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From: Ivo Wubbels <wubbels@worldaccess.nl>
Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.programming.sound
Subject: Looping large (>300KB) samples
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 09:31:38 +0100
Organization: Engine Software
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I still am not able to loop a sample.

 - I use AIFF2VAG (version 2.1) to convert the sample (-L option,
 samplecount=multiple of 28)
 - Group them with the TIM-tool (or by .DEF file only)
 - Play them using the following code
 void InitBGSoundbank(unsigned char *VHAdr,unsigned char *VBAdr)
 {
   bgVABId=SsVabTransfer(VHAdr,VBAdr,-1,1);
   SsSetMVol(127,127);
 }
 void PlayBG()
 {
   bgVoice=SsUtKeyOn(bgVABId,0,0,45,0,127,127);
 }

 When my sample ends, it loops into another sample??? Very strange... I
 first thought it might be a problem in the TIMtool, so I used a copy of
 your .DEF file (sound example). That did not help, the sample wouldn't
 loop correctly. I noticed you converted the samples using the -L option
 alltough their samplesize wasn't dividable by 28. Do those samples
 loop??? I didn't try.

 Maybe anybody does have some examples of samples that loop, or maybe  
you're using updated tools? Hope you're able to help,


thanks
Ivo