'play' vs. 'start' ?

[Phil Davis]

Uhhhh... thanks Joe!  But I was really hoping I wouldn't need neoprene OR a 
structural engineer to improve audio processing in my app.  :o)  But I must 
confess, I never really thought about it that way.

LOL,
Phil

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Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
> Well, got my car back a little earlier than expected. The neoprene 
> samples have not arrived yet, so I called. We can pick them up on our 
> way to LB. It won't be much out of the way. RubberCal's (RubberCal.com) 
> facility is located at 2920 Kilson Drive, Santa Ana, CA; phone number: 
> 800-370-9152
> 
> Are we still planning to see the structural engineer tomorrow?
> 
> On Jan 16, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Phil Davis wrote:
> 
>> I maintain an application that sometimes plays 100's of external 
>> digital audio files during a single usage session. Currently the app 
>> uses 'start player' method of playing them. Sometimes the app will 
>> freeze up, and I think it's related to audio processing.
>>
>> I want to improve the app's stability. Has anyone found the 'play 
>> [filepath]' form to be more stable or less stable than 'start player'?
>>
>> Also, does anyone have extra info about the two approaches to audio 
>> playing that shed light on differences between the two? Are they doing 
>> the exact same thing under the hood?
>>
>> Many thanks -
>> Phil Davis