Asynchronous Audio on Windows?

[Chris Sheffield]

Unless something has changed in the last couple years, external audio should work just fine using a player object, even if QT is not installed. Read Naturally has a desktop application (it's kind of old and outdated now) but it supported Windows and Mac. We recommended QT on Windows, but it wasn't required. Having it installed made things a bit easier (seems like there were some limitations if it wasn't), but audio playback worked regardless. So it might be worth a try.

On Jan 15, 2013, at 11:41 AM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris:
> 
> I'm pretty sure the only way to use external files is if QT is installed,
> which I'd rather not have to force on users, but it may come to that.
> 
> I'm just kind of shocked.  It's 2013 and LiveCode is still in the dinosaur
> age when it comes to audio.  :-/
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX Design
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/15/13 10:17 AM, "Chris Sheffield" <cmsheffield at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
>> I want to say using the "play" command with imported files is blocking on
>> one of the platforms (Windows?) and always has been, but I could be wrong
>> about that. Can you try using a player with external files instead, or do
>> you have to use imported files?
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Chris Sheffield
>> Read Naturally, Inc.
>> www.readnaturally.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 15, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Does anybody know if there's some trick or secret to getting sounds to
>>> play
>>> asynchronously along with events on Windows?
>>> 
>>> I have a stack that supplements user interaction with audio feedback:
>>> clicks, chimes, etc.  I'm finding that all events are delayed by the
>>> use of
>>> sound, in that the events don't trigger until the sound has finished
>>> playing.  The sounds are imported WAV files of the correct sample
>>> rate/bits
>>> (they play fine).  If I disable sound playback, all UI events respond as
>>> expected.
>>> 
>>> It's been a while since I built anything with audio on Windows -- maybe
>>> I
>>> just never ran into this ‹ but the app is unusable when audio is
>>> enabled.
>>> On OS X, everything works fine without delays, so I don't believe
>>> there's
>>> any problem with the stack.
>>> 
>>> Am I missing something?  Is audio feedback just not doable on Windows
>>> without resorting to an external?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Scott Rossi
>>> Creative Director
>>> Tactile Media, UX Design
>>> 
>>> 
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