Problem with Player Object

[RickF.]

I have a LiveCode stack that uses the "Player" object to play sound clips. They are in .aif format. After installing the latest LiveCode version on my iMac (running macOS Monterey), none of the sound clips will play anymore. They used to play fine.

I've tried creating a new Player object. But when I try to specify the source, all the .aif files are grayed out and can't be selected.

Any idea what's going wrong? Thanks in advance for your assistance.

RickF.

[dunbarx]

Hi.

I don't do that sort of thing but does it still work in an older version of LC? Hopefully you can try a version that you know once worked.

Craig

[FourthWorld]

What is the syntax you used in your app's answer file command?

[RickF.]

Hi.

I don't do that sort of thing but does it still work in an older version of LC? Hopefully you can try a version that you know once worked.

Craig

Hi Craig,

Thanks. I tried the oldest version I have that will still run on my iMac, but the player object doesn't work properly with that version either. (I apologize for not listing these versions. For some reason, the forum doesn't allow numerals. Even Roman numerals!)

RickF.

[Klaus]

Hi Rick,

welcome to the forum!

In the "Select a video" dialog for your player, click "Options" on the middle-left side at the bottom of the dialog.
Then a popup menu "Format:" will appear, there select "Audio files" and your AIF files will appear in the dialog.

Best

Klaus

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[RickF.]

Hi Rick,

welcome to the forum!

In the "Select a video" dialog for your player, click "Options" on the middle-left side at the bottom of the dialog.
Then a popup menu "Format:" will appear, there select "Audio files" and your AIF files will appear in the dialog.

Best

Klaus

Klaus,

Thanks much, you're a genius! Your solution worked perfectly, and now I'm a little embarrassed for not having tried the Options myself. It will be straightforward to respecify the various sound files using the correct Option. Still puzzling that these sources used to work fine and now need to be redone--but I'm just happy to have a solution!

RickF.