Thanks for the info, folks. Perhaps I didn't read far enough in the dictionary entries for the play command, but I didn't see a list of supported audio file types. Also, I found a link to "stop" but had to look at the tutorial online to get the "play stop" syntax. For me, this isn't a problem, but I'm thinking of the newbie and the really huge job of aligning the dictionary and user guide with the new features.
I guess I will need to figure out github and get into offering contributions to this effort. I know some tutorials have been posted, so..... Best, Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On Sep 15, 2016, at 9:00 AM, Devin Asay <devin_a...@byu.edu> wrote: > > >> On Sep 15, 2016, at 3:02 AM, panagiotis merakos <panos.mera...@livecode.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Bill, >> >> Audio clips cannot be .mp3. The supported formats, according to the >> dictionary entry for "audioClip" are: >> >> *Audio clips can be in WAV, AIFF, or AU format* >> >> I agree with you that the player object has many more capabilities. The >> only advantage of audioClips is that you can store the sound *in the stack*: >> >> *Unlike a player, an audio clip contains the sound that it plays. This >> increases the memory required by your stack, because the sound data is >> loaded into memory along with the rest of the stack whenever the stack file >> is open. However, it prevents the sound from being accidentally separated >> from the stack file and lost.* > > I wonder if the dictionary is completely accurate in this regard. An audio > clip does not HAVE to be imported into the stack to be played. This also > works: > > play audioClip “/path/to/clip.wav” > > The external file clearly functions as an audio clip, because the same format > restrictions apply—this syntax only works with WAV, AIFF, and AU formats. So > what is happening under the hood? When playing an external audio file, does > LiveCode create a temporary audioClip object? I decided to make some updates > to the dictionary entry, and I don’t want to tell any lies. :) > > Devin > > > Devin Asay > Director > Office of Digital Humanities > Brigham Young University > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
