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I'm a little new to this program, but I'm pretty sure the song is supposed to play when the play button is hit. Not only that, but the program itself isn't making any sound whatsoever. Can someone help me out here?
Check the status bar at the bottom; sometimes it flat out tells you what the problem is (more often than not, a buffer underrun).
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I checked the bar line at the bottom, and it doesn't say anything about a problem. Regardless, I increased the buffer time, and still, it doesn't want to play. Also something I just found out, when I press F1 for help, it says failed to launch help.
You haven't muted your system volume by any chance? (Always helps to rule out the obvious; or you'll feel stupid later should that actually be the case.)
Also review your audio settings (start with File > Configuration, Sound tab) to make sure there isn't anything that looks out of place.
Lastly, is this while trying to compose your own .ftm or while trying to play an existing song (like the saample songs), or does it happen to both?
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Volume's up, audio looks fine, and this is happening in both the sample songs and my works. The volume being muted could have made sense, if not for the incapability to play the song itself. Any song document in famitracker seems to not play, and I'm still unsure why.
[quote=mariomayhem97]Also something I just found out, when I press F1 for help, it says failed to launch help.[/quote]
Don't run FT from the .zip file. Extract the contents to a folder. This should fix the failing to launch help, at least.
[quote=mariomayhem97]...if not for the incapability to play the song itself.[/quote]
That's an interesting clue, can you give it more detail? E.g. when you hit the Play button, does the cursor row iterate through the song as if it's playing but nothing actually comes out the speakers? Look down at the status bar and there should be (depending on version) a panel showing the current frame / row and current playtime (both should be iterating if it's actually playing). If nothing is happening at all, then FT is outright refusing to play the song and the cause is probably something other than e.g. your system's sound configuration.
Also, any time you're reporting a bug to be investigated you should always (always) mention what version of the program you're using. The latest version is 0.4.4, but some people still use 0.4.3 or 0.4.2 or whatnot.
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mariomayhem97: Try selecting a different audio device in the sound configuration window and see if it works.
Threxx: There is a section about blank help files on the [url=http://famitracker.com/wiki/index.php?title=Frequently_Asked_Questions#Troubleshooting]wiki FAQ.
Threxx: I have version 0.4.4 right now. This is the latest, right?
shywolf: I've been running famitracker on .exe this whole time, that doesn't seem to be the problem.
stratelier: Sure, when I press the play button, nothing on the status bar changes. No numbers change or anything. It does, however, say No expansion chip, but I'm pretty sure that an expansion chip isn't needed to make a song. You said something about my audio configuration, and I'm not sure how to fix that. When I try to change the sound device, I only have two options, which are the primary sound driver and my HP speakers in the computer. I tried both, and I don't know what difference it was supposed to make, but I didn't hear one.
Also, I am currently on verion 0.4.4
jsr: I tried out both of my options, and they didn't seem to change anything. If there is a specific audio device I am supposed to use, I don't know which one it would be. I have the primary sound driver and installed speakers in my computer.
[quote=mariomayhem97]stratelier: Sure, when I press the play button, nothing on the status bar changes. No numbers change or anything.[/quote]
And it does or does not start scrolling through the song either?
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8bitZtuner: Yeah, the volume's at 100%. The buffer length is highered, and everything else is unchanged.
Stratelier: The song does not start scrolling through, it's like I didn't press the button at all. The only hint that it's doing something is that when I hold in the play button, the status bar says play module. I'm guessing that means the song's supposed to play, but it's not.
I have a similar situation after I use MIDI play through an external MidiSynth-software - pressing play just won't do anything after enabling and then disabling MIDI output.
Is the MIDI configuration completely turned off in your config?
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