Token STATE_AUDIOPOS always returning 0

[kourou]

Hi guys,
first : VA 1.7.2 (steam powered) / Audio Output Type = Windows Media Components / system: windows 10

This is my command 'pause' to get the STATE_AUDIOPOS of my sound before cuting it with a kill command  (( VA_music )) :

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Write [Blue] '{TXT:Musique_en_cours}' to log
Set Text [Musique_Position] to '{STATE_AUDIOPOS:Musique_en_cours}'
Write [Blue] '{STATE_AUDIOPOS:Musique_en_cours}' to log
Set decimal [Musique_Position] value to the converted value of {STATE_AUDIOPOS:Musique_en_cours}
Write [blue] '{DEC:Musique_Position}' to log
kill command, '((VA_music))'

And this is the logs of this command :

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16:50:44 - Stopped command, '(( VA_music ))'
16:50:44 - 0
16:50:44 - 0
16:50:44 - C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\VoiceAttack\Sounds\FANNY\Musiques\Liste_des_musique\Musiques_electro\Daft Punk - Instant Crush.mp3
16:50:44 - Recognized : 'pause' (Confidence 98)
16:49:34 - Recognized : 'musique electro' (Confidence 98)

As you can see I let the sound playing more than 1 minute, I even tried more, to exclude queuing problems from the equation. The token STATE_AUDIOPOS always returns a 0.
Did I miss something in my logic ?

[Gary]

Have you tried this with Integrated Components enabled?  Options > Audio > Audio output type

Wondering if there's something going on there.

[kourou]

Yes same result.

[Gary]

Do you get the same result if you don't kill the command?  Wondering if it is getting killed before the process of getting the audio position is able to complete.

[kourou]

yes I've just tried some minutes ago, nothing have changed, always 0

[kourou]

I just tried this simple command to replace the (( VA_music )) and still not working  :

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Play sound '{VA_SOUNDS}\FANNY\Musiques\Liste_des_musique\Musiques_electro\Daft Punk - Instant Crush.mp3'
Set Text [Musique_en_cours] to 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\VoiceAttack\Sounds\FANNY\Musiques\Liste_des_musique\Musiques_electro\Daft Punk - Instant Crush.mp3'
and command 'pause' without the stop command

[Gary]

Ok, I see what's up.  When the integrated audio code was added, the path was not set up to compare all lower case (bad, bad programmer).  Try this as a workaround - For the playback audio path, put this in:

{TXTLOWER:Musique_en_cours}

instead of {TXT:Musique_en_cours}


The lower case issue has been fixed and will be out in the next release.  However, when I do this with Windows Media components, I'm not able to reproduce the problem and I'm able to get the position each time (no code change).

[Gary]

Sorry... I thought you were using a variable to play the music.

You'll want to set text variable Musique_en_cours to whatever your file path is:
{VA_SOUNDS}\FANNY\Musiques\Liste_des_musique\Musiques_electro\Daft Punk - Instant Crush.mp3


Then, use that variable as part of a token in your play a sound path:

{TXTLOWER:Musique_en_cours}    <---note that its TXTLOWER and not just TXT as a workaround

[kourou]

works fine with my simple command that ive made to replace (( VA_music )). But not with (( VA_music )) cuz I have a play random sound from directory in it. I tried to lower case manually my mp3 files but the issue persist

[Gary]

Yeah... you're going to have to post the portion of your profile that is having problems as it seems like there are a lot things that are going on and it's difficult to assess at which point you are having the disconnect.  If you do post the portion of your profile, make sure to include the steps to reproduce the problem, as well as what you expect to see at each step versus what you are experiencing.  That way it's easier to isolate the issue.

[kourou]

Ok I'll make a profile with this commands, just a few minutes to export and translate all of this. 

[kourou]

See the profile attached.
so I have directories named music_electro, music_jazz, music_rap etc... where the player has to place his musics.
and with the command 'electro music', i.e, VA open the directory music_electro and play random sound in it until the command stop or pause. So I can't retrieve the position when I play the sound with 'play random sound from directory'.
PS: I tried to translate even the variables and paths for more understanding, I hope that i didn't miss some of them

[Gary]

I think I've isolated what is going on in your case.  There's some special handling in regards to threading when it comes to Windows Media component interaction, and that's why {STATE_AUDIOPOS} is not working when using them (it's actually an odd combination of things all coming together nicely to make what you are trying to do not work right).  Some of that code was copied directly over and is being used by the Integrated components unnecessarily.  Getting Integrated components up and working properly was just one line to change.  I will do some further testing and get a build out to at least get you going (hopefully tomorrow).  For Windows Media, I'm going to need to do a fair amount of work to provide that info (Windows Media components are rather tricky when accessing cross-thread).

Also, I noticed when I, 'play' after, 'pause' the volume is set to 100%.  There's some new stuff in the current beta in regards to variable volume that is going to carry over into random sounds in the next beta (just a heads up).

Thanks for helping out!

[kourou]

yes I noticed the 'play' after 'pause' sound, I forgot to reduce it in the command (( VA_music )) in 'Play sound '{TXT:music_actually_played}' (and wait until it completes)

thank you to you 

[Gary]

I have uploaded a build to the, 'unofficial Steam' bin if you want to take it for a spin:
http://www.voiceattack.com/steamunofficial

Just replace the voiceattack.exe in your Steam installation folder with that one.  You should keep a copy of your original voiceattack.exe in case you want to roll back quickly.

Let me know if you decide to do this and if it works as expected.  Otherwise, this will be out in the next beta (no ETA on that, unfortunately.  It *may* be soon, but I'm not sure how soon that would be).

[kourou]

the unofficial works fine, really great in both integrated components and windows media components .

just FI: In the official VA1.7.2, I noticed that with integrated components, the sound stop when another command (with the option " this completes all athor currently-playing sound " unchecked of course) play sound,
this Issue don't exist anymore in the VA1.7.12 you sent to me. So it's OK.   

[Gary]

Was the option, 'Wait until sound completes' (or whatever) checked when this would occur?  That's where I made the update for integrated components.

[kourou]

yes it was for the first sound played and then stoped by another "play sound"

[Gary]

Yeah... the way that sounds are handled when, 'wait until sound completes' is checked is different than when it is not checked.  Integrated components was updated in that regard, so, that would make sense.  Glad it's working (I have no idea what's going on lol).