Replaced music with alternative WAVs; now not playing

[Q_flyer 766]

Hi guys,

 

I replaced the default music files, with some WAVs of my own, but they are now not playing at all, when they should be.

 

Are there any sub-conditions to the WAV format, for the files to play?

 

Eg.... My WAV files are 44kHz, do they need to be 22kHz, or any other requirements ?

 

Cheers.

[Spook 96]

Did you save the wave file the same name as what was there?

 

Just a thought..

[Q_flyer 766]

Hi Luke,

 

Yes, I did mate,

 

I kept the same file names, so :-

 

Song1

Song2

Song3

Song4

Song5

 

........and they're sitting in:

 

C:\Program Files (x86) \ Microsoft Games \ Microsoft Flight Simulator X \ SimObjects \ Airplanes \ mjc8q400 \ sound \ music \ default

 

 

Cheers.

[spesimen 135]

the files in there are 22khz, 16-bit, mono

maybe try converting yours to that format and see if it works? other than that i have no idea.

 

cheers,

-andy crosby

[pedwards 20]

the files in there are 22khz, 16-bit, mono

maybe try converting yours to that format and see if it works? other than that i have no idea.

 

cheers,

-andy crosby

I can confirm this is correct. I have installed my own using the above wav format and they do play.

 

Regards

[samdim 26]

I let Oleksiy confirm but as far as I know, the format should be exactly the same as the original. And the naming has no importance - the "play music" command will play all the files in the directory.

[Rocky_53 1,579]

Whenever I change a sound file, I do so by remixing/changing the actual file itself and then simply saving it. That way it remains the same throughout and as far as FSX is concerned it's exactly the same file.

[Q_flyer 766]

Thank you to you all for the help.

 

I believe the issue is that the files I have used are 44kHz, so I will convert them to 22kHz and see if they work.    Useful to know that naming is not important.

 

Thanks!

[Q_flyer 766]

All working!

 

Just one last Q on this;

 

Is there a setting in the INI file for increasing the volume of the music file playback?

 

Thanks. :smile:

[virtualstuff 758]

All working!

 

Just one last Q on this;

 

Is there a setting in the INI file for increasing the volume of the music file playback?

 

Thanks. :smile:

 

My settings ;-)

 

;     sounds, coming from the cabin

cabin_sounds_map        = -1

cabin_sounds_level        = 100,80,0

[Kerlix 99]

If I want to increase the volume of announcements ( I can BARELY hear them), where do I find the .ini to adjust? Ive looked in simobjects/airplanes/mjcq400/anouncements, but all I see are windows media files.

[samdim 26]

Music and announcements are very well heard from the cabin, but hardly heard in the cockpit. I suppose it's quite real like that.

Anyway, you can individually change the volume in cabin/cockpit/exterior for any kind of sounds

[Q_flyer 766]

My settings ;-)

 

;     sounds, coming from the cabin

cabin_sounds_map        = -1

cabin_sounds_level        = 100,80,0

 

Thanks!  ....... these work great :smile: