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JohnG Ex Member

Problems using PSound May 7th, 2005, 2:10pm   I'm trying ot use PSound, to avoid having to make users download JSyn to use an applet, as all I want to do is have some sound effects play every now and then, unfortunately, trying to use it gives me this error: Code: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported control type: Master Gain java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported control type: Master Gain at com.sun.media.sound.AbstractLine.getControl(Unknown Source) That's from just using: Code: PSound gun; ... gun=loadSound("shotgun.wav"); ... gun.play();

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Problems using PSound Reply #1 - May 7th, 2005, 4:16pm   are you using java 1.5? that might cause the problem. also, try re-saving the .wav file as a different type of wav file (different sample rate, uncompressed, whatever) and see if that fixes it. it seems that java doesn't like to play some .wav files.

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Problems using PSound Reply #2 - May 7th, 2005, 4:20pm   also, the gain control is only needed if you're oging to set the volume, so rather than having your sketch die, i've just fixed it so that it can still run, it's just that you won't be able to use volume on it (until we figure out what's up).

JohnG Ex Member	Re: Problems using PSound Reply #3 - May 7th, 2005, 8:08pm   I'd already had a problem with the WAV type, and had worked out to convvert it, that was the second error. I think I probbaly ma using java 1.5 this time, because I wanted 87 withotu waiting for a whole new JVM to download . I'll have a fiddle and see if I can use the Java direcotry from a different processing..

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Problems using PSound Reply #4 - May 8th, 2005, 4:22pm   try giving it a shot with 88, which has the fix/workaround.