Problem with looping sounds

05-26-2007 10:55 PM |

I would like to continuously loop a background sound.  I am using the following method, but there is a slight skip (no sound) between each loop of the sound....

In my xaml, I have:

           <MediaElement x:Name="soundX" Source="sounds/XXX.wma"></MediaElement>

In my code behind I have:

            soundX.MediaEnded += new EventHandler(soundX_MediaEnded);
            soundX.Play();

        void soundX_MediaEnded(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            soundX.Stop();
            soundX.Play();
        }

Is there another way to loop the sound without a skip?

Re: Problem with looping sounds

05-29-2007 4:45 PM |

That's the technique. One thing you can try is to to play the same sound twice, but start the second sound with an offset, e.g. if it is a 1s sound you are looping, start the same sound .5s later, also in a loop.

Also, some MP3s end with incomplete frames, so that may increase the silence between the repetitions.

Re: Problem with looping sounds

11-17-2008 6:54 AM |

Cool a workaround.  But what is needed is a fix :)

Re: Problem with looping sounds

11-17-2008 11:06 AM |

1        void soundX_MediaEnded(object sender, EventArgs e)
2        {
3            soundX.Stop();
4            soundX.Position = new TimeSpan(0);
5            soundX.Play();
6        }
7    

Re: Problem with looping sounds

11-17-2008 7:14 PM |

The prolem is not the looping it's a glitch in reading the stream.  It looks like the first time a sound is played its nice and then the second time it looks like the sound plays half its content or sometimes if the sound is short enough it'll not play at all the second time.

Re: Problem with looping sounds

11-17-2008 7:55 PM |

I saw people had good results using Encoder and using WMAs vs mp3s.

Re: Problem with looping sounds

12-03-2008 3:38 PM |

see my reply to a similar question here:-

http://silverlight.net/forums/p/3599/141811.aspx#141811

Regars, Marc.

Re: Problem with looping sounds

12-03-2008 11:15 PM |

Here is a post by Jonathan about sound looping

Have a look

http://silverlight.net/forums/p/53437/138609.aspx

and if the post was helpful then please 'Mark as Answer' - many thanks

Sharker Khaleed Mahmud
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