A "Void" API

[Wirenut]

So my imported STV written for Sage Version 4 has this call....

From the Sage API Call Weblist;

PlaySound

public void PlaySound(java.lang.String SoundFile) Plays the specified sound file (used for sound effects, don't use for music playback)

Parameters:
SoundFile - the path of the sound resource to play back

It's from Bohica's HAL Home Automation STV...

PlaySound(halVMDir + "\\" + GetElement(ListItem, 5))

...it is used to play back voicemail from the server. It just stopped working around the version 6 upgrade. There is probably a new way of doing this. The old method worked fine. The voicemails are tiny .wma files... but could be .wav if needed.

I would like to know the best way to replace the old PlaySound call with a new similar API call. ...without stopping or discarding a currently playing media file.

Peace,

Wirenut

[GKusnick]

PlaySound still works. I can't say I ever tried it on WMA files, but it definitely works on WAVs.

If it suddenly stopped working, I'd suspect either your path calculation is messed up, the file isn't where you think it is, or you've switched clients from SageTVClient to Placeshifter or MVP. In the latter two cases, the sound will play on the server's soundcard, not on the client.

My suggestion would be to do some more troubleshooting via Expression Evaluator using known good file paths to narrow down the cause of the problem.

[Opus4]

Greg already said more than I was going to suggest, so I'll just add that "void" just means the call doesn't return anything, not that it was removed.

- Andy 13,000

[Wirenut]

Okay.

I'll keep looking in other directions as you mentioned.

Thanks a lot,

Wirenut