Syncro sound playback

[peacemaker]

Hi, all

Possible now playback possibility of several audio files, but strickly one by one ?

 

[peacemaker]

Hmm, think this code should be OK ? If MediaPlayer already initialized.

Sub PlaySound (Dir,FileName)
Do While mp.IsPlaying
DoEvents
Loop
mp.Load(Dir, FileName)
mp.Play
End Sub

 

[agraham]

Do While mp.IsPlaying
  DoEvents
Loop

This is bad on a battery-powered device. You are burning CPU cycles and so power. You should use a Timer to control the frequency of your checking so your main thread can stop when it is not doing anything and so save power.

 

[peacemaker]

This loop is just for to be sure for some seconds that no need to go on.

But actually this code works strange - it plays each sound in a sequence, but a small part at the end is cut, not played. Excepting the latest one.

Extra waiting loops in this sub do not help to play fully.

 

[peacemaker]

Solved. This code is OK, but this buggy emulator play not correctly. Real device plays OK.
Topic is to be closed.

 

[peacemaker]

No - this code is not OK: some devices users report that their devices also play as the emulator: previous mp3 file is played almost to the end, then second or 2 are cut and the next mp3 in the queue is played.
But many devices play OK, one by one.

Maybe anyone who knows for now - how to play sequence of several mp3-files one by one well ?

 

[peacemaker]

I found that just MediaPlayer object plays files not completely !
For example, a MP3 file of 612 milliseconds it plays only up to 418 milliseconds in the emulator.
Why ?

 

[peacemaker]

Nothing helps, many tests show that need to have extra 0.5 sec at the media file end to make sure that whole file is whole audible from MediaPlayer.

 

[peacemaker]

Any correct solution for this moment ?

 

[Erel]

This is a very old thread. Please start a new thread in the questions forum.