[squeakland] File error on open and sound reverb problem again

Steve Thomas sthomas1 at gosargon.com
Sat Nov 12 01:08:07 EST 2011


Bert,

Made a nice video on debugging a script
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tj1-MFIZBk>which is nice to get started.

He also gave a talk at squeakfest 2010 on developing in Etoys, I'll see if
I can find a copy and post it.

Stephen

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Karl,
>
> I went digging a bit in the World Menu and could not figure out where
> to find the SoundPlayer class script text you described to comment
> out. I unchecked eToyFriendly in the preferences in an attempt to
> activate developer mode, but am still lost. I'd love a hint or two.
> Unchecking that parameter also burst forth a bunch of buttons to set
> default and personal preferences.
>
> If I should be posting in the newbie list, let me know.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 6:32 PM, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm not sure what Halo changes Steve suggest...
> > Fix is quite easy if you know your way around the Etoys system.
> > Just comment out the SoundPlayer initialize in the class method, see
> below.
> > A change set with this fix can be attached to the project.
> >
> > Karl
> >
> >
> > SoundPlayer class>>startUpWithSound:
> >  startUpWithSound: aSound
> >       "Start up the player process."
> >
> > +       "SoundPlayer initialize."
> > -       SoundPlayer initialize.
> >       SoundPlayer
> >               startPlayerProcessBufferSize: (BufferMSecs *
> > SamplingRate) // 1000
> >               rate: SamplingRate
> >               stereo: Stereo
> >               sound: aSound.
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Karl,
> >>
> >> Good to hear of the fix. If reverb is turned off in 4.2, or if I
> >> change it in the world Halo as Steve suggests, should we expert that
> >> the setting will be honored on prior versions--even if the file is
> >> changed and resaved?
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 2:20 AM, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> I fixed an issue with reverb i that is included in Etoys 4.2.
> >>> SoundPlayer initializes everytime it is started and the reverb is set
> >>> to true every time.
> >>>
> >>> Karl
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 5:51 AM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> The Lubuto Library Project to develop 700 Etoys lessons in Zambia is
> >>>> finally nearing completion after a year of work by teachers and
> >>>> students in Lusaka. There are 100 lessons in 7 Zambian languages plus
> >>>> 700 sound files that have to be associated with a button in the files.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now we have have enlisted a group of Washington, D.C.-area volunteers
> >>>> from the Special Libraries Association to help with a final finishing
> >>>> pass at the files.
> >>>>
> >>>> Though all the files were authored on OLPC XO laptops in Sugar using
> >>>> Etoys 3.x, we wish to do the final production on Etoys 4.1 on Mac and
> >>>> PC depending on what the volunteer has. The finished files need to
> >>>> open and function properly on Etoys 3.x and 4.x on all platforms.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have some initial questions regarding some problems working with the
> >>>> files across different versions of  Etoys.
> >>>>
> >>>> 1) When I double-click to open the files from Zambia on Etoys 4.1 Mac,
> >>>> I get an error message that prevents the file from loading and makes
> >>>> it impossible to close Etoys without a force quit. I have seen this
> >>>> error before when I open older project files on new builds of Etoys on
> >>>> the XO. On Eotys 4.1 Mac, I can open the file from with Etoys. Here is
> >>>> a screen shot:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/6265581802/in/photostream
> >>>>
> >>>> And here is a sample file on Dropbox:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16590498/Citonga%201%20Afabeti%201.003.pr
> >>>>
> >>>> 2) The sound reverb problem persists. Opening up the Etoys 4.1 Score
> >>>> Player in the files authored in Etoys 3.x and clicking the Disable
> >>>> Reverb button doesn't work.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks in advance to whomever can provide some guidance.
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike
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> >>>>
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> >>
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