Corona crashes with a segmentation fault message if I try to load .m4a files as sounds (not streams) in 1051…
Is that format supported anymore? (the files were encoded via Quicktime’s OSX export option?)
Not that I’ve heard of. I’ll pass this on to the engineers in case they are aware of anything. But in the mean time, make sure the files are of a supported bit rate (11,025, 22k 44k). I’m running 1059 and I have .m4a’s playing.
Ah, that would be the problem. You mean sample rate, in which case the disparity is that Quicktime Player (OSX) only has one export type: m4a @ 48 kHz
My guess is that Corona hard crashes because it sees the file format and expects to play it, but can’t handle the sample rate.
(I have to track down some audio conversion software for OSX to be sure)
Pick up Audacity.
Can flag this as resolved. Not only is Audacity the problem solver (a horrible option for usability, but seems reasonably good for non CAF formats!) but loading the m4a files in Audacity reveals them to be…empty?
Lesson learned: Don’t bother with Quicktime Exporter.
Yea, their UI leaves a bit to be desired. The engineers got back to me and pointed out that the m4a is really just a container and the contents of that container can be encoded in a bunch of different ways and that could create potential problems too.
Not that I’ve heard of. I’ll pass this on to the engineers in case they are aware of anything. But in the mean time, make sure the files are of a supported bit rate (11,025, 22k 44k). I’m running 1059 and I have .m4a’s playing.
Ah, that would be the problem. You mean sample rate, in which case the disparity is that Quicktime Player (OSX) only has one export type: m4a @ 48 kHz
My guess is that Corona hard crashes because it sees the file format and expects to play it, but can’t handle the sample rate.
(I have to track down some audio conversion software for OSX to be sure)
Pick up Audacity.
Can flag this as resolved. Not only is Audacity the problem solver (a horrible option for usability, but seems reasonably good for non CAF formats!) but loading the m4a files in Audacity reveals them to be…empty?
Lesson learned: Don’t bother with Quicktime Exporter.
Yea, their UI leaves a bit to be desired. The engineers got back to me and pointed out that the m4a is really just a container and the contents of that container can be encoded in a bunch of different ways and that could create potential problems too.