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mac standalone isn't playing audio
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:34 pm
by ittarter
Hi,
Not sure why, but I can't get my audio to play on Mac standalone.
I'm using the following code I found online to reroute the pathing and it seems to work...
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if the platform = "MacOS" and the environment = "standalone application" then
repeat until last item of tPath contains ".app"
delete last item of tPath
end repeat
put tPath & "/contents/MacOS" into fld "defaultfolder"
set defaultfolder to fld "defaultfolder"
However, it still isn't playing the audio...
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set filename of player "check" to "audio conversations/" & gCurrentScenario & "/" & fld "prompt number" & ".mp3"
start player "check"
I've run checks and it appears like the path is totally fine. Is there some other problem I'm not seeing? I didn't have a problem playing mp3s before so I don't think there's any inherent conflict there. Any thoughts?
Re: mac standalone isn't playing audio
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:56 pm
by Klaus
Hi ittarter,
did you add your sounds/folder(s) via the "Copy files..." tab in the standalone builder?
Then you will find them in -> specialfolderpath("resources"), no need to mess around with "the defaultfolder"!
...
## And ALWAYS use parens when concatenating pathnames (and object names):
set filename of player "check" to (specialfolderpath("resources") & "/audio conversations/" & gCurrentScenario & "/" & fld "prompt number" & ".mp3")
...
Best
Klaus
Re: mac standalone isn't playing audio
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 4:33 pm
by ittarter
Yes, I added the files/folders via the "Copy files" in the Standalone Settings.
Thanks for the pointer re: concatenation. I'm going to try that immediately
lol, I use defaultfolder because I don't want to mess with specialfolderpath! I don't really understand how specialfolderpath works. It seems like every OS uses different presets and I don't understand how to coordinate everything...
defaultfolder is easy and it feels like I have clear control - just set it to where the application is, and since I organized everything else in that folder, I can easily add the subfolders etc. to pinpoint specific files.
That being said, I'm obviously running into problems now.
Re: mac standalone isn't playing audio
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 4:48 pm
by ittarter
Still doesn't work...
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set filename of player "check" to (specialfolderpath("resources") & "audio conversations/" & gCurrentScenario & "/" & fld "prompt number" & ".mp3")
The audio works on the Windows standalone.
All the non-audio resources work on the Mac standalone.
It's just the audio that doesn't work on the Mac standalone.
What sorcery is this?!
Re: mac standalone isn't playing audio
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:37 am
by Klaus
Please check my script line and then yours, you forgot one important little character!
Re: mac standalone isn't playing audio
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 2:03 pm
by ittarter
You're right, I missed the slash, but unfortunately the audio player in the Mac version still doesn't work.
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set filename of player "check" to (specialfolderpath("resources") & "/audio conversations/" & gCurrentScenario & "/" & fld "prompt number" & ".mp3")
It's finding non-audio resources in folders - I have a folder with different background images - and it's loading data from .txt files in the root "resource" directory - but it won't play audio from either folder with the mp3s.
Even stranger, past versions of my application HAVE played audio on the mac. .wav files, at least (and I wasn't using the player). Is it possible it's a codec problem of some kind, instead of my amateur coding abilities?
Re: mac standalone isn't playing audio
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 4:59 pm
by ittarter
Hey Klaus,
I got it to work, but not in the way you said. Wanted to share my results and am interested to hear your thoughts.
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put specialfolderpath("resources")
results in nothing, no file path at all. I'm not sure why, but it should produce some kind of text result, yes?
According to the current help files, "engine" is supposed to do something. It does, but the file path is wrong.
Livecode builds two sets of folders for its Mac standalone, and one set is empty. I have no idea if the empty folders have a purpose. The
real folders that
actually get their respective files can be determined by the following code:
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if the platform = "MacOS" and the environment = "standalone application" then
repeat until last item of tPath contains ".app"
delete last item of tPath
end repeat
put (tPath & "/contents/resources/_MacOS") into fld "defaultfolder"
end if
set defaultfolder to fld "defaultfolder"
end if
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set filename of player "check" to (defaultfolder & "/audio conversations/" & gCurrentScenario & "/" & fld "prompt number" & ".mp3")
So yeah, I'm using defaultfolder to access my files, even though you told me not to. Strangely, even without all this "help", my program was always able to determine where to find stuff, except audio files. Perhaps the player object, when setting its source, is much less generous than the rest of the program. Anyway, now the player can find files on the Mac too, and that makes me happy
Re: mac standalone isn't playing audio
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 5:09 pm
by Klaus
What version of LC are you using?
I think specialfolderpath("resources") was introduced in the late 6.x (or even 7.x?) versions.
In the IDE it should return the folder the current stack lives in.
Re: mac standalone isn't playing audio
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 1:37 am
by ittarter
Community Version 7.0.3.
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put specialfolderpath("resources")
results in nothing in the message box, and put... into... as code in one of my cards results in nothing either, whether as a standalone or as development.
Upgrading to Version 7.1.1 fixes the issue.
So now I can just put specialfolderpath("resources") and that will return the source folder of my program, whether in Mac, Windows or on mobile devices? I'll have to try it out...
Re: mac standalone isn't playing audio
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:45 am
by Klaus
Hi ittarter,
ittarter wrote:Upgrading to Version 7.1.1 fixes the issue.
great!
ittarter wrote:So now I can just put specialfolderpath("resources") and that will return the source folder of my program, whether in Mac, Windows or on mobile devices? I'll have to try it out...
Why so sceptical?
That is the MEANING of specialfolderpathnames! Get usd to them, they are just wonderful!
Best
Klaus