Music?????

darkserra · #1 November 19th, 2000, 03:08 AM

Anybody know why I don't hear any music with SEIV?????

It't got me pretty perplexed.......

SirDarwin · #2 November 19th, 2000, 03:34 AM

others have mentioned this in other topics...music works fine for me. Do you listen to music cds on your computer often? (if not, check to make sure the cd volume isn't muted or turned down, I had that problem

Mythandril · #3 November 19th, 2000, 07:10 AM

I think I have solved the lack of CD audio problem. I was having the same problem as everyone else. I reinstalled Windows ME on the weekend and when I reinstalled SE4 the CD audio worked flawlessly. On my previos installation of Windows, I beleive that my default CD audio player was Real Player(jukebox). And of course on a fresh install of windows, the default player is the windows cd player, or Media Player 7 if you have ME installed. So I think that SE4 tries to detect either the windows default Cd player and if its anything other than the two mentioned above it won't play the CD tracks. So I think if people are having this trouble they should try to set the CD audio player back to one of the default, instead of third pary one they are using like Real Player, Win Amp, ect. Hope this helps. By the way I think the music is excellent, and definatley adds ambience to the game.

Instar · #4 November 19th, 2000, 07:24 AM

Yeah, you should check your volume controls. Double click on the speaker icon to open it up. Check it out

Tomgs · #5 November 19th, 2000, 11:08 AM

I have Real Jukebox as my default and the music plays fine for me. I also had my volume very low so at first I didn't know the music worked.

Psitticine · #6 November 20th, 2000, 04:13 AM

. . . and I use WinAmp. Haven't had any problems with the music at all.

jaolhe · #7 November 20th, 2000, 05:02 PM

Well, I have the music problem too. Only one Asus CD-ROM drive, and I don't hear any music automatically, even after I turn it ON in the game options menu (why in the h*** is it turned OFF as default?) The problem is not in volume controls or default music players. I CAN get some music playing if I manually press the play button that is on the front panel of my CD drive, but I don't know if it plays the way it's supposed to in this way or not.

I just came with an theory that I haven't been able to check yet: do you guys use the auto-play option in Windows with your CD drive? I find that to be a most irritating thing, and therefore I would never use it. If SE IV requires that option to be ON for the music to start playing?

Ebonyknight · #8 November 20th, 2000, 05:39 PM

This is interesting...I have had no music problems. I checked and my music is ON by default (first thing I did after I installed it). Hmmm....

Could it be a driver incompatibility?

Richard · #9 November 20th, 2000, 05:41 PM

We're still not sure why the music is not working with some setups but it may in fact have something to do with your CD audio properties.

In either case Aaron is looking into it.

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Psitticine · #10 November 20th, 2000, 08:30 PM

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Originally posted by Ebonyknight:
This is interesting...I have had no music problems. I checked and my music is ON by default (first thing I did after I installed it). Hmmm....

Could it be a driver incompatibility?

Mine also defaults to ON. This is a weird little bug, isn't it?

I'm amazed that I'm not having problems. My CD-ROM is always giving me trouble with ordinary music CDs, so I certainly would have expected to be among the ones who are having trouble!