Switching to ogg also fixed it for Mac OS X, where it was crashing with a similar error message.
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 09:08:10PM +0200, John Eriksson wrote: > I should have remebered that MP3 and pygame doesn't mix well on Windows. > > Could you try downloading it again? (I can't for some reason start my > vmware windows right now.) > > Best Regards > /John > > tis 2007-05-22 klockan 20:53 +0200 skrev DR0ID: > > John Eriksson schrieb: > > > Hi, > > > > > > After several weeks of coding I'm finally releasing my latest project > > > (at least the first release candidate), the space game Slingshot. > > > > > > http://www.pygame.org/projects/20/428/?release_id=724 > > > > > > It all started when I found the vec2d class in PyGames cookbook and > > > after I played around a little bit I just couldn't help my self from > > > turning it into a game. > > > > > > After just getting feedback from family and friends I would now like to > > > get some feedback from the PyGame community! > > > > > > It's just 12 levels right now but I'm working on it. And if you like you > > > can help to! There is a built in level editor (but sadly with a very > > > poor GUI). I've tried to document it but don't hesitate to ask. The > > > documents are included in the download file. > > > > > > And please be as specific as possible in your criticism. If you think > > > the game is boring (as an example) try to explain in what way. Is it to > > > easy, to hard, to little action or just plain stupid? ;-) > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > /John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > >>Slingshot.py > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\XereX\Eigene > > Dateien\InetDownloads\python_downloads\Slingshot > > _rc1\Slingshot.py", line 174, in ? > > main() > > File "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\XereX\Eigene > > Dateien\InetDownloads\python_downloads\Slingshot > > _rc1\Slingshot.py", line 168, in main > > g.main_loop(sys.argv[1:]) > > File "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\XereX\Eigene > > Dateien\InetDownloads\python_downloads\Slingshot > > _rc1\Slingshot.py", line 102, in main_loop > > self.music.play("ready_back.mp3") > > File "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\XereX\Eigene > > Dateien\InetDownloads\python_downloads\Slingshot > > _rc1\lib\MusicCtrl.py", line 18, in play > > pygame.mixer.music.load(filename) > > pygame.error: Module format not recognized > > > > > > I'm using WinXp, python 2.41, pygame 1.7. > > > > Hope you can fix it. :-) ( I have no idea what went wrong) > > > > ~DR0ID > > >