I believe I solved my issue and wanted to post an update to all those that come across this thread. Previously I thought I had read somewhere that the sound files needed to be .WAV files, and so that is what I was using. I wrote an app yesterday "SchottGunn" and decided to go with using the SoundPool class to play the sounds. I was encountering the same issues with some sounds not loading and the occasional hang up.
So for shits and giggles I decided to convert the sound files to .OGG, which not only saved some space, but the sounds now load 100% of the time and I have had no issues with the app crashing or hanging up. So thanks for all the input and I hope this information can help somebody else out. Regards, ~clark On Feb 26, 2:38 pm, burton miller <[email protected]> wrote: > i usesoundpoolheavily - and i have found that using a combination > ofo mediaplayer - for one-shot, non-looping sounds, andsoundpoolonly > for sounds that need to vary in pitch and volume on the fly is working > pretty well. if i didn't need to vary my sounds on the fly, then i > would use only mediaplayer. > > i still don't dare stop or pause - i set the volume to zero when the > sound is not in use, and restartsoundpoolat various strategic > points. egregious hacks to be sure, but not much choice right now. > > i can't wait for cupcake:) > > On Feb 26, 12:40 pm, Jon Colverson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Feb 26, 6:04 pm, clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > SoundPoolhas been reliable for me, and I've not had any reports of > > > > crashes. What are you using for the maxStreams constructor argument? > > > > I originally started out by using 20 for the maxStreams argument, > > > although I only have two wav files to load into the pool at this > > > time. I was just planning for future use. > > > Are you playing back the sounds multiple times simultaneously? > > maxStreams refers to the number of streams that can be playing > > concurrently, not the number of different sounds loaded. > > > -- > > Jon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
