GS 8.7= cannot import sound

Dooki

Hey all,

Play sound won't let me access sound files. I click on the arrow to import sound and nothing happens. Anyone els have this problem?

quantumsheep

Have you tried just dragging the file into your project?

QS

QuinnZoneStudios

I just imported some sound the other day.
Make sure you are using the correct file format - m4a for music and ogg for sound effects.
Should work

Dooki

Oooh, never tried dragging in the file. Will try that.
@Mike: I don't even get that far. I click on that "selection" tab and nothing happens. Not drop down menu, nothing.

firemaplegames

What file format did you save the sounds in?

Sound effects need to be in .ogg format and background music needs to be in .m4a format.

Audacity is a good program to create .m4a files and VLC Player will create .ogg files. Both are free programs.

Once you have the files in the correct format, simply drag them into the audio tab, the same process as dragging images into the Images tab.

Once they are are imported, you should be able to select them in the drop-down menu.

gyroscope

To add, the following might be relevant: there's a small glitch in QS that if you've dragged a sound in to the Audio well, then try to access it via a Play Sound/Music Behavior that is already there, it won't see it. You'll have to delete the behavior then make another; only then will it see the sound/s.

:-)