sound delay

Java on Mobile Devices J2ME
#1

ok ok ok… yes i have been all over the web- nokia, sony, la la la… and none seem to have a trick to get around this. my guess is its just the way j2me works on the phone… if i loop a Player it has a 1 second delay when coming around the loop… even if i use a callback to loop the Player or look at the state in a loop… is there any way around this delay- or will i have to move to C++ for Symbian, so i can have a sound loop :P…

the app i want to make is simple- it has 2 Players that play once after another (with no delay- or a very very small delay)… i am never remaking the Players and i do all the prefeching and realizing at the start (once)… then all i should need to do is call player.start() and the sound should play instantly (i have read online)… this just isnt true- the sound doesnt play instantly at all… so if anyone else thinks there going mad- dont worry… its doesnt… if it does can somone point out how? i was told to maybe put the Players in there own Threads- well like that worked :slight_smile: lol

any pointers? i dont mind trying more things before i give up on j2me of this little project, and make it in Symbian instead… would be a shame- java rocks

#2

Sound support is the single worst implemented feature across the entire midp platform.
There isn’t a single device that has implemented the mmapi correctly.

What device is it you are you trying it on?

#3

nokia 6680, nokia n90, sony k750, sony w810

none of them can loop a sound without a delay- even when i construct the data myself and make a timer to then call player.start(); it seems when calling ‘start’ there is a delay while the player is getting ready again (thought that was what ‘.realise’’ was for)…

#4

I’d be suprised if you can’t get the 2 SE phones to loop correctly, they have one of the better mmapi implementations.

I have to confess, looping sound is rarely in any of the titles we port - as so few phones support it correctly, its simply a feature that isn’t worth relying on.

What sound format are you using?

#5

well we have tryed all the suported sound formats with no real joy. seems to always have a delay on starting the Player… so we are looking at rolling a timer that can start the Player early. i have read we can only have one Player play at any given time- also read its because of calling prefech etc- so im give to just try it and see… lots of lost people when it comes to sound it seems…