Re: [pygame] Poor sound

[Bo Jangeborg <bo@softwave.se>]

R. Alan Monroe wrote:

> > R. Alan Monroe wrote:
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> > > > The reason I tried the pre_init was because of the spikes and another
> > > > sound that got badly distorted at least that other sound is ok after 
> > > > pre_init.. My guess is that there is a problem with SDL, because I get 
> > > > the same spikes every time, so its unlikly to be a trouble with interrupts.
> > > >        
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> > > Maybe you could capture the spdif out on a second computer and look at
> > > the resulting wave file in a sound editor to see if it's clipping.
> > >      
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> > What good would that do ? I know there is nothing wrong with the sound
> > file since I can play it with a good
> > quality using other programs.
> >    
> Because you'd be looking at the post-mixer soundfile, not the
> original. You could compare them to see the nature of the damage.
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Sorry  if  I sounded bit snide. Your suggestion was a good one , but the 
issue has been resolved as you have seen from the other mails.
When loading a sound file we should be able to see what settings it may 
need and print a warning, it would help newbies like
me from assuming that the mixer is doing things poorly. I can imagine a 
few people stoping at that point.

Bo)