problem importing audio files

[maxs]

OK I need to use a decent sound editing program, (not quicktime) to record my voice. I tried SoundTrack pro, Soundbooth, and SoundConverer, and a few other programs, all of which save to both .aif and .wav. But when I import them to Livecode all I get is stactic.

How can I get decent audio into Livecode?

Max

[Dixie]

maxs...

I am making the assumption that the audio file that you have plays without a problem outside of the liveCode environment...

To play a file from liveCode that you have not imported as an audioClip try something like this...

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on mouseUp
   answer file "Select Audio File to play"
   if it is not empty then
      play it
   end if
end mouseUp

To play an audioClip that you have imported into liveCode

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on mouseUp
   play audioclip 1
end mouseUp

Hope that helps

Dixie

[Klaus]

Hi Max,

LiveCode does only supports a few (OLD!) formats for internal sound!
AIFF and WAV, but UNCOMPRESSED!
AU, which is compressed by nature.

For everything else you should use external files "referenced" in a player object.


Best

Klaus

[johnmiller1950]

Max,

I had a problem like this. I tried to use LiveCode's record command, but the sound was terrible. Then I experimented with the various recording settings. Now, I get pretty good recordings inside LiveCode. The code I use is attached below.

Best Regards,
John Miller

on mouseUp
set the recordInput to "imic"
set the recordformat to "aiff" --- CAN ALSO USE "WAVE", "ULAW" & "MOVIE"
set the recordChannels to 2 -- STEREO
set the recordCompression to "raw " -- NONE
set the recordRate to 48.00
set the recordsampleSize to 16
put specialfolderpath ("Desktop") & "/My Recording.aiff" into fileXX
record sound file fileXX
end mouseUp

[maxs]

Thank you John.

That must have been a bit of experimenting. It's great to have the right numbers. At least I can record now, even though I still can't use soundtrack pro or Soundbooth with these settings .

Max

[maxs]

Hi Klaus,
When you say internal sound --- do you mean 'imported' sounds?

I tried importing uncompressed AU, aiff and wav files from other apps, like soundbooth, but they screech, too.
LiveCode does only supports a few (OLD!) formats for !
AIFF and WAV, but UNCOMPRESSED!
AU, which is compressed by nature.


Max

[Klaus]

Hi Max,

Hi Klaus,
When you say internal sound --- do you mean 'imported' sounds?

Yes, the ones that won't play on iOS!

I tried importing uncompressed AU, aiff and wav files from other apps, like soundbooth, but they screech, too.
LiveCode does only supports a few (OLD!) formats for !
AIFF and WAV, but UNCOMPRESSED!
AU, which is compressed by nature.

Theses formats SHOULD work, but that is not guaranteed!
So I finally ended with imported sounds in AU format and use a player object with external files whenever possible.

LiveCode really needs an overhaul of its multimedia playback engine for sounds and video!


Best

Klaus

[maxs]

Thanks Klaus,

I'm so glad I am not the only one who believes audio and video files need a overhaul.

Max

[teacherguy]

I was surprised to see how old this thread was, yet I was still having audio import issues... the "static" mentioned above. Changing my sounds to 16 bit fixed the problem for me.