Suggestion: Add lightweight alternative for Windows users experiencing the no sound issue

[bashenk]

Essentially, here's a VBS script embedded in a batch script, which can be saved as a .bat file, placed anywhere, and then used as the direct path for the audio player. E.g.

PlayWav.bat

@if (@X)==(@Y) @end /* JScript comment
@cscript //E:JScript //nologo "%~f0" %* & @goto :EOF
@if (@X)==(@Y) @end JScript comment */
if (WScript.Arguments.Length==0) {
  WScript.Quit(0);
}
var file = WScript.Arguments.Item(0);
var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
if (!fso.FileExists(file)) {
  WScript.Quit(1);
}
var player = new ActiveXObject("WMPlayer.OCX");
player.URL = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(file);
player.controls.play();
while (player.playState != 1) {
  WScript.Sleep(100);
}
player.close();

The only "requirement" is Windows Media Player (which can be installed natively via optionalfeatures.exe if it's not installed already). I tried using Sound API instead, but unfortunately that didn't work for me because of an error about it only supporting PCM wave files. Certainly there's other ways this could be done, but I didn't want to install or rely on any third-party dependencies.

[mvf]

Thanks for the suggestion! I'm all for making things more compatible, especially on Windows. Just for my understanding, this was on qolibri 2.1.4, right? The internal audio player has since been rewritten and should be working now. I only tested with .wav and .mp3 though.

If you'd like to test with qolibri-HEAD.zip, it would be much appreciated.

[bashenk]

Indeed, this was on qolibri 2.1.4. However, glad to hear it's been updated! I just tested using the file you sent and that seems to be working natively.

[mvf]

Thanks for testing, glad it's working for you. I'mma go ahead and close this. Nice to have this as a "Plan B" though, in case issues arise with the built-in player, so thanks again!