playWave

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playWave wavefile flags
playWave wavedata flags

The wavefile must be a filename of a .WAV file. The wavedata can be an IntArray or an Int16Array loaded with a correct wave file contents including the header.

The flags describe how the sound should be played.

However this command does not require a true sound card to enjoy.

There is a publicly available driver from Microsoft called SPEAKER(.EXE, .DRV, .ZIP ?) which will emulate the wave file capabilities over the pc speaker.



wavefile(String): The name of .WAV file.

flags(Integer): A flag to indicate how you want the sound played. 

0 = Synchronous does not return until completed.
1 = Asynchronous returns immediately while sound is still playing.
2 = Dont use the default sound if the specified one cannot be found.
4 = In memory sound (automatically set if wavedata is given).
8 = Continue to loop the sound until another sound command is issued.
16 = Dont stop an already playing sound.

Note: these flags can be combined by adding them together.

Under Linux those flags have no meaning at the moment.

Hint: You can write portable sounds if you check the LogoVersion.

Example: 

playwave "c:\\windows\\tada.wav 1+8
playwave [] 0

See also makewav3.lg.

Example:

References:

Wave Sound playWaveFast