[Opensim-users] A question for the sound

Thu Nov 8 19:46:09 UTC 2012

Sort of off the thread topic, but yes, Firestorm has added Opensim support
and a grid manager.  See
http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/preferences_opensim_tab?s[]=opensim for
details.  :)

- Chris/Fleep

Chris M. Collins (SL/OS: Fleep Tuque)
Center for Simulations & Virtual Environments Research (UCSIM)
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On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 2:31 PM, InuYasha Meiji <inuyasha.meiji at gmail.com>wrote:

> I run and test my Opensim 56 region grid on a Windows 7 64 bit machine and
> have both Firestorm and Imprudence installed.  As it turns out I have no
> problems with sound except using a script to upload many 10 second clips in
> a row to play an entire song on an instrument.  As far as hearing it, I do
> find it is making sounds lower then usual and they have to be turned up.
>  While Firestorm's recent viewer/client works fine, Imprudence don't seem
> to work properly for me.
>
> To me this is an Imprudence isue, so I stick to Firestorm.
>
> Good luck and hope the team there don't get disapointed and keep up the
> good work.  Not sure Firestorm with add any form of Grid list editor yet.
>
> InuYasha.
>
>
>
> On 11/8/2012 2:17 PM, xristina volioti wrote:
>
>>
>> Ok I tested what you've said.. I have the same preferences to both
>> computers and the result is that I can hear the sounds in laptop with XP
>> but I still cannot hear the sounds in laptop with Windows 7. Also a friend
>> of mine tested it to his computer (Windows 7, 64-bit) and he can't hear any
>> sound. Do you know if it runs to the Windows 7, 64-bit?
>> Also when I log in, a menu pops up with this "Your system contains a
>> graphic card that is unknown to us at this time." Do you know if this is
>> the problem?
>>
>> Thank you for your useful help!!
>> Best regards,
>> Christina
>>
>>
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>> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 04:50:07 -0800
>> From: wade.schuette at gmail.com
>> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] A question for the sound
>>
>> Christina,
>>
>> You may have several different problems.
>>
>> First, there is no "standard" volume for uploaded files.  I even have
>> problems with some normal mp3's in iTunes
>>
>>  You may need to increase the volume of your sounds and reload them.
>>  Most people I know use a wonderful free product called Audacity to do that
>> sort of tweaking.  I've had to increase volume of files many times.
>> http://audacity.sourceforge.**net/ <http://audacity.sourceforge.net/>
>>
>> (side note - If you ever want to use audacity to make mp3 files, you also
>> need a separate download it tells you about.)
>> If you get to that point, it's easy to use audacity to really boost the
>> volume of your clips and see if that helps.
>>
>> So, one question I'd ask is whether you can hear OTHER sounds, and
>> whether other people can hear the sounds YOU uploaded.   Both of those
>> tests can help pin down whether the problems are at the server end or the
>> client end, or both.
>>
>> First test any YouTube video with soft music to be sure your local
>> machine volume is working properly on both clients.
>> The Moonlight Sonata is a good test. I like this version:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=O6txOvK-mAk<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6txOvK-mAk>
>>
>> It's remarkably easy to inadvertently alter or even mute the local
>> machine's volume control.   Even when you have it set correctly,
>>  ill-behaved products such as Skype can change your volume and leave it
>> changed when you exit them.
>> Microsoft operating systems have a number of hidden ways they try to be
>> "helpful" that interfere with sound in non-obvious ways, both output and
>> mike-input.
>>
>> Make sure you shove EVERY slider on your audio preferences panel to the
>> far right for testing this sort of thing, to eliminate that as a
>> confounding problem.
>>
>> The script commands PLAY and LOOP, or whatever they are,  both have their
>> own volume option -- make sure it's set to the maximum. (1.0 ?? I forget
>> right now.)
>>
>> Summary:
>>       (1)  test to see if you can hear the Moonlight Sonata equally loud
>> on each computer.   If not, investigate and fix
>>             the issues that have nothing to do with your clip or OpenSim.
>>  Don't forget to look for muted output and
>>             unplugged cables.
>>
>>       (2)  See if other people can hear your clips in OpenSim.  If they
>> can, and you can't, the problem is not with the
>>             clips but with some other settings on your own preferences.
>>
>>       (3)  Confirm you can hear sounds in general and other clips that
>> other people can hear in OpenSim.  If not,
>>             you still have preferences set wrong, probably, on both
>> computers.
>>
>>       (4)  If you and everyone still think your clips are too soft,   try
>> boosting their volume in Audacity and
>>              re-uploading them.
>>
>>        (5)  If none of that works,  post again here. I'll be curious to
>> know where the problems were.
>>
>>
>> On 11/8/12 12:24 AM, xristina volioti wrote:
>>
>>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     I would like to inform you that I have a problem with the sound.
>>     We have updated the server to the latest version and I'm running
>>     the OpenSim to 2 laptops (one is XP 32-bit and the other Windows 7
>>     64-bit).  In the XP I can only play soundslocally or in world and
>>
>>     not at all in a scipt. From the other laptop I cannot hear at all
>>     the sounds that I have uploaded. I have exactly the same
>>     preferences in Audio and Video. I'm new in OpenSim, so I would
>>     like to ask you what I have to do in order to fix it and hear
>>     properly every sound.
>>
>>     Thank you in advance.
>>
>>     With regards,
>>     Christina
>>
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