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Sane · Aug 3rd, 2005, 10:38 AM

There must be some way to make it load sounds other then wav format? Am I missing something? Wav is terrible, the game music folder has already reached over 200 some megabytes. :mad:

Dietrich · Aug 3rd, 2005, 12:03 PM

You can zip them and load'em zipped. Python is all set up for that!

Sane · Aug 3rd, 2005, 12:05 PM

Zipping Wavs does absolutely nothing. I'll zip battle_2.wav, which is 31.8 megs ... now it is 28 megs. That's only a %12 reduction.

The ideal solution would be if Pygame reads MIDI, please to god make it so! That would change it from 31.8 megs to 0.068 megs. That's a %99.8 reduction!!!! :eek:

I can't continue on if it reads WAV. Because we are about a quarter done the music. That means we won't even be able to put the game on a CD, besides hoping people won't bother waiting the extremely long loading and installation times.

SUCCESS!

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import os, pygame
pygame.mixer.init()

os.chdir('c:/documents and settings/owner/my documents/finale/')
print os.listdir('')

pygame.mixer.music.load('boss_1.mid')
pygame.mixer.music.play()

WOOT

Arevos · Oct 28th, 2005, 1:12 PM

Perhaps you could tie PyMedia into your program and use Oggs or MP3s?

Sane · Oct 28th, 2005, 4:48 PM

Errr look at my code, Mp3s and MIDIs all work.

Arevos · Oct 28th, 2005, 5:24 PM

Really? Now that's interesting. I didn't know pygame could handle MP3s natively.

Dietrich · Oct 29th, 2005, 9:36 PM

Trouble in Paradise!
PyGame 1.7.1 on Windows does not handle .mid or .mp3 files, it tells me something about the latest PyGame version shipping an old SDL_mixer.dll, at least for Windows!

Aug 3rd, 2005, 10:38 AM	#1
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 1,869 Rep Power: 5	Pygame Load Sound There must be some way to make it load sounds other then wav format? Am I missing something? Wav is terrible, the game music folder has already reached over 200 some megabytes. :mad:

Aug 3rd, 2005, 12:03 PM	#2
Dietrich Professional Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 434 Rep Power: 4	You can zip them and load'em zipped. Python is all set up for that! __________________ I looked it up on the Intergnats!

Aug 3rd, 2005, 12:05 PM	#3
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 1,869 Rep Power: 5	Zipping Wavs does absolutely nothing. I'll zip battle_2.wav, which is 31.8 megs ... now it is 28 megs. That's only a %12 reduction. The ideal solution would be if Pygame reads MIDI, please to god make it so! That would change it from 31.8 megs to 0.068 megs. That's a %99.8 reduction!!!! :eek: I can't continue on if it reads WAV. Because we are about a quarter done the music. That means we won't even be able to put the game on a CD, besides hoping people won't bother waiting the extremely long loading and installation times. SUCCESS! (Toggle Plain Text) import os, pygame pygame.mixer.init() os.chdir('c:/documents and settings/owner/my documents/finale/') print os.listdir('') pygame.mixer.music.load('boss_1.mid') pygame.mixer.music.play() import os, pygame pygame.mixer.init() os.chdir('c:/documents and settings/owner/my documents/finale/') print os.listdir('') pygame.mixer.music.load('boss_1.mid') pygame.mixer.music.play() WOOT Last edited by Pizentios; Aug 3rd, 2005 at 4:13 PM.

Oct 29th, 2005, 9:36 PM	#7
Dietrich Professional Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 434 Rep Power: 4	Trouble in Paradise! PyGame 1.7.1 on Windows does not handle .mid or .mp3 files, it tells me something about the latest PyGame version shipping an old SDL_mixer.dll, at least for Windows! __________________ I looked it up on the Intergnats!

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Oct 28th, 2005, 1:12 PM	#4
Arevos Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,499 Rep Power: 5	Perhaps you could tie PyMedia into your program and use Oggs or MP3s?

Oct 28th, 2005, 4:48 PM	#5
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 1,869 Rep Power: 5	Errr look at my code, Mp3s and MIDIs all work.

Oct 28th, 2005, 5:24 PM	#6
Arevos Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,499 Rep Power: 5	Really? Now that's interesting. I didn't know pygame could handle MP3s natively.

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