Sounds not played

Thu Dec 12 20:53:11 UTC 2013

Turns out PST just answered this question on their Knowledge Base, 
see http://www.pstnet.com/support/kb.asp?TopicID=5607 .  Note the 
distinction between "updates" and "upgrades".  The key section reads

"What does it cost to update or upgrade?
"Updates to an existing system are included as a part of the web 
support plan for your product. If your web support has expired, a 
renewal may be purchased during that product's life cycle. Upgrades 
to an existing system must be purchased and are typically offered at 
a discount over the price of purchasing a new system."

Not clear what "web support plan" means, or how it expires.  But there you go.

-- David McFarlane

At 12/2/2013 03:34 PM Monday, David McFarlane wrote:
>Francesco,
>
>So far, PST has charged only for major upgrades, e.g., from any 
>version of EP1 to EP2.  So, if you had a license for EP1, you could 
>upgrade to any other version of EP1 at no charge, and if you had a 
>license for EP2, you could upgrade to any other version of EP2 at no 
>charge.  But no one needs me to tell them that, they can just go to 
>the PST download site, try downloading/installing the software, and 
>see what happens!
>
>Note that PST made *major* changes in the software from EP2.0.8 to 
>EP2.0.10, changes that can break things, so you may want to first 
>try the upgrade to EP2.0.8.90 before going all the way to the 
>Production Release (2.0.10.242) or the latest version (currently 
>2.0.10.353).  You can see PST's advice about this at 
>https://support.pstnet.com/entries/24643063 .
>
>Aside from that, you might also take Michiel's sound advice to 
>double-check your file names.
>
>-- David McFarlane
>
>
>At 11/29/2013 06:12 AM Friday, Cognitology wrote:
>>Hi Francesco, David,
>>Surely it's not a bug with the older E-prime, right? (and yes, minor - .x -
>>updates are almost always free)
>>I thought it's more likely that the filename is not correct. What's the
>>exact error message?
>>
>>Check to make sure that the filenames in the list are correct - a common
>>problem is that the list has "audio1.wav " rather than "audio1.wav". Try
>>with
>>Debug.print "playing:" & c.getattrib("sound") & "."
>>
>>That way you'll spot any leading spaces and such that are difficult to see
>>from just looking at the list. You can compare the debug.print from this
>>output to the output you get if you just fill in the filename - they should
>>be the same.
>>Hope that helps.
>>Best,
>>
>>Michiel
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: e-prime at googlegroups.com [mailto:e-prime at googlegroups.com] On Behalf
>>Of David McFarlane
>>Sent: 26. November 2013 21:32
>>To: e-prime at googlegroups.com
>>Subject: Re: Sounds not played
>>
>>Francesco,
>>
>>Wow, that is an old EP2 version.  I understand the reluctance of many labs
>>to move up to the latest version of EP2 because of how it significantly
>>breaks with earlier versions, but you should consider moving at least up to
>>2.0.8.90, as it adds several improvements and fixes to the earlier versions.
>>The thread at https://groups.google.com/d/topic/e-prime/ptt8Z08BUhA used
>>Codec Config to fix a similar problem, but I do not think that your version
>>includes that.
>>
>>-- David McFarlane
>>
>>
>>At 11/25/2013 06:58 PM Monday, francesco.biondi at ...com wrote:
>> >David,
>> >
>> >No
>> >
>> >the E-Studio version is the 2.0.1.96
>> >and the E-Prime version is 2.0.1.119
>> >
>> >
>> >On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 3:17 PM, David McFarlane
>> ><<mailto:mcfarla9 at msu.edu>mcfarla9 at msu.edu> wrote:
>> >By any chance, are you using EP2.0.10 or later?  If so, then see first
>> ><http://www.pstnet.com/support/kb.asp?TopicID=3299>http://www.pstnet.co
>> >m/support/kb.asp?TopicID=3299
>> >.
>> >
>> >-----
>> >David McFarlane
>> >E-Prime training
>> >online:
>> ><http://psychology.msu.edu/Workshops_Courses/eprime.aspx>http://psychol
>> >ogy.msu.edu/Workshops_Courses/eprime.aspx
>> >Twitter:  @EPrimeMaster
>> >(<https://twitter.com/EPrimeMaster>https://twitter.com/EPrimeMaster )
>> >
>> >/----
>> >Stock reminder:  1) I do not work for PST.  2) PST's trained staff take
>> >any and all questions at
>> ><https://support.pstnet.com>https://support.pstnet.com , and they
>> >strive to respond to all requests in 24-48 hours, so make full use of
>> >it.  3) In addition, PST offers several instructional videos on their
>> >YouTube channel
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>> >).  4) If you do get an answer from PST staff, please extend the
>> >courtesy of posting their reply back here for the sake of others.
>> >\----
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >At 11/25/2013 02:13 PM Monday, francesco biondi wrote:
>> >I am designing an experiment in which I am presenting sounds to pp.
>> >I am using a SlideObject with a SoundOut object.
>> >
>> >In the Properties window of the SoundOut object I am supposed to
>> >specify the Filename of the file I want to use.
>> >
>> >If, as a Filename, I use the name of the file contained in the folder -
>> >eg,, AUDIO.wav, the experiment runs without any problem.
>> >
>> >But, as a Filename, I specify an attribute contained in the List - eg,
>> >[Sound], eprime does not present the audio file.
>> >(each and every cell within the Sound column contained in the List
>> >contains audio file names such as AUDIO.wav)
>> >
>> >Can anyone help me with this?
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >
>> >--
>> >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Francesco Biondi
>> >PhD student in Cognitive Science
>> ><http://colab.psy.unipd.it/people-detail.php?ID=3650>http://colab.psy.u
>
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