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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / MP3's ????

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Evil Noodle
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Posted: 5th Jul 2003 04:54
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Hi,
Ive been playing around with mp3 files and was wondering if theres any way to read the extra details like track duration into dbpro?
Also I have been trying to determine the end of a track by using the music playing() command however it dosnt seem to register and dosnt move on to the next track. It probably me being a dumbass as usual but can anyone help please????



IF MUSIC PLAYING(1)=0 THEN delete music 1:INC choice,1:flag=0
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Shady Simpson
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Posted: 5th Jul 2003 12:02
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well i'm not sure if this would work but give it a try:

if music playing(1)=1
`do something
else
delete music 1 : INC choice,1 : flag=0
endif

hope this helps.

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Fallout
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Posted: 5th Jul 2003 16:03
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music playing() doesnt work, as far as I am aware. Its not you being a dumb ass, it's DB being a twat.

As for reading the header data, you'll probably have to get a technical document from somewhere on how MP3 headers are structured, and then read in the MP3 as a file or memblock if possible, and extract the information yourself.

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Evil Noodle
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Thanks Shady Simpson and Fallout. I Wish i knew it didnt work, ive been pulling my hair out for 2 days now trying to see what ive done wrong , is there any word on if it will be fixed in the next patch? If not is there any alternatives to determining the end of a track? Thanks again

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IanM
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Posted: 5th Jul 2003 16:26
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Package up a simple example program with the MP3 and send it to Lee (lee@darkbasic/com) - If he's already fixed it, he'll tell you. If it's a new bug, he'll tell you ... it may take a couple of days for him to reply.
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Evil Noodle
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will do ,cheers Ian

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Fallout
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Posted: 5th Jul 2003 17:57
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In the mean time, as long as you know the length of the MP3, you could always do something like this:

musiclength = (type in length of music in milliseconds)
play music 1
musicstart = timer()

then elsewhere in your code:

if timer() >= musicstart+musiclength
loop music, or stop music or whatever
endif

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Evil Noodle
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Posted: 5th Jul 2003 18:07 Edited at: 5th Jul 2003 18:10
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I was thinking that ,however the program is an archiver/player so I would like to find out how to read the mp3 properties to auto find the length. thanks for the thought though

Ive sent an email to lee on the subject so I will await his reply :-s

p.s I may be onto something:-

http://www.devhood.com/tutorials/tutorial_details.aspx?tutorial_id=79

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Sly D
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Try here http://www.wotsit.org/search.asp?page=5&s=music
it has information on ALL formats and on that page is MP3 format info.
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spooky
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See this thread on RGT. Apparently fixed in U5. Yipee!

http://www.realgametools.net/forums/index.php?board=18;action=display;threadid=16374

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x-d

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