Thanks, Phil. I’ll try that. Bill > On Apr 22, 2016, at 5:35 PM, Phil Davis <rev...@pdslabs.net> wrote: > > Hi Bill, > > Try this: > > lock messages -- to prevent a couple of 'playStopped' messages > stop player "audio" > set the filename of player "audio" to empty > wait 0 seconds with messages > set the filename of player "audio" to tMyFullAudioFilePath > unlock messages > start player "audio" > > HTH - > Phil Davis > > > On 4/22/16 5:22 PM, William Prothero wrote: >> Panos: >> Is there anything special I need to do, if I want to stop a player, then >> assign it a different sound file? It seems to want only to play the file >> that it is initially set at. I play different sound files as I step through >> a presentation. >> Best, >> Bill >> >>> On Apr 22, 2016, at 3:32 PM, William Prothero <waproth...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> BTW, the dictionary entry for Player refers to Quicktime movie and needs >>> updating. >>> Best,. >>> Bill >>> >>>> On Apr 22, 2016, at 2:18 PM, panagiotis merakos <merak...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Bill, >>>> >>>> You can use the player object. On OSX (from 10.8 onwards), it uses the >>>> AVFoundation framework. The AVFoundation supports the following file >>>> formats: >>>> >>>> Audio: >>>> .aifc and .cdda >>>> .aif and .aiff >>>> .caf >>>> .m4a (=Apple m4a audio file format) >>>> .wav, .wave, and .bwf >>>> .amr >>>> .ac3 >>>> .mp3 >>>> .au and .snd >>>> >>>> >>>> Video >>>> .m4v (=iTunes video file format) >>>> .mp4 >>>> .mov and .qt (=QuickTime movies) >>>> >>>> >>>> On Windows, the player should be able to play any formats supported by MCI >>>> Player, which are more or less the usual multimedia formats supported on >>>> Windows: .mp3, .midi, .wav, .wma, .wmv etc >>>> >>>> We are planning to rework the Windows player soon, so this list is likely >>>> to expand. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Panos >>>> -- >>>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 11:34 PM, William Prothero >>>> <proth...@earthednet.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Folks: >>>>> I know this has been discussed ad-infinitum here. But, I can’t find the >>>>> references I need and the dictionary is no help. So….. >>>>> >>>>> Playing sounds. I want to play sound files and don’t want to have to use >>>>> Quicktime, since Apple is not supporting it anymore and I want to play the >>>>> files on Windows too. >>>>> >>>>> So.,. What are my choices and what sound file format should I use? >>>>> >>>>> Could you point me to a reference relevant to LC8? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your patience, >>>>> Bill >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> William Prothero, Ph.D. >>>>> University of California, Santa Barbara, Emeritus >>>>> proth...@earthednet.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- > Phil Davis > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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