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trio · Last edited by trio on Tue 05 Jan 2010, 10:31; edited 9 times in total

Hi,

We often read questions in beginners & how to sections, about how to play a sound at startup, well here's a startup sound maker, very simple and small

- menu entry under multimedia group
- default dir is /usr/share/audio
- if you want other than standard sounds, just put it in default dir
- default sound is 2barks.au
- run fixmenus & retstart window manager (refresh menus) after install

WARNING - IT IS MADE AND TESTED IN PUPPY 4.3.1 - I don't know if it is compatible with other (or older) series
No warranty whatsoever

Updated to v 1.4-1 - Modified shutdown sound so it plays until finished
Updated to v 1.4 - Added - shutdown sound
Updated to v 1.3 - Added - stop sound function
Updated to v 1.2 - warning to use only .wav & .au
Updated to v 1.1 - default dir is /usr/share/audio

Lobster · Posted: Wed 19 Aug 2009, 05:24 Post subject:

I like it

free sounds here (I now have a Gregorian chant as my load sound)
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.shtml

suggestions
menu /desktop is where the prog should locate
a random
and loop button (the loop button can be used with tranquil sounds)

Many thanks trio Very Happy

trio · Posted: Wed 19 Aug 2009, 05:52 Post subject:

Hi Mr. Crustacean,

Laughing

Anyway, it's made with a very simple basic Xdialog..not many functions can be added, for that I have to use gtkdialog (which will be bigger), so I'll let this tiny app as is.

Thanks for using it

craftybear · Posted: Wed 19 Aug 2009, 18:35 Post subject:

trio · Posted: Wed 19 Aug 2009, 18:44 Post subject:

Crafty bear,

Shouldn't the directory be /usr/share/sounds ?

Cheers

craftybear · Posted: Wed 19 Aug 2009, 18:51 Post subject:

trio · Posted: Wed 19 Aug 2009, 18:58 Post subject:

Hmm,

I don't have dpup. But, you may try to search (pfind) 2barks.au for example, and see where it is, then you can put your audio file there

craftybear · Posted: Wed 19 Aug 2009, 19:53 Post subject:

trio · Posted: Wed 19 Aug 2009, 20:01 Post subject:

ahh, you're right. it should be /usr/share/audio for the default

trio · Posted: Wed 19 Aug 2009, 20:09 Post subject:

Updated to v 1.2 - warning to use only .wav & .au
updated to v 1.1 - change default dir to /usr/share/audio - thanks crafty bear

see main post

Lobster · Posted: Thu 20 Aug 2009, 01:08 Post subject:

panzerpuppy · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 632

Startup Sound Maker ?

LOL XD

trio · Posted: Thu 20 Aug 2009, 04:05 Post subject:

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 8670 Location: qld

maybe panzer wants something more fancy... "Puppy Sound At Startup Re-doer" Laughing

trio · Posted: Sun 23 Aug 2009, 01:59 Post subject:

Updated to v 1.3 - Added, stop sound function

see main post