Re: Sound w/ MC1.4b1?

Scott Raney ((no email))
Wed, 3 Aug 94 19:15:45 MDT

>
> I am working on an HP700 system and have been able to use the play
> command with MC1.3a6 and get it to work, but not with 1.3 and 1.4b1.
> The patches are installed and the chirp disappeared, but I get no
> sound. From the message box I executed the following with MC1.4b1:
>
> set playDestination to internal
> set playLoudness to 50
> play <filename> [this sound file works with MC1.3a6]
>
> Any other HP700 users getting the play command to work?

Two things may be wrong:
1) The scaling is pretty conservative on HPs, so I'd recommend setting
the loudness to 100 for starters or you may not hear anything.
Unless you're using headphones, values below 80 will probably be
inaudible.

2) The 1.4B1 engine uses /dev/audio interface (1.3 used the Aserver
library). If you've been using MPower, you may need to reboot your
system before it will work right.

We haven't received any reports of audio problems with 1.3 on HPs
(other than the fact that shell doesn't work after playing an
audioClip), so it may just be your machine. Does
/usr/audio/bin/audio_editor work OK?
Scott

> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Clark Parsons
> Fort Collins, Colorado USA
> clarkp@fc.hp.com
> (303) 229-3323
> 

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