Some sounds do not loop

ID:110638
 
Mar 10 2011, 8:18 pm
BYOND Version:480
Operating System:Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Web Browser:Firefox 3.6.15
Applies to:Dream Seeker
Status: Deferred
This issue may be low priority or very difficult to fix, and has been put on the back burner for the time being.
Descriptive Problem Summary:
Certain sound files will not loop when they are supposed to.

Numbered Steps to Reproduce Problem:

1. Use a specific sound file (such as this one): http://keygenmusic.net/music/others/ DYNAMITE-Winamp5.0RC8crk.rar

2. Play the sound to the player and tell it to loop the song.

Code Snippet (if applicable) to Reproduce Problem:
src << sound('song.xm',1)


Expected Results:
The song loops as told.

Actual Results:
It plays once, and then does not loop.

Does the problem occur:
Every time? Or how often? Every time
In other games? Every game
In other user accounts? Every account
On other computers? Every computer

When does the problem NOT occur?
When using a different sound file. It may have something to do with the fact that it's a module; but not all modules are affected by this bug.

Did the problem NOT occur in any earlier versions? If so, what was the last version that worked?
Occurs at least a few versions back; probably more.

Workarounds:
Use a different sound file.

Mar 10 2011, 8:21 pm
This has occured with random sound files for as long as I can remember (at least up to 2006.)

Also I can confirm that particular sound file will not loop on my end either.
Mar 11 2011, 5:14 am
Would you mind providing an alternate download URL? I flat-out refuse to download any file whose URL includes the terms "keygen" and "crack" (albeit in abbreviated form); it just goes beyond suspicious. I'm not saying you're not on the up-and-up, but that URL is too seedy.
Mar 11 2011, 3:32 pm
Mar 11 2011, 3:35 pm (Edited on Mar 11 2011, 3:44 pm)
At least that first link was a direct one to the file. multiupload couldn't be more of an insecure scam site. Try this
Mar 11 2011, 3:50 pm
Falacy, please don't say anything if you don't know what you're talking about (which is basically any time you want to say anything; from what I've seen)

Multiupload takes a single file and uploads it to several different reputable sites. It is hardly a scam in any way.

Honestly, Lummox should be more scared of downloading something from your site.
Mar 11 2011, 3:54 pm (Edited on Mar 11 2011, 4:10 pm)
Of course it isn't a scam! Those multiple ads bypassing ad blockers, popping up all over the place, the misleading download links all over the page, the fact that majority of the "legit" download links are just to other sharing sites, more scamtastic than multiupload itself, that usually have a wait time, and then a slow download speed, unless you pay to use them. Calling any of that "reputable" is ridiculous, more like infamous.
Mar 11 2011, 3:54 pm
Yeah, Falacy. You derp.
It's a mirror site.
Mar 14 2011, 11:12 am
I can verify the file Falacy provided does not loop as it should. This appears to be an FMod issue and I suspect it's related to FMod's problem of not respecting the pattern jump commands in the song files (though in this case it has no jump command at all; the file seems intended to end without looping).