PlaySoundFile() limitations

Trololol · 10-31-12, 12:15 AM

I had an old addon that I have used since Wrath of the Lich King. It still works perfectly fine, however it seems like I can now only play about ~6 sounds at any given time with the function PlaySoundFile. I made a macro that played 3 sound files, and I could only press it twice at a time. This limit as far as I know has only been introduced since Cataclysm.
With developing addons that require more than 6 sounds played at a given time, is there any way this limit can be changed at all?

Dridzt · 10-31-12, 03:55 AM

Sounds more like a sound format problem than a number of sounds problem.

Are all the sounds (I'm assuming it's custom sounds and not game sounds) in the same format?

Trololol · 10-31-12, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by Dridzt

Sounds more like a sound format problem than a number of sounds problem.

Are all the sounds (I'm assuming it's custom sounds and not game sounds) in the same format?

Yes, they're set to MP3. I have also re-encoded them as OGG, but the same issue occurs.

Phanx · 10-31-12, 03:59 PM

I'm not aware of any limitation on the number of sounds that may be played at once, but it would not surprise me at all to learn that there was one. Why on earth do you need to play more than 6 sounds at a time? I can't even imagine why you would need to play more than maybe 2 sounds at a time...

Trololol · 10-31-12, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Phanx

I'm not aware of any limitation on the number of sounds that may be played at once, but it would not surprise me at all to learn that there was one. Why on earth do you need to play more than 6 sounds at a time? I can't even imagine why you would need to play more than maybe 2 sounds at a time...

I was updating a piano addon that I had made/modified myself in WoTLK from the code structure of The Bokenspeil. I had a demo that could be played on the piano to test broadcasting between different players, however after renewing my subscription I found that it now rarely plays any of the keys or input from keys. What I did was modify the mp3 length to 1.2 secs and under (for higher keys), that helps a bit but it still has not solved the issue.
I'm pretty sure I have a video on one of my old HDDs lying around of my piano addon back in WoTLK. If I can find one I'll upload it for comparison purposes.

Trololol · 11-01-12, 07:11 PM

Here's the video if anyone is interested on how it was like back in WoTLK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8r-8t-M6-E