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DarkBASIC Discussion / Sound length?

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TheComet
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Posted: 22nd Mar 2008 22:29
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Hey Guys!

1)How do I get the sound/music length of a sound file in seconds?
2)If I am playing a sound/music file, how do I know, how far through I am?
3)How can I fast forwards(assuming I had the above questions answered) with a time line? Is there a command "set music position"?

I will be needing the above information for a media player I would like to make. And please don`t quote that and say "why not just use the windows media player", because it is an interesting experience to make something like that.

Thanks, TheComet

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Latch
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2008 00:45 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2008 01:07
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Were you able to download DBC 1.2 through your order history? So do you now have enhanced? If so, there are a series of functions that can be used with WINMM.dll . This applies to avi animations as well.

Though my brain is a bit cloudy at the moment you can get a pretty good estimate of the the length in seconds of a wave file by:
file size / samples per sec x (bit depth/8) x channels

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TDK
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2008 06:10
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To be honest, as DB is designed for making games rather than applications, these sorts of things are not well supported.

As Latch says, your best option would be to do it via dll.

I personally wouldn't bother at all...

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TheComet
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Posted: 27th Mar 2008 00:22
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Can you recommend a dll?

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Benjamin
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Divide the number of samples by the frequency to get the length in seconds:



You could possibly estimate the current position in the song, just by keeping track of when it started. As for fast forwarding, it's not possible natively.

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TheComet
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Posted: 29th Mar 2008 20:16
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@Benjamin

Thanks, I`ll try that once I installed v1.2, and let you know if it works.

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