from playing is by playing an empty file of the same file type.

And yeah, turing does support mp3, although the slightest error in the file will cause it to fail entirely.

[Tony]

TheGuardian001 @ Wed May 05, 2010 2:54 pm wrote:

Turing will only play one of any file type at a time, not just wav.

That seems to be the documented way to play more than one sound clip in parallel -- WAV + MP3 + MIDI == 3 tracks at the same time.

[copthesaint]

4sak3nX @ Wed May 05, 2010 wrote:

Turing:

process startmusic Music.PlayFile ("gamestart.mp3") end start music fork startmusic

Now I dont want to solve this problem so easily, but you have an end statement with the incorrect process name. If that still doesnt work, try running the music with windows XP, turing has some issues playing music on vista when the code is not compiled (generated stand alone program). Anyways if your using mac, Then I dont know what errors you will get, just make sure the music file is besides your program.

Tony @ Wed May 05, 2010 wrote:

TheGuardian001 @ Wed May 05, 2010 2:54 pm wrote:

Turing will only play one of any file type at a time, not just wav.

That seems to be the documented way to play more than one sound clip in parallel -- WAV + MP3 + MIDI == 3 tracks at the same time.

turing suggests wav for sound effects, midi for music, mp3 for either

[TheGuardian001]

Sorry, could have been clearer with that.

Turing can only play one file of any one type at a time. The number of individual files that can be played is only limited by the number of extensions you use.

[4sak3nX]

thanks all for the help. Turns out i downloaded a file that when converted to wav it worked.

and the error in the code in the OP was an error in typeing by me. I was putting it in from another computer and the code was on my laptop. It was not the issue