Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1998-02 A.adf » PDScheme » ArtToSpr/WavePlayer/Help/TextHelp/4e-Wrong
ArtToSpr/WavePlayer/Help/TextHelp/4e-Wrong
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1998-02 A.adf » PDScheme |
| Filename: | ArtToSpr/WavePlayer/Help/TextHelp/4e-Wrong |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0A61 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | WAVE PLAYER | | � 1997, Matthew Wilson | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | WHEN THINGS GO WRONG... | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Please note that, although this is a slightly technical section, that every user of Wave Player should read this. MEDIA TOO SLOW ============== Just before Wave Player begins playing a sample, it does a quick test on the speed of the media (ie. hard/floppy disc, etc.). If the sample rate is very much over the speed of the media, then a warning is given, giving the option to close the sample. If the difference is not that much, then a weaker warning is given. Whilst Wave Player has been designed and written to be as robust as possible, if the media is not fast enough, then the computer may become unusable, or even �lock up�. The solution is to do one of two things: The first is to click on the stop icon, and hold down Control and Escape. The second is to try to remove the disc. The latter obviously must be a last resort, and can only apply to media such as floppy discs, Zip discs, or Syquest discs. DISC IS REMOVED =============== When Wave Player attempts to load the next part of the sample, and the disc is not present, then the operating system kindly presents a �Please insert disc� message. From here, you have two options: Firstly, you can replace the disc, and click OK; alternatively, you can click on Cancel. In the latter case, the sample becomes effectively paused. You will need to press stop, then play to get the sample working again. However, you are better advised to eject the sample. If during the waiting period, Wave Player comes to try to load the next part of the sample, then an overrun check stops the present buffer from being refilled. This means that if you are slow about finding the correct disc, then you will have a small time of silence before the sample is restarted. This is unavoidable, and very reasonable! FILE IS CLOSED ============== If you attempt to close the file that Wave Player is using, either by dismounting the disc, or manually (eg. *Shut, *Shutdown, CLOSE#...), then Wave Player will start playing silence. To remedy the problem, click on the eject button. You will almost certainly get the message �Handle is illegal or has been close�. Click OK, and then you are free to start playing samples again.
00000000 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |+---------------| 00000010 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000040 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2b 0a 7c 20 |------------+.| | 00000050 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000060 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 57 | W| 00000070 41 56 45 20 50 4c 41 59 45 52 20 20 20 20 20 20 |AVE PLAYER | 00000080 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000090 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7c 0a 7c 20 20 20 | |.| | 000000a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000000b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 a9 20 31 39 39 37 2c 20 4d | . 1997, M| 000000c0 61 74 74 68 65 77 20 57 69 6c 73 6f 6e 20 20 20 |atthew Wilson | 000000d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000000e0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7c 0a 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | |.+-----| 000000f0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000130 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2b 0a 7c 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |------+.| | 00000140 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000150 20 20 20 57 48 45 4e 20 54 48 49 4e 47 53 20 47 | WHEN THINGS G| 00000160 4f 20 57 52 4f 4e 47 2e 2e 2e 20 20 20 20 20 20 |O WRONG... | 00000170 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000180 20 20 20 20 7c 0a 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | |.+---------| 00000190 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 000001d0 2d 2d 2b 0a 0a 20 20 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20 6e 6f |--+.. Please no| 000001e0 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 2c 20 61 6c 74 68 6f 75 67 |te that, althoug| 000001f0 68 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 73 6c 69 67 |h this is a slig| 00000200 68 74 6c 79 20 74 65 63 68 6e 69 63 61 6c 20 73 |htly technical s| 00000210 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 74 68 61 74 20 65 76 65 |ection, that eve| 00000220 72 79 0a 75 73 65 72 20 6f 66 20 57 61 76 65 20 |ry.user of Wave | 00000230 50 6c 61 79 65 72 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 72 65 |Player should re| 00000240 61 64 20 74 68 69 73 2e 0a 0a 0a 4d 45 44 49 41 |ad this....MEDIA| 00000250 20 54 4f 4f 20 53 4c 4f 57 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d | TOO SLOW.======| 00000260 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 20 20 4a 75 73 74 |========.. Just| 00000270 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 57 61 76 65 20 50 6c 61 | before Wave Pla| 00000280 79 65 72 20 62 65 67 69 6e 73 20 70 6c 61 79 69 |yer begins playi| 00000290 6e 67 20 61 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 2c 20 69 74 20 |ng a sample, it | 000002a0 64 6f 65 73 20 61 20 71 75 69 63 6b 20 74 65 73 |does a quick tes| 000002b0 74 20 6f 6e 0a 74 68 65 20 73 70 65 65 64 20 6f |t on.the speed o| 000002c0 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 64 69 61 20 28 69 65 2e |f the media (ie.| 000002d0 20 68 61 72 64 2f 66 6c 6f 70 70 79 20 64 69 73 | hard/floppy dis| 000002e0 63 2c 20 65 74 63 2e 29 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 |c, etc.). If the| 000002f0 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 72 61 74 65 20 69 73 0a | sample rate is.| 00000300 76 65 72 79 20 6d 75 63 68 20 6f 76 65 72 20 74 |very much over t| 00000310 68 65 20 73 70 65 65 64 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |he speed of the | 00000320 6d 65 64 69 61 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 61 20 77 61 |media, then a wa| 00000330 72 6e 69 6e 67 20 69 73 20 67 69 76 65 6e 2c 20 |rning is given, | 00000340 67 69 76 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 0a 6f 70 74 69 6f |giving the.optio| 00000350 6e 20 74 6f 20 63 6c 6f 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 |n to close the s| 00000360 61 6d 70 6c 65 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 |ample. If the di| 00000370 66 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 |fference is not | 00000380 74 68 61 74 20 6d 75 63 68 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 |that much, then | 00000390 61 20 77 65 61 6b 65 72 0a 77 61 72 6e 69 6e 67 |a weaker.warning| 000003a0 20 69 73 20 67 69 76 65 6e 2e 0a 0a 20 20 57 68 | is given... Wh| 000003b0 69 6c 73 74 20 57 61 76 65 20 50 6c 61 79 65 72 |ilst Wave Player| 000003c0 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 64 65 73 69 67 6e | has been design| 000003d0 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 74 |ed and written t| 000003e0 6f 20 62 65 20 61 73 20 72 6f 62 75 73 74 20 61 |o be as robust a| 000003f0 73 0a 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 2c 20 69 66 20 74 |s.possible, if t| 00000400 68 65 20 6d 65 64 69 61 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 |he media is not | 00000410 66 61 73 74 20 65 6e 6f 75 67 68 2c 20 74 68 65 |fast enough, the| 00000420 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 6d |n the computer m| 00000430 61 79 20 62 65 63 6f 6d 65 0a 75 6e 75 73 61 62 |ay become.unusab| 00000440 6c 65 2c 20 6f 72 20 65 76 65 6e 20 90 6c 6f 63 |le, or even .loc| 00000450 6b 20 75 70 91 2e 20 54 68 65 20 73 6f 6c 75 74 |k up.. The solut| 00000460 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 6f 6e 65 |ion is to do one| 00000470 20 6f 66 20 74 77 6f 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 3a 20 | of two things: | 00000480 54 68 65 0a 66 69 72 73 74 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 |The.first is to | 00000490 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 6f |click on the sto| 000004a0 70 20 69 63 6f 6e 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 68 6f 6c 64 |p icon, and hold| 000004b0 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 43 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 20 61 6e | down Control an| 000004c0 64 20 45 73 63 61 70 65 2e 20 54 68 65 0a 73 65 |d Escape. The.se| 000004d0 63 6f 6e 64 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 74 72 79 20 74 |cond is to try t| 000004e0 6f 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 |o remove the dis| 000004f0 63 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6c 61 74 74 65 72 20 6f 62 |c. The latter ob| 00000500 76 69 6f 75 73 6c 79 20 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 20 |viously must be | 00000510 61 20 6c 61 73 74 0a 72 65 73 6f 72 74 2c 20 61 |a last.resort, a| 00000520 6e 64 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 70 70 6c |nd can only appl| 00000530 79 20 74 6f 20 6d 65 64 69 61 20 73 75 63 68 20 |y to media such | 00000540 61 73 20 66 6c 6f 70 70 79 20 64 69 73 63 73 2c |as floppy discs,| 00000550 20 5a 69 70 20 64 69 73 63 73 2c 20 6f 72 0a 53 | Zip discs, or.S| 00000560 79 71 75 65 73 74 20 64 69 73 63 73 2e 0a 0a 0a |yquest discs....| 00000570 44 49 53 43 20 49 53 20 52 45 4d 4f 56 45 44 0a |DISC IS REMOVED.| 00000580 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a |===============.| 00000590 0a 20 20 57 68 65 6e 20 57 61 76 65 20 50 6c 61 |. When Wave Pla| 000005a0 79 65 72 20 61 74 74 65 6d 70 74 73 20 74 6f 20 |yer attempts to | 000005b0 6c 6f 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 78 74 20 70 61 |load the next pa| 000005c0 72 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 |rt of the sample| 000005d0 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 0a 69 |, and the disc.i| 000005e0 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 2c 20 74 |s not present, t| 000005f0 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74 69 6e |hen the operatin| 00000600 67 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 6b 69 6e 64 6c 79 20 |g system kindly | 00000610 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 73 20 61 20 90 50 6c 65 61 |presents a .Plea| 00000620 73 65 20 69 6e 73 65 72 74 0a 64 69 73 63 91 20 |se insert.disc. | 00000630 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 2e 20 46 72 6f 6d 20 68 65 |message. From he| 00000640 72 65 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 77 6f |re, you have two| 00000650 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 3a 20 46 69 72 73 74 6c | options: Firstl| 00000660 79 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 72 65 70 6c 61 |y, you can repla| 00000670 63 65 20 74 68 65 0a 64 69 73 63 2c 20 61 6e 64 |ce the.disc, and| 00000680 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 4f 4b 3b 20 61 6c 74 65 72 | click OK; alter| 00000690 6e 61 74 69 76 65 6c 79 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 |natively, you ca| 000006a0 6e 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 43 61 6e 63 65 |n click on Cance| 000006b0 6c 2e 20 49 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 74 74 65 72 |l. In the latter| 000006c0 0a 63 61 73 65 2c 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 70 6c |.case, the sampl| 000006d0 65 20 62 65 63 6f 6d 65 73 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 |e becomes effect| 000006e0 69 76 65 6c 79 20 70 61 75 73 65 64 2e 20 59 6f |ively paused. Yo| 000006f0 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 70 |u will need to p| 00000700 72 65 73 73 20 73 74 6f 70 2c 0a 74 68 65 6e 20 |ress stop,.then | 00000710 70 6c 61 79 20 74 6f 20 67 65 74 20 74 68 65 20 |play to get the | 00000720 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 77 6f 72 6b 69 6e 67 20 61 |sample working a| 00000730 67 61 69 6e 2e 20 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c 20 79 |gain. However, y| 00000740 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 61 64 |ou are better ad| 00000750 76 69 73 65 64 20 74 6f 0a 65 6a 65 63 74 20 74 |vised to.eject t| 00000760 68 65 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 2e 0a 0a 20 20 49 66 |he sample... If| 00000770 20 64 75 72 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 69 74 | during the wait| 00000780 69 6e 67 20 70 65 72 69 6f 64 2c 20 57 61 76 65 |ing period, Wave| 00000790 20 50 6c 61 79 65 72 20 63 6f 6d 65 73 20 74 6f | Player comes to| 000007a0 20 74 72 79 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 74 68 65 | try to load the| 000007b0 20 6e 65 78 74 0a 70 61 72 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 | next.part of th| 000007c0 65 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 61 |e sample, then a| 000007d0 6e 20 6f 76 65 72 72 75 6e 20 63 68 65 63 6b 20 |n overrun check | 000007e0 73 74 6f 70 73 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e |stops the presen| 000007f0 74 20 62 75 66 66 65 72 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 62 65 |t buffer from be| 00000800 69 6e 67 0a 72 65 66 69 6c 6c 65 64 2e 20 54 68 |ing.refilled. Th| 00000810 69 73 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 66 |is means that if| 00000820 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 73 6c 6f 77 20 61 62 | you are slow ab| 00000830 6f 75 74 20 66 69 6e 64 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 |out finding the | 00000840 63 6f 72 72 65 63 74 20 64 69 73 63 2c 0a 74 68 |correct disc,.th| 00000850 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 68 61 76 65 |en you will have| 00000860 20 61 20 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 74 69 6d 65 20 6f 66 | a small time of| 00000870 20 73 69 6c 65 6e 63 65 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 | silence before | 00000880 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 69 73 20 72 65 |the sample is re| 00000890 73 74 61 72 74 65 64 2e 0a 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 |started..This is| 000008a0 20 75 6e 61 76 6f 69 64 61 62 6c 65 2c 20 61 6e | unavoidable, an| 000008b0 64 20 76 65 72 79 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 61 62 6c |d very reasonabl| 000008c0 65 21 0a 0a 0a 46 49 4c 45 20 49 53 20 43 4c 4f |e!...FILE IS CLO| 000008d0 53 45 44 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |SED.============| 000008e0 3d 3d 0a 0a 20 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 61 74 74 |==.. If you att| 000008f0 65 6d 70 74 20 74 6f 20 63 6c 6f 73 65 20 74 68 |empt to close th| 00000900 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 57 61 76 65 |e file that Wave| 00000910 20 50 6c 61 79 65 72 20 69 73 20 75 73 69 6e 67 | Player is using| 00000920 2c 20 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 62 79 0a 64 69 73 6d |, either by.dism| 00000930 6f 75 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 |ounting the disc| 00000940 2c 20 6f 72 20 6d 61 6e 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 28 65 |, or manually (e| 00000950 67 2e 20 2a 53 68 75 74 2c 20 2a 53 68 75 74 64 |g. *Shut, *Shutd| 00000960 6f 77 6e 2c 20 43 4c 4f 53 45 23 2e 2e 2e 29 2c |own, CLOSE#...),| 00000970 20 74 68 65 6e 0a 57 61 76 65 20 50 6c 61 79 65 | then.Wave Playe| 00000980 72 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 70 6c 61 |r will start pla| 00000990 79 69 6e 67 20 73 69 6c 65 6e 63 65 2e 20 54 6f |ying silence. To| 000009a0 20 72 65 6d 65 64 79 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 62 | remedy the prob| 000009b0 6c 65 6d 2c 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |lem, click on th| 000009c0 65 0a 65 6a 65 63 74 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 2e 20 |e.eject button. | 000009d0 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 6c 6d 6f 73 74 20 |You will almost | 000009e0 63 65 72 74 61 69 6e 6c 79 20 67 65 74 20 74 68 |certainly get th| 000009f0 65 20 6d 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 90 48 61 6e 64 6c |e message .Handl| 00000a00 65 20 69 73 20 69 6c 6c 65 67 61 6c 20 6f 72 0a |e is illegal or.| 00000a10 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 63 6c 6f 73 65 91 2e |has been close..| 00000a20 20 43 6c 69 63 6b 20 4f 4b 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 | Click OK, and t| 00000a30 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 66 72 65 65 |hen you are free| 00000a40 20 74 6f 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 70 6c 61 79 69 6e | to start playin| 00000a50 67 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 73 0a 61 67 61 69 6e 2e |g samples.again.| 00000a60 0a |.| 00000a61
.