[directmusic] Re: downloading problems again
- From: "Todor Fay" <todor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 21:17:44 -0800
This makes sense. Even though the Unload call is immediate, the freeing
of the wave memory can be asynchronous if anything is still playing. Any
waves that are still in use will wait until they stop before unloading.
This makes for a glitch free performance, but it means that memory can
be lingering in use when you think it is free.
Todor
-----Original Message-----
From: directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Morgan
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 12:55 PM
To: directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [directmusic] Re: downloading problems again
I got it working, I had to cut off my strings that were playing on beat
4 of
the last measure of the intro. I put a call to unload and download
there
and a call to play on measure 9 beat 1, so there's a quater note rest
before
the normal music starts.
-Scott Morgan
http://Morganstudios.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Morgan" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 2:25 PM
Subject: [directmusic] downloading problems again
> Hey,
>
> Should I expect this to work?
>
> sub PlayGroove1
> Groove1Intro.stop
> Groove1Intro.UnloadSoundData (about 10 MB)
> Groove1.DownloadSoundData (about 9MB)
> Groove1.play
> end sub
>
> On slower systems it plays nothing most of the time while on faster
systems it usually plays. I'm unloading about 10 MB and loading about 9
MB.
Its failing consistently on my AMD 800 w/XP Pro, while my AMD 1G
w/W2kSP3
plays it fine most of the time. When it fails, a second call to
Groove1play
a moment later (through a DMDemo button) always works.
>
> Before this I have been making sure there is time between my calls to
download, unload, and play. Then I found the above routine was working
so I
started doing it that way. oops :)
>
> It woulld be nice if it was reliable because the workaround is to play
some music that has only common instruments and try to unload an
download
during that segment. Unfortunately I didn't write the music that way
this
time.
>
> -Scott Morgan
> http://Morganstudios.com
>
>
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