Music and sound

[kolyamatic]

On my journey through EGSL, I was now about to add music/sound.
I know the possible file formats for images (see docu), but are there limitations on music/sound regarding the format?
If so, which are supported?
If not so, how do I load a .midi?

[Cybermonkey]

MIDI files are supported but only as music, not as sounds. So do a:

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mymusic = loadmusic ("mymidi.midi")
playmusic (mymusic, 100, -1)
The second paramter of playmusic is the volume, the third the loop. Use -1 for looping forever. Use 0 to play it once, 1 to play it twice ...

[kolyamatic]

Well, I looked it up in the docu and wrote some kind which was nearly 1:1 yours. (I added "local" before the variable, is that a mistake in this case?)
But there was one difference though: I had a path including two additional folders - and I got the "Can not open music/sound file." error. So I guess it might be that?
Looking forward for future responses.

[Cybermonkey]

Please post your code for further help.

[kolyamatic]

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openwindow(640,480,32,"GoF")

local AmparoRoca = loadmusic("data/music/AmparoRoca.midi")
playmusic(AmparoRoca,100,0)

inkey()
closewindow()

I triple-checked possible spelling mistakes with the file's name. The path does also exist.
Furthermore I tried leaving out the "local" - no changes.

[Cybermonkey]

Is it really ".midi"? My midi files have only ".mid" as an extension.

[kolyamatic]

It says .midi, yes.
Though I tried with .mid - and it works. And it is so loud... but I think that's the fault of my computer/headset/ears.

Anyway, thanks for the help.