ChannelPlaying()

Has anyone else had any problems with ChannelPlaying() returning a false value? I can't reproduce my problem with sample code, but in the big project I have an Init_Music() routine that triggers my music_channel (via CueSound and ResumeChannel) and I can immediately confirm that it is playing via ChannelPlaying(music_channel), and I can hear it.

But then I do one pass through the main loop and my Update_Sound() routine returns a FALSE to ChannelPlaying(music_channel) even though I can of course hear it playing.

Been trying to track this problem down for 5 hours and just thought maybe someone else had a suggestion.

Hmm...removing an AllocChannel() in the Init_Music() routine fixed it. Now it reports properly that the channel is playing.

Sorry for the unnecessary post.

Just for future references.. It also could have been that the channel wasn't global or didn't exist in the block that your channelplaying() function was called..

Wait...I still have a weird problem.

What would cause a channel to ignore being stopped via StopChannel()? I create a global Channel, then I play a .ogg through it (Title Music) and a bit later I try to stop the music (after the player selects new game) and it refuses to stop playing.

The code is literally:

Global TitleMusic:TSound = LoadSound("blah")
Global TitleChannel:TChannel = CueSound(TitleMusic)
ResumeChannel (TitleChannel)

...Jump out and do a bunch of menu related stuff here, return when player has decided to start new game...

StopChannel(TitleChannel)   <-- This does not stop the music!

This is one of those !$#@!! days where I spend 8 hours on something that just shouldn't be a problem.

don't do it like that. Do it like this:

Global TitleChannel:TChannel = AllocChannel()
CueSound(TitleMusic, TitleChannel)
ResumeChannel (TitleChannel)
StopChannel(TitleChannel)
TitleChannel = null 'safety to stop you reusing it because StopChannel kills it but doesn't null it.

Thanks very much for the suggestion, Grey. I will convert my sound code over to your format and see if it helps.

Grey-

Cheers- this would resolve an issue I was having with the code I worked on over the weekend :)

:D

lol :-)