audioclips and playstopped

[Richard Miller]

Thanks, Phil. I think your second solution will work fine.
Richard


On Jun 6, 2006, at 10:02 AM, Phil Davis wrote:

> Hi Richard,
>
> Here's one way:
>
>  play audioclip "xyz"
>  wait until the sound is done
>  go next cd
>
> Or...
>
> on startAudio
>  play audioclip "xyz"
>  send "checkAudio" to me in 0 seconds
> end startAudio
>
>
> on checkAudio
>  if the sound is done then
>    go next cd
>  else
>    send "checkAudio" to me in 10 ticks
>  end if
> end checkAudio
>
>
> Phil Davis
>
>
> Richard Miller wrote:
>
>> I am having difficulty getting the playstopped message to be  
>> recorded  on a regular basis while playing audioclips. I've got a  
>> stack with a  few dozen pages in it. As the user is taken from  
>> card to card, a new  audio file is played after OPENCARD. Once  
>> that audioclip has been  played, the system should automatically  
>> advance the user to the next  card. To do that, I am watching for  
>> the PLAYSTOPPED message. But it  is not reliable (and I don't know  
>> why.. I've not seen any particular  pattern. Sometimes it works...  
>> sometimes it doesn't).
>>
>> I need to find another way to automatically advance from card to   
>> card. Suggestions?
>>
>> I thought maybe I could determine the duration of the audioclip   
>> before it started to play, then use the SEND command (just before   
>> playing the audioclip) to advance to the next card once that  
>> duration  had been reached, but I see no way to determine the  
>> duration of an  audioclip (other than hard-coding it).
>>
>> Richard Miller
>> Imprinter Technologies
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