Can't seem to use wildcard to play a sound

[Ninjadoodle]

Hi Guys

 

I've been testing my game across different browsers and noticed that it doesn't load in Firefox. The reason being that Firefox doesn't load M4A sounds.

 

I'm a little lost as what sound format(s) I should be using for cross compatibility across browsers/devices.

 

Also, do I have to load all the different formats in my assets.js?

 

How do I play a sound inside a game so it chooses the right format for the device/browser?

 

Is the some sort of wildcard setting, so you can for example say -> play jump.* vs play jump.m4a

 

Thank you heaps for any help

[Stephan]

Yes, you can use wildcard like you mentioned:

 

play jump.* vs play jump.m4a

 

Just make sure that you have all required different sound formats included in your media folder and it works fine.

[alex_h]

I'm a little lost as what sound format(s) I should be using for cross compatibility across browsers/devices.

 

For my games I have all my sounds in two formats - .ogg as the preferred type and .m4a as the fallback for when .ogg is not supported.

In my experience this has been the combination that gives best coverage of browsers & devices.

[Ninjadoodle]

Thank you heaps for the help guys!

 

I saved all my files as ogg and m4a, the tried using -> game.audio.playMusic('audio/themeMusic.*', false);

 

... but I can't get it working

 

Every time I try using the wildcard, I get this error ...

 

TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'this.sources[name].audio')

 

Any idea what the problem could be?

 

Thank you again!

[Ninjadoodle]

Hi guys

 

I managed to get this working by using this approach:

 

In my assets.js file, I load the sounds (m4a & ogg) and give them both the same 'tag' ...

 

game.addAudio('audio/theme.m4a', 'theme');

game.addAudio('audio/theme.ogg', 'theme');

 

then in the game I use the sounds 'tag' to play it ...

 

game.audio.playMusic('theme');

 

This works well, so I guess I don't need to use the .* wildcard. I would still be interested to know how it's used and what the correct syntax is.

 

Thank you!

[Stephan]

This code fragment (from panda fiddler) does the job:

game.module(    'game.main').require(    'engine.core').body(function(){        game.addAudio('sound/clear.*', 'clear');    //In the media folder there are two versions of the sound file:    //clear.m4a (web/iOS)    //clear.ogg (android devices)    //Panda chooses the right soundfile automatically as a result of the asterix        game.createScene('Main', {        backgroundColor: "#ffffff",        init: function() {            //add text            var text = new game.Text("Click canvas to play a sound", { font: '30px wallfont' });            this.stage.addChild(text);          },                  click: function(e) {             game.audio.playSound("clear", false);         }    });});

[Ninjadoodle]

Hi @Stephan

 

Thank you! I get it now I was trying to play the sound using a wildcard. Instead, I should be loading the sods using a wildcard, then playing the sound using the tag.

 

I will give it a go now ...

 

Thank you!