Re:music
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| In my program I have several music tracks so when you press a key it advances the track number and plays a different track. What I want to know is this. I want the track playing when it finishes it goes onto the next track. How can i code it so that when it reaches the end of a track to go onto the next track. Ive got a variable MusicTrack_Number and when i press a key i increase it by 1 and then i have case statements to change the track depending on MusicTrack_Number. I just wondered if theres any code i can use so that when the current track is playing and then ends to advance onto the next track in the list. Thanks guys Cheers Kind Regards Joe |
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| Maybe use an array instead of a list, because there you have an index and can just use your MusicTrack_Number for that. If you want to know when the track ends, you will have to use a third party module, bmax audio module is not capaple of this. Search for maxmod2. |
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| bmax audio module is not capaple of this. That's not entirely true. You can use ChannelPlaying() to see if a channel has stopped - thought it also returns True even if the channel has been manually paused.But yeah, MaxMod2 should do the job nicely. |
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| I was hoping a callback could be elegantly used for this, but apparently not. You really have to poll (i.e: check every cycle the state of the channel). |
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| Ok thanks guys. yeah you cant really use channelplaying () as it always returns true. If i use if channelplaying (channel) = false it never works. Yeah how do you check every cycle the state of the channel so i can use channelplaying() |
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| [...] though it also returns True even if the channel has been manually paused. [...] yeah you cant really use channelplaying () as it always returns true. If i use if channelplaying (channel) = false it never works. [...] This doesn't make sense. The BMax audio code is flawless in this respect: Method Playing() Local st alGetSourcei _id,AL_SOURCE_STATE,Varptr st Return st=AL_PLAYING End MethodThere's the AL_PLAYING, AL_PAUSED and AL_STOPPED states declared; it must return 'False' when paused and stopped or else the BRL code above is wrong. Last edited 2011 |
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| I meant to say it returns false if a channel has been manually paused. my bad. |
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| ok so ive got several tracks in my code. When the game starts it plays a random track. How can i check that when the track is finished i can play another random track. I dont wanna use maxmod2. I just wanna use blitz max. The above code doesnt make any sense to me whatsoever. Cant i use channelplaying to check the state of the channel. Whats that all about alGetsource _id. It does nothing. It doesnt return the state of a channel????????? Im confused by the above code. I dont get it!!!!! |
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| You can use ChannelPlaying to check if the sound is still playing. Use it like this: If Not ChannelPlaying( CurrentChannel ) Then MusicID :+ 1 'Shorter way to say MusicID = MusicID + 1 If MusicID < NumberOfMusics Then CurrentChannel = PlaySound( Musics[MusicID] ) Else MusicID = 0 'Loop through all musics again. EndIf EndIf |
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| ahhh cool nice one Kryzon. That looks like just what i need. Thanks very much!!! |
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