[gcompris-devel] sound (further)

Fri Feb 7 05:26:03 UTC 2003

Ok, no problem...

And now for the good news: my brother owns a small recording studio 

( http://www.deepbluesound.co.uk - in Plymouth, which is probably nearer to
the French members of the list than to me...) 

and has just agreed to make all the English sounds required (using his 5
year old daughter as the voice!). 

If we can put together a list of all the English sounds he'll get them done
in the next couple of weeks!

We could probably persuade him to redo other languages if that was wanted.

I'm aware of the ones Pascal has pointed out in relation to "Click on a
Letter". Are there any others?

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruno Coudoin
To: gcompris-devel list
Cc: Chris Puttick
Sent: 2/7/03 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [gcompris-devel] sound (further)

Chris, I got the answer, the person that proposed herself to do the job
is no more available.

Chris, Please, provide us a good english support in gcompris ;)

Bruno.

Le jeu 06/02/2003 à 20:27, pgeorges a écrit :
> The sounds to record are in the directories gcompris/boards/sounds/XX
, 
> where XX represents a specific language. I think french and spanish
are 
> the most complete.
> In gcompris/boards/sounds/HOWTO_ENCODE, you will find a small help.
> 
> Pascal
> 
> Chris Puttick wrote:
> > Volunteers are not a problem - let me know what sounds/file names
are needed
> > and we'll get it done.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pgeorges
> > To: Chris Puttick
> > Sent: 2/5/03 5:34 PM
> > Subject: Re: [gcompris-devel] sound (further)
> > 
> > Yes. Not all languages are recorded yet. It depends mainly of
> > volunteers.
> > 
> > Chris Puttick wrote:
> > 
> >>And is it just a matter of having the sounds recorded?
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: pgeorges
> >>To: Chris Puttick
> >>Sent: 2/4/03 5:12 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [gcompris-devel] sound (further)
> >>
> >>If you have a look at the file click_on_letter.xml.in, you'll notice
> > 
> > it 
> > 
> >>contains :
> >>mandatory_sound_file="click_on_letter.ogg"
> >>
> >>If, for your current locale setting, this sound file is not present
in
> > 
> > 
> >>the boards/sounds/XXX directory, where XXX is your language, you
can't
> > 
> > 
> >>use the board.
> >>
> >>Chris Puttick wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>The game I'm most interested in is one of yours :-), Click on a
Letter
> >>
> >>- on
> >>
> >>
> >>>the icon for the game it has a small red cross. No language appears
to
> >>
> >>work
> >>
> >>
> >>>and the console is giving "Tell the scheduler to check for new
sounds
> >>
> >>to
> >>
> >>
> >>>play" every time I click on the speaker icon in the game.
> >>>
> >>>Any and all suggestions welcome...
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: pgeorges
> >>>To: Chris Puttick
> >>>Sent: 2/3/03 7:25 PM
> >>>Subject: Re: [gcompris-devel] sound (further)
> >>>
> >>>Many sounds are not translated in all languages. Just have a look
into
> >>
> >>
> >>>the boards/sounds/ directory. When a board needs translated sounds,
it
> >>
> >>
> >>>displays a small speaker with a green check (because I use french,
so 
> >>>all sounds are translated, as it is the native language of
gcompris). 
> >>>Try to change your language to french through the settings window,
and
> >>
> >>
> >>>you should get all sounds. If you find missing sounds for your
> >>
> >>language,
> >>
> >>
> >>>you are welcome to send them to us :-)
> >>>
> >>>Chris Puttick wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Ok, ran some tests from console (SuSE 8.1, gcompris 2 release) on
a
> >>>>"production" box (Maxdata 1000T laptop).
> >>>>
> >>>>Noises in the railroad game function fine! However,all the
"speaking"
> >>>
> >>>games
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>don't work - this seems to be connected to glibc_2.3 being not on
the
> >>>
> >>>system
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>being used - I'll try updating it manually and let you know.
> >>>>
> >>>>Chris
> >>>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: pgeorges
> >>>>To: Chris Puttick; gcompris-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> >>>>Sent: 2/2/03 2:39 PM
> >>>>Subject: Re: [gcompris-devel] sound
> >>>>
> >>>>Maybe this is because you try to run boards with no translated
sounds
> >>>
> > 
> >>>>avalaible (sounds are mandatory for some boards). With current
CVS,
> >>>
> >>>can 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>you tell me if you hear the "Tchouuuuuuuu" sound in the railroad
> >>>
> > board
> > 
> >>>?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>This sound is played when the train starts. If you don't hear the
> >>>
> >>>sound,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>do you get some error messages from the console ?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Sorry, no - more the games that *need* sound don't function -
> >>>>
> >>>>whereever
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>there is a requirement for the game to use sound, it's doesn't
> >>>>
> >>>>function :-(.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Haven't properly investigated it yet, so it may well be something
> >>>>
> > I'm
> > 
> >>>>doing
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>in the hack to get it to work on SuSE.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>>From: pgeorges
> >>>>>To: gcompris-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> >>>>>Sent: 2/1/03 10:15 PM
> >>>>>Subject: Re: [gcompris-devel] sound
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Could you confirm that the sound problems you had are only with
the
> >>>>
> >>>>.wav
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>files of gcompris ?
> >>>>>Those are  :
> >>>>>./share/gcompris/sounds/bonus.wav
> >>>>>./share/gcompris/sounds/gobble.wav
> >>>>>./share/gcompris/sounds/crash.wav
> >>>>>./share/gcompris/sounds/level.wav
> >>>>>(I removed train.wav from CVS, which is now train.ogg).
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I have also had problems with sound within games.
KDE/Windowmaker
> >>>>>
> > on
> > 
> >>>>>SuSE 8
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>& 8.1.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Chris
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>>>From: pgeorges
> >>>>>>To: gcompris-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> >>>>>>Sent: 2/1/03 6:33 PM
> >>>>>>Subject: [gcompris-devel] sound
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>It seems that gcompris_play_sound can't play any sound (/dev/dsp
> >>>>>
> >>busy
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>>error). I use KDE and LM 9.0.
> >>>>>>I changed train.wav to train.ogg and made some changes to
> >>>>>
> >>>soundutil.c,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>which fixed the problem for the railroad board.
> >>>>>>Could anyone confirm that the bug is not due to my configuration
?
> >>>>>>If it is general, I will move all .wav files to .ogg
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Pascal
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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