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audio autotrigger fails
aequitas
asked this on April 12, 2011 01:29
I'm not getting the triggered audio i was getting before i moved to 5.0 in android or in iphone (although the iphone client works much better with 3d :))
may 2- the iphone client is able to trigger 1 sound before requiring the layer be reloaded
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"abxtest"
http://cag.autoboxmedia.com/layar-endpoint-test.php
Can you please tell the layername so we could confirm?
Got the same bug here. Any news? Hoping to launch the Contemporary Art gallery AR walk in Vancouver later this week--will be somewhat diminished without autoplay!
any news on this issue? Is there an iphone update in the wings?
I have filled in the labels and with the 5.0.3 update android is working again. Alas iphone still refuses to autotrigger more than one action. I can close the layer and come back in in another position and trigger another poi action but not working as it should by far.
Thanks for the update. i tried adding a string to the label field and what was working stopped working. One poi with a range of 50m works still the rest which are set at 15 don't. I reverted to the old database and its still not working. It was working at least on the iphone. My android still crashes on all layers I access. I'm wondering if the handset caches the database or path to database. I don't see a way on iphone to dump the cache. I tried logging out and restarting the phone. i thought it was working and have applied for publishing but this latest maneuver makes me wonder.
Hello Stephen,
I got the reply from developer who points out that the auto-trigger action is filtered out because the action label has an empty string.
I am not convinced yet that the client should behave like this, i will come back with more information on this. But for now, will you please add some text to the action label to this layer then at least the layer will be working again.
Best Regards,
Xuan
I have regenerated the audio to 96khz specifications and tested in a web browser. (I had been testing in different rates until i had the smallest file balanced with sound quality and it was working in layer 4.0.5 I am assuming 5.0 is restricting audio to 96khz and not just to 96 or under) It works in iphone now but on my eris android the layer crashes completely every time before its even fully loaded.
Thanks Johannes, as xuan has pointed out it may be something to do with the proximity of audio triggers. If we don't hear about a working 5.0.2 by Monday I will rebuild the layer spacing the poi's further apart. I did test with 2 poi's about 25 m apart and they didn't work but I don't know if that's just my handset because it keeps crashing when I open the layer now. I am frustrated and disillusioned. I may go back to painting. :)
FWIW: Just tested our good old princeofpersia layer on iPhone 5.0 and the sound auto trigger works fine.
Thank you
I appreciate anything you can do. I have announced the Field of Voices at two locations in New York City this Spring and it wont be a good showing if folk can't hear the voices.
http://fieldofvoices.com
Hello Stephen,
I checked your layer on both Android client v5.0.1 and IPhone client v5.0. Here are my observations:
1. On Android, I do not get any autotrigger action even though I set my fixed location to be within the autotrigger range. Tested it on Layar client v4.0.5 with the same settings, it works fine.
2. On IPhone (iOS4.2.1), the autotrigger audio player showed up for one second and disappeared immediately without actually playing the music.
We fixed some bugs related to autotrigger actions in v5.0. In this layer, each POI has an audio autotrigger action and the POIs are relatively close to each other. This might make the client a bit confused on which one to pick up. I will report these issues.
Regarding the other issue you mentioned
"I am also noticing that when one gets within a certain distance of the poi the icon slips down out of the screen when before it stayed position and filled the screen."
Where do you see this issue? I have tried it on Android and IPhone and it does not seem to happen to me.
Thanks!
Best Regards,
Xuan
Yes , I have show trigger alerts on although I am not sure I want to see alerts. I would like to have the audio triggered and play as it did (and still does) in the old version of Layar I do still have a device (Ipad) which I didn't upgrade to 5.0 and it seems to work fine as far as sound goes at least. it tested well in android up until the switch to 5.0. I am also noticing that when one gets within a certain distance of the poi the icon slips down out of the screen when before it stayed position and filled the screen.
thanks for the prompt reply, you must be swamped. I appreciate your help.
http://artgrows.com/Layar/IFOV.php?lang=en&countryCode=US&l...
Hello Stephen,
I just tested a layer with autotrigger actions on Android (v5.0.1) and IPhone (v5.0), the autotrigger action works fine. Which layer are you testing? could you please also provide some test coordinates ? Also, have you turned on the "show trigger alerts" option in the settings ?
Best Regards,
Xuan