Music loop small gap!

[Ozden79]

Hello There,

I loop a 30-40 seconds of music in my game and I see a small, like half a second, of gap exactly when the music finishes and starts again. I think this occurs while the music play engine rewinds back to the music start to replay it. What I want to ask whether this is something that can be fixed or should I make the arrangement in musics so they always have a gap in their end so this delay is not noticable?

Thanks,

Özden

[Kitty Hello]

hm. Even on the iPhone?
I might check if I can loop the music in a separate thread...

[Ozden79]

I didn't check on IPhone, yet and will let you know once I test it.

[Kuron]

Does this happen if the music is in WAV format when you load and loop it?

[Hemlos]

Thread linked: How to loop alot of sounds perfectly.

[Ozden79]

Sorry that I still didn't test it on IPhone. This happens when I use PLAYMUSIC, as I use mp3 files as music.

I'll again post the results on IPhone when I test it.

[Ozden79]

Sorry for that long delay...

In IPhone, though a bit better, it still makes a slight gap and not a soft continuous play...

[KermEd]

@Ozden79 > I used to work as an audio engineer.  Most people don't know this but standardized MP3 compression tools and libraries these days almost always add a tiny delay to the start of a song. 

I first noticed this when I was developing using MP3 Codec.  If you an audio-tool with loop capabilities (CoolEdit for example) you'll notice the gap exists in the audio software as well.

If possible I would replace it with a small looping .WAV file to see if its specifically the .MP3 format that causes the issue.

-Ed

[Ozden79]

Hello Ed,

Thanks for the point, I did a quick test on PC with the "wav" and it still is the same. I think it's more related with how music files are played and probably buffering is not done on looping position, between end and start. I can live as it's now but it would be perfect if this would be working as expected.

Thanks,

Özden

[KermEd]

Hi Ozden,

Yeah that sounds like its the compiler for sure then IMO.  It was worth a shot - I think your right about the buffering it makes sense.

[kaotiklabs]

Any solution for this problem?

I have just tried looping with playmusic now on iPhone and the still problem persist.
any hint?