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If you have any experiences (good/bad), please post.
I am interested in seeing if incoming announcements are working for Xperia X1.
Thanks.
everything works EXCEPT the incomming announces.
otherweise great tool but i barley use it. good while driving a car and u want to call some1. otherweise just a gizmo
same comment as above.
I use it often to start my programs without having to go through menues to find them.
yeah i have it aswell and don't use it often, its so hard to get it to call the right person but "call home" works (might be my accent and it having trouble understanding what i say), the announcement for appointments works also but other then that i haven't used it to call anyone.
Also has anyone got it to say you got a new SMS or something? or does it just not do that.
I use mine quite a bit for starting programs, and listening to my incoming text messages and checking my battery level. Like someone said above, it doesn't annouce CallerID for some reason.
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yeah i have it aswell and don't use it often, its so hard to get it to call the right person but "call home" works (might be my accent and it having trouble understanding what i say), the announcement for appointments works also but other then that i haven't used it to call anyone.
Also has anyone got it to say you got a new SMS or something? or does it just not do that.
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if u want something like "u got a new sms" just use another wave file for that.
however, u can set VC to read the SMS as soon as it arrives. but i realy dont suggest that. had a meeting once and my GF just send me a dirty message ... my mates had a good laugh ^^
Has anyone gotten this program to read incoming email headers as well? It's only reading incoming smses for me, but not sure if that's a program limitation. I also noticed that my attached wave file for incoming emails no longer worked. I have disabled the sound playback from incoming emails all together in hope that it would announce something. However, not a thing.
The program is starting to proove to be pretty pointless. I was also hoping to find a way to modify the MS voice engine with a more nature speech engine like AT&T Natural Voices.
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Has anyone gotten this program to read incoming email headers as well? It's only reading incoming smses for me, but not sure if that's a program limitation. I also noticed that my attached wave file for incoming emails no longer worked. I have disabled the sound playback from incoming emails all together in hope that it would announce something. However, not a thing.
The program is starting to proove to be pretty pointless. I was also hoping to find a way to modify the MS voice engine with a more nature speech engine like AT&T Natural Voices.
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Ok i got mine to finally read my sms and email headers...scared the hell out of me when i was sleeping haha kinda of a bad idea to have it read the header when received at 5am.... but all i did was uncheck the "high priority messages only" and it plays both my normal alert sound when i get a new email and reads the email header, but all in all its just a funny program to have or for the very lazy that can't read their own sms or email, also it reads all the emails header that you received at that time and depending on if you get alot...haha hope that helps
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If you have any experiences (good/bad), please post.
I am interested in seeing if incoming announcements are working for Xperia X1.
Thanks.
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It doesn't work on incoming calls for me either.
Otherwise great app I use it all the time.
also it makes my ringtone fluctuate in volume.
Although I am beginning to use my Xperia less and less, its strength with voice commands was a high point. I used it very often and was mostly satisfied with it.
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Although I am beginning to use my Xperia less and less, its strength with voice commands was a high point. I used it very often and was mostly satisfied with it.
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Hey George, I thought you sold your X1 already?
Annoying
The voice command has become somewhat annoying and I will probably remove it soon.
When out doors, if I attempt a voice command using the phone microphone it will never pick up what I say, almost 100%failure rate. IF I use the wired headset it will pick it up almost 100% of the time. Why so much better with the wired headset? It's further from my mouth and surely more suscptable to other sounds.
The Voice command causes my ring volume to go loud and quiet, loud and quiet, as if it were supposed to announce the caller name when quiet, but it doesnt.
The main thing annoying me is that when I use "play music", "artist", "name of artist here" it will only add a playlist of about 2 songs from that artist, even though I have a whole album, or collection of albums.
For Example, I say "play music", (what do you want to play), "artist", (which artist?), "pendulum". (Pendulum - starts playing).
However, it will only play one song. I have the In Silico album on there and it will just randomly play 1 song from it.
So, I try Replace "artist" with "album" and say "In Silico" and it will add 2 songs now instead of 1.
The ID3 tags are perfect, the Artist and Album is spelled and capitalised correctly in every track, so why the problem?
EDIT: I found the command "Play Album" that added 7 of the songs from In Silico to the playlist. Not quite there still but getting better.
It works great for me.
Voice command awesome especially if you have a bluetooth headset.
I press a button on my headset and voice command beeps for a command. I can call anyone from my phone book. I can call home mobile or any other number asociated with my contact. I rarely repeat the name that want to call. voice recognition is pretty good. voice call announcement works perfectly.
I very often check my calender. I just say "what is schedule" and it gives me my next appointment time, location and subject. coool!
Announces new emails. sender and subject. I use Microsoft push mail from Exchange server and i have some rss feeds on my desktop in outlook. now i get my rss feeds via push and voice command will read my feeds when they arrive. wow! rsshub is useless now!
I can play music. just say Play music.
I can start any application from my programs. i say "start audio manager" if i don't want to use windows media player.
I also get some status info like battery level. i say "what is my battery level".
If incoming call comes while i am listening to music, music fades out and it announces the caller name and from where he/she is calling for example mike from mobile or mike from office..after i finish my call the music comes back on automatically. same with email announcements.
So I can do hole lot of stuff with my phone without even touching it.
some improvements i like to see in future are
capabilities to read complete email.
support all menu options in all applications.
dictation for word.
integration into navigation.
sound more human like.
Dudes, I beg to disagree to almost all of you. Yeah, Almost all.
Firstly, the voice command IS very handy. Didn't you watch the youtube demo? so here's the thing:
1. I also had the ASUS 02 XDA Zinc which has a voice commander. A different program BUT it reads emails and sms. BUT you'll have to train your voice to get things pretty acurate - as opposed to MS voice Command which doesn't need training but also doesn't read sms/email. So No it can't.
2. Good points are: with just a press of a button you can command almost everyting like getting home from work, exhausted and before putting your Xperia on your table just say " What is my battery level " way faster than clicking start > settings > power.
3. Listening to music. You know you don't have to elaborate all the albums, artist and genre it's there for a reason:
a. just say: "play anything" and it will play a song. no more than one.
b. say " Play everything " and it will play all your songs. pretty neat IMHO
c. say "play pop rock" and it will play all songs with this genre. That's why there is the genre thing.
d. say "play Hell freezes over" and it will play all eagles song under this album. That why the albums thing is there too.
c. say "Play nirvana" and you'll start to hear Kurt Cobain all hour. That's why there is the artist thing too.
f. you can also say "next track, previous track, what song is this?, stop, pause, shuffle on and off, repeat on and off. I'm still thinking why you guys aren't liking this.
g. This won't ever work if your mp3's aren't organized (e.g. putting correct artist, albums etc.)
h. play anything or play everything is pretty much useful.
4. some less frequent commands but I feel acurate: What is my signal strength?, Flight mode on, What day is this?, What is my next appointment, I kinda don't use this much.
5. Calling. uh, for me it's pretty acurate saying call Garry, call Kristine, call Raymond, then it prompts you to call home, mobile, work, car etc. you can command this in the first place invoking: call Garry home. It also shows all Garry(s) if you have more than one garry in your phone phonebook. pretty much faster than scrolling with your thumb or taking the time too unsheathe your stylus.
6. Opening programs: Well I have to grade this at 90% acuracy. It opens files even custom installed ones.
Lastly, of course we cannot expect this to work inside a speeding train or at a construction site at a passing rate. As outdoor noises may interrupt the commands. Try to watch the youtube and re-test the MS VC. I'm sure you're gonna like it.
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Dudes, I beg to disagree to almost all of you. Yeah, Almost all.
Firstly, the voice command IS very handy. Didn't you watch the youtube demo? so here's the thing:
1. I also had the ASUS 02 XDA Zinc which has a voice commander. A different program BUT it reads emails and sms. BUT you'll have to train your voice to get things pretty acurate - as opposed to MS voice Command which doesn't need training but also doesn't read sms/email. So No it can't.
2. Good points are: with just a press of a button you can command almost everyting like getting home from work, exhausted and before putting your Xperia on your table just say " What is my battery level " way faster than clicking start > settings > power.
3. Listening to music. You know you don't have to elaborate all the albums, artist and genre it's there for a reason:
a. just say: "play anything" and it will play a song. no more than one.
b. say " Play everything " and it will play all your songs. pretty neat IMHO
c. say "play pop rock" and it will play all songs with this genre. That's why there is the genre thing.
d. say "play Hell freezes over" and it will play all eagles song under this album. That why the albums thing is there too.
c. say "Play nirvana" and you'll start to hear Kurt Cobain all hour. That's why there is the artist thing too.
f. you can also say "next track, previous track, what song is this?, stop, pause, shuffle on and off, repeat on and off. I'm still thinking why you guys aren't liking this.
g. This won't ever work if your mp3's aren't organized (e.g. putting correct artist, albums etc.)
h. play anything or play everything is pretty much useful.
4. some less frequent commands but I feel acurate: What is my signal strength?, Flight mode on, What day is this?, What is my next appointment, I kinda don't use this much.
5. Calling. uh, for me it's pretty acurate saying call Garry, call Kristine, call Raymond, then it prompts you to call home, mobile, work, car etc. you can command this in the first place invoking: call Garry home. It also shows all Garry(s) if you have more than one garry in your phone phonebook. pretty much faster than scrolling with your thumb or taking the time too unsheathe your stylus.
6. Opening programs: Well I have to grade this at 90% acuracy. It opens files even custom installed ones.
Lastly, of course we cannot expect this to work inside a speeding train or at a construction site at a passing rate. As outdoor noises may interrupt the commands. Try to watch the youtube and re-test the MS VC. I'm sure you're gonna like it.
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Well I guess you're a lucky one because as I said 2 posts up from yours, the play music commands don't work properly for me. I say "play In Silico" and it will only play the first 7 tracks. I wan't the whole Album. If I say "Play Pendulum" it will only play the first 2 tracks.
What gives?
P.S. And yes, my tags and sorting are all perfect, I am an anal perfectionist, trust me, They're as sorted as they can get. Under my music folder I have Artist Folders, under each Artist Folder I have album folders. All ID3 tags within each Album are identically labelled for Artist and Album with exact same capitalisation, no spelling mistakes or errors. Infact, they all show perfectly under the exact correct places if I browse my library manually, so why can the voice command not add the whole album properly?
I say "Play Chinese Democracy" it adds only 1 track (Different song each time, I have the whole album), I say play "Only by the Night" it plays the whole album. I say "Play The Rising Tied" it adds one track (random track each time, I have the whole album).
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Hey George, I thought you sold your X1 already?
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I sold the black X1i. I still have the silver X1a. The case is cracked, so I am not sure I could sell it.
neo3424 said:
If incoming call comes while i am listening to music, music fades out and it announces the caller name and from where he/she is calling for example mike from mobile or mike from office..after i finish my call the music comes back on automatically. same with email announcements.
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I can't get incoming announcements. THis is a problem for some Voice Command builds. WHat version and build number are you using? You can find this in the voice command app screen.
I use MV, its good for reading out incoming sms (i turn of text message tone)
im happy with it but, it uses a lot of memory 1.9meg ! so slows phone and empties battery quicker - they should make app more streamline
So I have had the HD2 for a few months now and I can't seem to find its true potential. Ive had no problems with it. I can get everything working smoothly. Done. But can anyone else give me some tips as to what I can do with the HD2? What do you do with your HD2?
I also really want to utilize true multitasking but I dont know what is "true multitasking".
Can someone give me a few examples besides streaming music via web while I do a word document?
What do "YOU" do that is true multitasking?
Listening to music in the bus with Skype and IMPlus running in the background, Opera to check timetables online, Google maps open to know where I am, launch camera to take a photo of something I just saw in the street, receiving a mail and reading it, opening the tasks app to add a reminder related to said mail, switch back to google maps to check where I'm now, switch to opera again to check something online that I just thought about, switch to the music player to skip a track, switch to IMPlus to answer a message I just received, opening adobe reader to check something in a document... going back and forth between all those.
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Listening to music in the bus with Skype and IMPlus running in the background, Opera to check timetables online, Google maps open to know where I am, launch camera to take a photo of something I just saw in the street, receiving a mail and reading it, opening the tasks app to add a reminder related to said mail, switch back to google maps to check where I'm now, switch to opera again to check something online that I just thought about, switch to the music player to skip a track, switch to IMPlus to answer a message I just received, opening adobe reader to check something in a document... going back and forth between all those.
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so by doing all those without having to close a single thing out? And you do this using the task manager in the upper right corner?
What I don't get is how is this different from Apple's iphone. Though it doesnt have multitasking, isnt it the same as opening things up and hiting the center home button and going onto the next app, etc? I dont see the difference.
the difference is on the iphone when you hit the home button it closes whatever you were in.
so any IM app such as skype, aim, facebook all get closed so you cant get messages in the background. you cant have pandora or slacker radio playing in the background. you can do one thing at a time.
pretty simple really
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so by doing all those without having to close a single thing out? And you do this using the task manager in the upper right corner?
What I don't get is how is this different from Apple's iphone. Though it doesnt have multitasking, isnt it the same as opening things up and hiting the center home button and going onto the next app, etc? I dont see the difference.
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The difference is multitasking can switch between apps without terminal them. In iphone once you click the home buttom, the running app closes then you are able to start other app. It can't regard as multitasking cause iphone can only run a app at a moment. But wm os can run a number of apps in background at the same time and switch between them instead of close one app and start the other one app. That is mean you can play a game in wm then you skype somebody, when you switch back to the game, it resumes. But in iphone, you start skype before you terminal the game.
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so by doing all those without having to close a single thing out? And you do this using the task manager in the upper right corner?
What I don't get is how is this different from Apple's iphone. Though it doesnt have multitasking, isnt it the same as opening things up and hiting the center home button and going onto the next app, etc? I dont see the difference.
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I use taskfacade or aebplus' task manager function mapped to the windows button.
The iphone can do most of it, with a few exceptions, for example if you open google maps and do a search, have the results displayed, then close the program to do something else, once you run it again you'll arrive at the main screen and you'll have to do your search again. With skype, you open it and it connects, but then if you close it to do something else you won't be notified of new messages, you'll have to manually reopen skype once in a while to see if you've received something. On the HD2 skype stays open and will sound when you receive something.
Then, I haven't used an iphone enough regarding the web browser, if exiting and coming back keeps all your open tabs etc.
On mine I cycle/run with run.gps running actively in the foreground, Pocketscrobbler running actively in the background, along with Audiobooster, music player doing its thing, RSS reader doing its thing, Push sync doing its thing...
Good thing on multi task is surfing. U can open more than one tab and while the sides are loading u check your mails or something.
I like it and its a feature I would miss on the Iphone...
What's not to get on multitasking?
being an iphone user for a time, one of the largest complaints (even after jailbreaking) was the limited multitasking. Even with backgrounder running, the phone was slow as crap. The touch hd2 on the other hand...
I have 13 applications open and I still see no lag anywhere. nuff said
1) i noticed opera doesnt keep loading if you switch to another task. It stops.
2) music in the bg is normal and most phones can do that. unless they are streaming like pandora. but even so jailbreaking makes it possible to do this for iphones.
3) skype is required, or eventually inevitable. Using hd2 is almost like you're sucked into skype, since everyone is using it, right? LOL
4) jailbreaking an iphone allows it to multitask. why not do it besides the illegal thing and the risk? its like bricking an hd2.
the new iphone OS4 should have multitasking too.. but i heard it only allows the apps to save some services or something, but the app still closes... thats why pandora doesnt work with it i think xD
apple will always be performance > flexibility, thats why they will never have TRUE multitasking, and for me, TRUE multitasking is when the application i open are still running IN REALTIME ( and doesnt stop ) in the background.
I find it really important that I can run my navigation system while having my calendar reminding me for my appointments or being able to receive phone calls.
Can you be on a call and quickly check a document, calendar, email, or web browse on the HD2? Thanks
Tomb77 said:
Can you be on a call and quickly check a document, calendar, email, or web browse on the HD2? Thanks
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Yes. You can be on a call and continue watching a movie also.
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1) i noticed opera doesnt keep loading if you switch to another task. It stops.
2) music in the bg is normal and most phones can do that. unless they are streaming like pandora. but even so jailbreaking makes it possible to do this for iphones.
3) skype is required, or eventually inevitable. Using hd2 is almost like you're sucked into skype, since everyone is using it, right? LOL
4) jailbreaking an iphone allows it to multitask. why not do it besides the illegal thing and the risk? its like bricking an hd2.
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which version of opera are you using?
mind loads perfectly well in the background.. as do all the non java browsers I use.
why is skype required, I've used it twice in all the years I've been using winmo, which is quite a while now!
woopee do you can do some basic crap on the iphmoan
***SOME*** not all, but some, try really using the hd2 as it can be used, as a true powerhouse, with full multitasking, not something that you can do a couple of basic things with.
maybe HTC and MS should sue apple for copying multitasking on a smartphone
who gives a damn about jailbreaking the iphmoan? this isn't an apple forum..
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Yes. You can be on a call and continue watching a movie also.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately I do not have the phone in hand but I have an HD2 user that has a hard time with entering their exchange password to get in to multi task while on a call. disabling the password probably wont work and is not a good idea. I assume there is an auto lock while on a call that he may be able to disable. any help or ideas? your help is much appreciated.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately I do not have the phone in hand but I have an HD2 user that has a hard time with entering their exchange password to get in to multi task while on a call. disabling the password probably wont work and is not a good idea. I assume there is an auto lock while on a call that he may be able to disable. any help or ideas? your help is much appreciated.
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Everything should work exactly the same while on a call... just hit the home button or start button to get whereever you need to go. Now, depending on your network, you may not be able to access the internet while on a call. If you're on 3g, you usually can... but if your on edge/2g, then you may not be able to.
An example of multitasking (seeing as that is what the op asked for):
Today. after almost bricking it setting it up how i like it (it's only a week old) i did a hard reset. Since that point i have had, the wifi on and wifi remote access doing various things, activesync doing it's thing on direct push to my exchange server, msn messenger bugging the hell out of me, pocketmusic keeping me entertained, facebook for windows mobile pissing me off, various explorer windows, word 2010 (you gotta do some work sometime), the text messaging app keeping up with the boys (and girls) that i call friends and phm registry editor (so i can install the tweaks i like) all running at the same time, since about 9am. The phone has lagged a lil here and there but nothing that has worried me and yeah the wifi needed a rest a couple of times coz the chip was getting hot and the packet loss was getting a bit high but overall i think it's done well considering it was getting hammered. Battery hasn't needed charging yet either (and it's not an extended one).
I've got a couple of friends that have (and i like this so i'm gonna use it) iPhmoan 3GS' and they want the 4G. I'm constantly being pestered by them to switch (i'm on my 5th winmo device) and all i do is laugh at them. Just yesterday one of them was wetting himself over the 4G having 256MB of ram. The direct quote he got was "my phone has 1ghz processor and 576MB of ram and can multitask better than your girlfriend. Go suck it!! It's in the corner over there" and that is my general attitude to the iphone and apple's idea of innovation right now. It's Overpriced, useless, unintuitive, lazy, anti competitive and designed to generate nothing but profit for apple. Anyone that want's or has one is more stupid than they look and far richer too.
My wife has a sirrius account and listens to howard stern. She would also like to be able to go on the internet and look at facebook an other stuff at the same time. Everytime she is listening to the siruis radio and opens a new tab the radio stops. Any way to do both at the same time ?
Great question - I to have had the issue of listening to music and having it stop when I navigate elsewhere. It would be nice if there was a way to get the audio, no matter where it's coming from, to remain persistent throughout the OS.
TuneIn Radio does. It places an instance in the notification bar and when you leave the player it continues to play in the background so you can listen to it and still surf, read etc...
Are you listening through the app or via the website?
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Are you listening through the app or via the website?
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The website
If they would make all tabs 'active' like this and you would have a couple of website with flash or javascript or whatever running your tablet would become very very slow I believe.
So probably not possible (maybe with another browser?). Better use apps for background tasks.
Hi, perhaps i have missed something here but is it not possible to for instance have music playing while browsing ? or do i need to run some non OOB app to achieve this ?
Thanks for any pointers
Off course it's possible. Hell I'm on the other side of this. I'm afraid of runing any music because I usually struggle to turn it off then. Just don't press the back key on the app. Use the Home key instead and it should continue playing in the background.
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Hi, perhaps i have missed something here but is it not possible to for instance have music playing while browsing ? or do i need to run some non OOB app to achieve this ?
Thanks for any pointers
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It helps to think of the back button like the red button in Windows or OSX.
The red/x or close in Windows doubles it's function for some apps but in general it means close/quit. For many it can and does mean close/minimize where it sends the program to your notification area vs. eliminating it from memory.
It's a similar situation with Android. Most programs will close/quit when you press back. Every game I've played, some utilities, many apps - but a few will remain open and simply get out of your way (GTalk, Yahoo, Pandora, etc.).
Because of this, you should just make a habit of using the home button vs. the back button to multitask. It'll save you frustration from accidentally quitting the apps you wish to continue running in the background.
Some examples Music apps that do not close when you hit 'back' is Google Music and Doubletwist. I'm not sure if Google Music is out of beta yet.
Good Luck.
I think the only exception is if you're listening to music in a tab in the browser, I don't believe active content in background browser tabs continues.
Otherwise, yep, fire up Pandora or the music app, start your music, then hit Home and fire up your other apps. You should see a music activity notice in the Notifications bar.
browser active tabs
There is a add-on for dolphin prowser that will allow web site content to continue when its not the active tab
I can not publish any code or any logs, because there is no real problem yet. I am a beginner in Android / Java and the OOP concept.
I need to run two processes at exactly the same time in my program. The processes are sound samples and requires played at exactly the same time to be synchronized with each other.
I call the methods on the lines one after the other, which gives me a delay when the first clip starts a few microseconds before. Depending on the hardware this delay will also vary enormously .. how do i run the commands, or call the methods exactly the same time?
I've been looking at adding a delay of the first method by a handler, but I do not want to do this but it does not guarantee accurate synchronization.
I am on track to use AsyncTask, and somehow run these processes simultaneously but in different threads ... I have no idea if I'm on the right track? Can anyone confirm that this is the right way, or provide information about what else I can do? Grateful for all the help I can get. I hope I have not used the wrong terms and that I have given you enough information so that you can understand my question. Thanks in advance.
Having two functions tied to the same event has worked for me in the past.
For example, if you have a play button and you set up two separate functions to run when that button is clicked, they should go at the exact same time. If your play button is pressed, it will fire both functions simultaneously.
Another more advanced approach would be to return the current time code of "sound a" and pause it until the time code of "sound b" reaches the current time of "sound a".
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Having two functions tied to the same event has worked for me in the past.
For example, if you have a play button and you set up two separate functions to run when that button is clicked, they should go at the exact same time. If your play button is pressed, it will fire both functions simultaneously.
Another more advanced approach would be to return the current time code of "sound a" and pause it until the time code of "sound b" reaches the current time of "sound a".
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Well "simultaneously" is a big word but you are right, even if one player lags behind the other one, we are talking about microseconds at most. And i doubt that anybody would even notice that.
And to OP:
In java there is a keyword called "synchronized" where one thread awaits the other. I have never used that and so i dont know how to use this. Maybe if you look it up on google it could prove useful to your project. But i actually dont think that you can technically accomplish this "true" synchronization you are thinking of... It is worth a try at least
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Have you considered buffering? you can buffer samples in some queue and start playing them after a decided delay / samples count, making sure you have samples from all the sources you need to synchronize
Thanks for the replies, any help is much appreciated!
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Having two functions tied to the same event has worked for me in the past.
For example, if you have a play button and you set up two separate functions to run when that button is clicked, they should go at the exact same time. If your play button is pressed, it will fire both functions simultaneously.
Another more advanced approach would be to return the current time code of "sound a" and pause it until the time code of "sound b" reaches the current time of "sound a".
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Good to hear, but can it be guaranteed that the function calls are performed exactly the same time? This is very necessary for various reasons.
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Well "simultaneously" is a big word but you are right, even if one player lags behind the other one, we are talking about microseconds at most. And i doubt that anybody would even notice that.
And to OP:
In java there is a keyword called "synchronized" where one thread awaits the other. I have never used that and so i dont know how to use this. Maybe if you look it up on google it could prove useful to your project. But i actually dont think that you can technically accomplish this "true" synchronization you are thinking of... It is worth a try at least
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This is what I also want to emphasize. With the greatness of the inner meaning of "simultaneousness", even if that someone would not notice anything, it's a necessity.
I will seriously undermine further the keyword synchronized. This sounds exactly like what I need. I will succeed and reconnect with the results!
pixeltech.dev said:
Have you considered buffering? you can buffer samples in some queue and start playing them after a decided delay / samples count, making sure you have samples from all the sources you need to synchronize
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I have heard the word buffer before but never truly understood how it works syntactically, nor in Android / Java.
With what kind of content can this be done? All types of media, audio / picture / video? Do you have any keyword to search on or link to an example?
Invisible Algorithm said:
Thanks for the replies, any help is much appreciated!
I have heard the word buffer before but never truly understood how it works syntactically, nor in Android / Java.
With what kind of content can this be done? All types of media, audio / picture / video? Do you have any keyword to search on or link to an example?
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Buffering is a technique where you first collect enough data (can be represented in any form but is usually done through collections) and once you have enough data you do something with it.
An example can be reading data in bytes form from one source (e.g. network channel), buffering it (storing it in some collection) and writing it to files when buffered data reaches some threshold size