struggling with player

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Thanks, Dave! That's very helpful. 
Best regards,
Bill

William Prothero
http://es.earthednet.org

> On Apr 27, 2015, at 1:59 AM, Dave Kilroy <dave at applicationinsight.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bill
> 
> Just for your interest, I used mobilePlaySoundOnChannel on an iOS app a
> couple of years ago and was able to play several audio files at the same
> time and change their volume while they all continued to play without
> pausing...
> 
> 
>   put "word" into tChannelName
>   put "now" into tType
>   if the environment is "mobile" then
>      if (mobileSoundOnChannel(tChannelName) is empty) OR
> (mobileSoundOnChannel(tChannelName) is "could not find channel") then
>         --
>         --make background audio quieter
>         if mobileSoundChannelStatus("background") ="playing" then
>            put mobileSoundChannelVolume("background") into tVolume
>            put (tVolume - 10) into tVolume
>            mobileSetSoundChannelVolume "background", tVolume
>         end if
>         --
>         --code to do various things like find the correct audio file
>         --make changes to the GUI etc
>         --
>         --play 'word' audio file
>         mobilePlaySoundOnChannel tAudioPath, tChannelName, tType
>         --
>         --reset GUI & background volume once sound has finished playing
>         send "resetFieldBackgroundColor pField" to this stack in tMS
> milliseconds
>      end if
>   end if
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Wprothero wrote
>> Klaus:
>> Ok, it makes sense. I think I’ve got it working now. The slider adjusts
>> the volume and all seems ok. One thing is, the 3rd audio clip stops when I
>> adjust the slider, but the control still shows it’s running. I then check
>> the playRate, even though it isn’t playing and if it is 1 (even in the
>> paused mode), I give it a “play” command. This seems to work fine. Also,
>> when the stack loses focus, it keeps playing. So, it’s pretty good for
>> now.
>> 
>> It would be really helpful if the LESSONS part of the Livecode site gave
>> the correct info for the player. I think I’m going to be using it a lot,.
>> 
>> Thanks for the help.
>> Bill
>> 
>>> On Apr 26, 2015, at 4:43 PM, Klaus major-k <
> 
>> klaus@
> 
>> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Bill,
>>> 
>>>> Am 27.04.2015 um 00:04 schrieb William Prothero <
> 
>> prothero@
> 
>> >:
>>>> 
>>>> Klaus:
>>>> Yeah, just as I posted this, I noticed in the user guide that it was the
>>>> playLoudness. I used that and it did change the loudness. However, I’m
>>>> still having trouble getting the players to play continuously when I
>>>> drag the loudness scroller. I have 3 players going simultaneously and
>>>> I’m changing the loudness on 2 of them. There seems to be some kind of
>>>> timing problem because if I change the loudness too quickly, one of the
>>>> players stops.
>>>> 
>>>> It also seems pretty cumbersome that there isn’t a “play from start”
>>>> command. I will fiddle with the startTime,endTime, and playSelection to
>>>> try to get it to rewind to the start. But it seems line basic commands
>>>> are quirky to implement.
>>> 
>>> See below :-)
>>> 
>>>> So, to get the player to begin at the start, when it’s somewhere else,
>>>> I’d have to do something like:
>>>> stop player myPlayer
>>>> put the duration of player myPlayer into endTime
>>>> set the startTime of player myPlayer to 1
>>>> set the endTime of player myPlayer to endTime
>>>> set the playSelection of player 1 to true
>>>> start player myPlayer
>>> 
>>> Just tested with LC 7.04 (never worked with the new AVFoindation player
>>> object before)
>>> and this single line will it:
>>> …
>>> set the currenttime of player "myplayer“ to 0
>>> ## Or any other time in the audio/movie
>>> …
>>> No need to stop the player or set a selection from STARTTIME to ENDTIME.
>>> Playback will continue!
>>> 
>>>> Do I have to stop, then start the player to get it to jump to a
>>>> particular location?
>>> 
>>> See above.
>>> 
>>>> And, is there a way to keep the other player going, without being
>>>> affected by commands and the stack losing focus?
>>> 
>>> Sorry, not sure I understand your exact problem?
>>> 
>>>> Thanks, Klaus, for your input.
>>>> Best,
>>>> Bill
>>> 
>>> Best
>>> 
>>> Klaus
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Klaus Major
>>> http://www.major-k.de
> 
>> klaus@
> 
>>> 
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