12 - Song Interruption
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Play a Song, Any song
What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The song stops 2-4 seconds before completion, This is caused by a play of the "Empty Track" during this time.
What version of the product are you using?
1.20
Do you have an error log of what happened?
I have a screenshot.
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4277/soundtrackki5.jpg
Notice the timestamps between MK's Victory and Empty Track [EG: 12:34:14 and 12:34:17] and then notice the actual Length time of the same song.
Please provide any additional information below.
For some reason, The Empty Track is played near the end of a song.
| User | When | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Lunaqua | Jun 03, 2010 at 23:22 UTC | Changed status from New to Fixed |
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- Jun 03, 2010
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- Jul 09, 2008
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- Fixed - Developer made requested changes. QA should verify.
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- Defect - A shortcoming, fault, or imperfection
- Priority
- Medium - Normal priority.
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Lunaqua Jun 03, 2010 at 23:22 UTC - 0 likesI've changed the behavior so that it should cut out one second before the end of the song.
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squaretex Jan 06, 2010 at 09:15 UTC - 0 likesAfter a long absence from Soundtrack, I just now returned to it. And I must say I'm quite pleased to see that you're keeping it alive. :)
I can confirm Valon's concern about the two seconds missing from the end of a looping track. Option-wise, I have Soundtrack set to loop my music completely, with no time gaps between.
While no lua expert, I investigated the code, and evidence seemed to point to the following line as the culprit (I think it's line #270 in SoundtrackEvents.lua):
Soundtrack.Timers.AddTimer("FadeOut", length - fadeOutTime, startEmptyTrack)
I don't think it quite clicked WHY, however, until I read the other ticket asking about custom fade times. You noted that the fade option was no longer accessible by code.
So I think that's what's going on...Soundtrack was originally written expecting to fade out a track as it reaches its end, and sets a timer accordingly. However, with no actual FadeOut event to trigger anymore, the best it can do is claim that fade time from somewhere else...in this case, the song's actual running time. Thus the abrupt stop.
As a test,I commented out the above line I quoted, and it began behaving as I expected it to. I'm not sure if that's the "HEALTHY" fix to the problem, but as a quick bandage it works just fine. :)
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Lunaqua Dec 28, 2009 at 07:16 UTC - 0 likesWhat is your setting for Maximum Silence under Loop Music?
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ValonSergki Jul 09, 2008 at 19:52 UTC - 0 likesUpdated description
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