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[vader]

hi

trying to build a table / learn how to script these.
thanks to a really good howto I've already gotten the score-counting to work, as well as other things.
but I can't figure out why I don't get mp3s/wavs (as music) to play.
I've put two files into the /music/ subdir, and added the line

PlayMusic "swtr.wav"
or
PlayMusic "swtr.mp3"

into the script. but it won't start once I test the table... what am I doing wrong?

Edited by vader, 25 May 2010 - 09:45 PM.

[Bob5453]

PlayMusic "swtr.mp3"

is correct.

The folder named "Music" must be in the Visual Pinball folder. Don't put the mp3 files in their own folder and then in the Music folder.

[vader]

PlayMusic "swtr.mp3"

is correct.

The folder named "Music" must be in the Visual Pinball folder. Don't put the mp3 files in their own folder and then in the Music folder.

That's what I thought, but it just doesn't work
C:\Program Files (x86)\Pinball\Music <<< here are the mp3s / wavs
C:\Program Files (x86)\Pinball\ << there or in its subs is everything else.

(btw: I use 9.07, and tables with roms I loaded work just fine, so it's not the installations fault, I'm afraid..)

maybe stupid question, but do I need to import these files somewhere or is there an mp3 plugin I need?
though wavs don't work -as music- either, but are fine when imported and used via playsound ..

[Bob5453]

It will work if everything's done right.

Here's a pic of my Visual Pinball file, notice that it has nothing to do with PinMame or ROMs.

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[KEG]

@Vader: Make sure your vp9.07.exe file is inside your Visual Pinball folder. If you run the 9.07 exe from your desktop and you dont have it in the VP folder, music or waves wont play.

Hope this helps.

[Theguyoverthere]

PlayMusic "swtr.mp3"

is correct.

The folder named "Music" must be in the Visual Pinball folder. Don't put the mp3 files in their own folder and then in the Music folder.

That's what I thought, but it just doesn't work
C:\Program Files (x86)\Pinball\Music <<< here are the mp3s / wavs
C:\Program Files (x86)\Pinball\ << there or in its subs is everything else.

(btw: I use 9.07, and tables with roms I loaded work just fine, so it's not the installations fault, I'm afraid..)

maybe stupid question, but do I need to import these files somewhere or is there an mp3 plugin I need?
though wavs don't work -as music- either, but are fine when imported and used via playsound ..

Hey, that's almost exactly how mine looks! Looks like we both used the same .msi file for installing VP originally

[Liteuser]

You may want to try to re-encode the mp3 music file in Audacity or some other sound program. I have found that only some MP3's don't play in VP unless you export/re-encode a new mp3 file from it. I don't know why it works but It works here anyway, maybe it's the MP3 quality? Best of luck with it anyway.

[vader]

Hi.

Thx all of you for your help

-putting the 9.07 directly into the folder solved the problem.
-re-encoding some mp3s will surely help avoiding the mickey-mouse-sounds some of them make

biggest problem now: which theme to use/ruin first?

[s1500]

When I export an mp3 file from Audacity & try to play it in 9.12(via PlayMusic), it goes way too fast. Everything sounds like happy hardcore. Is there a specific sampling rate, etc I should use?