[APP][REQ]Brins0net_SoundBoard

[brins0]

This was requested by some folk on here, so I made it for them. Perhaps someone else will have a use for it at some point...

http://projects.brins0.net/WM-Brins0net_SoundBoard/images/SoundBoard_Test.png

Usage:
- Tap and hold outside of a PictureBox element and select "Load Configuration File" *
- Exit is in the same menu
- Tap on a picture and sound plays
- ???????
- Profit!

*Due to an irritating bug in the .NET compact framework, files can only be seen in "user areas" such as My Documents, so you must place the configuration file there, but providing the files path are correct, the resources can go in *any* folder

Sound files can be in any format, you will hear the system default beep if the file cannot be played. Images can be in any format, and will be scaled to 100x100px when loaded in. If you want them to be sharp, try to keep them as close to this resolution as possible

Note: This has been made in the QVGA environment, but should scale to VGA correctly, images will have to be 200x200px to be sharp as they are scaled up.

More information and download HERE (http://projects.brins0.net/index.php?project=WM-Brins0net_SoundBoard)

Edit: Forgot to say, i've included a test set, although there are no sounds in it. This can be edited/removed, and is only really there to give you a head start, and to save me explaining how it works...

[citats]

This is actually pretty smart... Now to go dig out my old iPaq cause quite honestly I'm not too keen on my 2.5yr old using my Jewel.

[brins0]

This is actually pretty smart... Now to go dig out my old iPaq cause quite honestly I'm not too keen on my 2.5yr old using my Jewel.

Glad you like it. I'd have liked to make it a little simpler to use. If I had a folder browser object, I could simply get a folder to look in, and it'd be alot easier to configure and move around...

Alas, it's not in the 3.5 conpact framework, so i'd have to make my own. If more people like it, I may consider improving it though...

[citats]

Load config only sees folders.

[citats]

Alas, it's not in the 3.5 conpact framework, so i'd have to make my own. If more people like it, I may consider improving it though...

I'm using 3.5, should I have 2.0 loaded?
I think it is a great little app, so far in idea I just haven't been able to get the config to load.

[brins0]

I'm using 3.5, should I have 2.0 loaded?
I think it is a great little app, so far in idea I just haven't been able to get the config to load.

It was compiled for 3.5, and probably won't run with 2.0. To open the config, you need to tap and hold at the edge of the white area of the form, and a menu will appear. Select the "load option" from in there.

For the program to "see" the config file, it has to be in "my documents" either on the device, or on a storage card/internal storage. The config file *does not* have to be in the same place as the resources, but the file locations will have to be changed. I'm afraid, as I mentioned in the first post, that this is a limitation which I have no immediate control over, unless I make my own control... Sorry :(

[citats]

As can be seen in this scr the ini file should be visable below the Templates folder but the config load does not see it.... normally the file type would indicate *.ini etc... but instead says "Configuration Files

[brins0]

As can be seen in this scr the ini file should be visable below the Templates folder but the config load does not see it.... normally the file type would indicate *.ini etc... but instead says "Configuration Files

Sorry about that, for some reason the IDE likes wrapping things like the filters in "s

The filter was set to '"Configuration Files|*.ini"' rather than 'Configuration Files|*.ini'.

Try re-downloading the archive from the same place, i've corrected it now. You can use the same config file as before. Apologies for my silly little mistake :p

[citats]

Sorry about that, for some reason the IDE likes wrapping things like the filters in "s

The filter was set to '"Configuration Files|*.ini"' rather than 'Configuration Files|*.ini'.

Try re-downloading the archive from the same place, i've corrected it now. You can use the same config file as before. Apologies for my silly little mistake :p

That licked the problem... 2.5 yr old now wants a diamond... (ipaq currently running opie)
Thank you very much brins0


*edit*
attached what I have done...
Find lots of sound files here (http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/animal/SOUND/) Not all are wav but lots of animals.

[brins0]

That licked the problem... 2.5 yr old now wants a diamond... (ipaq currently running opie)
Thank you very much brins0

You're most welcome, spread the word plx :)

[johnboywilson]

That licked the problem... 2.5 yr old now wants a diamond... (ipaq currently running opie)
Thank you very much brins0


*edit*
attached what I have done...
Find lots of sound files here (http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/animal/SOUND/) Not all are wav but lots of animals.

Hi i know this sounds cheeky but could you post what you have done so we can use it as some of us are too lazy or stupid to do it ourselves. It would be good if people could post there sounds and pics too so we can all see what our kiddies prefer. Thanks again to brins0 for doing this and also to schmeichler who started the ball rolling.
Once i`ve seen how people have done there`s i`ll have a go myself! :p

[citats]

@johnboywilson
OK... to use my config you must copy the "Learn Animals" folder to the root of your "Internal Storage". Follow Brins0's instructions to load the config from your "My Documents Folder"

Don't become too complacent however.
If your not running on a Diamond or you want to store the "Learn Animals" folder in a different location you will have to edit the "Learn Animals.ini" to reflect your chosen path.

zip attached with wav and png's (I've made my images 100x100)
*if you want to sample the sound you will have to download the zip*
Hope some youngsters enjoy.

[citats]

One with Vehicles.
To use copy the "Vehicles" folder to the root of your "Internal Storage".
and the "Vehicles.ini" to your My Documents Folder.

[citats]

This one might be more advanced... Instruments.
To use copy the "Instruments" folder to the root of your "Internal Storage".
and the "Instruments.ini" to your My Documents Folder.

[johnboywilson]

This one might be more advanced... Instruments.
To use copy the "Instruments" folder to the root of your "Internal Storage".
and the "Instruments.ini" to your My Documents Folder.

Cool your a star i`ll give it a go.... :)

[brins0]

Wow, I didn't realise that such a simple program would be such a big hit. I may try and change the way configurations are stored to make it a little easier, if I can work out how to get just a folder name. Then you wouldn't have to have a config file at all, just a folder with images and sounds labelled 1 to 6.

By the way, it will work with any kind of image and sound, not just PNGs and WAVs. I only used those to demonstrate, coz they are the file types which suffer least from compression.

[johnboywilson]

Hi, this is very cool just what i needed. I have found a problem though. Its nowt to do with the programming its more to do with my daughter!
She presses the hardware buttons and ends up going back to home screen. Is there anything that can be done to solve this? :confused:

[brins0]

Hi, this is very cool just what i needed. I have found a problem though. Its nowt to do with the programming its more to do with my daughter!
She presses the hardware buttons and ends up going back to home screen. Is there anything that can be done to solve this? :confused:

One thing I could try would be forcing the form to be the top most window at all times, but this means that you cannot do anything until you close the application, or another window insists on being the top most form.

Edit: another way I thaught of doing this, would be to hook into the event for when the form loses focus, and then re-show the form when the event is fired. Although this would mean there's no way of getting out if there is a problem with the program... The best thing to do would be to ahve an option in the menu, defaulting to on, which will keep the window focused at all times...

I'll experiment later on for you... Check back later :)

[brins0]

I'll experiment later on for you... Check back later

I've made the proposed changes now, and the form is always on top now, irrigardless of whether there's another form active. Unfortunately, sometimes the upper bar shows through if another application is opened, but after tapping on the form, it vanishes again...

Hope that's better for you now :D

[NisseDILLIGAF]

I just had to make a StarWars sound board :D

and just like on citats files
To use copy the "StarWars" folder to the root of your "Internal Storage".
and the "StarWars.ini" to your My Documents Folder.

Thanx brins0 for a great app... my friends will hate me now! :p:D

[EazyDude]

After a bit of fiddling and some crude recording, I think I should be sorted for my little one's journey.

[bbju]

Sorry to have to dig out this thread. I encountered a problem using Brins0's soundboard. Some of the sounds cannot be played at all. I don't know whether it's my phone's problem or something wrong with the .wav files. And if so, how can I make the sounds play?

Can somebody try the two sound files for me and see if it works on your phone (on SoundBoard, specifically)? I am preparing for a little game session for my sunday school class. I need a buzzer sound (for wrong answers) and a ding-ding-ding sound (for right answers). I downloaded the sounds from the web. They can be played on my phone (by pressing it and launching media player) but when Soundboard is launched, they just can't be played. I tried other sounds posted here and those sounds worked fine. I tried converting them to other formats (mp3, wma) and still no success.

Brins0 or some other nice people. Please help. I am quite desperate.

Here is the two .wav files that I downloaded.

[brins0]

Sorry to have to dig out this thread. I encountered a problem using Brins0's soundboard. Some of the sounds cannot be played at all. I don't know whether it's my phone's problem or something wrong with the .wav files. And if so, how can I make the sounds play?

Can somebody try the two sound files for me and see if it works on your phone (on SoundBoard, specifically)? I am preparing for a little game session for my sunday school class. I need a buzzer sound (for wrong answers) and a ding-ding-ding sound (for right answers). I downloaded the sounds from the web. They can be played on my phone (by pressing it and launching media player) but when Soundboard is launched, they just can't be played. I tried other sounds posted here and those sounds worked fine. I tried converting them to other formats (mp3, wma) and still no success.

Brins0 or some other nice people. Please help. I am quite desperate.

Here is the two .wav files that I downloaded.

The sounds have to be named 1.wav, 2.wav and so on... You have to ahve 6 of them if I remember correctly, as well as corrosponding images, otherwise the application willl not load...

[schmeichler]

omg - this is going to be one embarrassing post ;)

I actually only remembered this request when there was no time for checking back...
Quite happy some people were interested and the app is exaclty what I had in mind!

Thanks a huge bunch brins0!!!

I'm sure this will be one great new toy ...

[tpereboom]

Sorry to bother you with this. but i cant find the download of the soundboard anywhere. Not even on your own site. Am I blind? Could you help me please.

Tim the Enchanter

[brins0]

I've recently overhauled my site and built myself a new server, and I didn't think anyone was terribly bothered with the older applications anymore, so I didn't bother rebuilding the projects.brins0.net website for the new server. I've uploaded a copy for you below.

Sorry for the inconvenience :)

[tpereboom]

Thanks again, my daughters will love you for it.

Tim the Enchanter