Hello,

I've worked on an alternate sollution to fix the problems some people have in Sound Commands (again, yes)... please, everyone download the latest debug version of Messenger Plus! at http://www.msgplus.net/temp/MPTest.zip.zip and tell me if the sounds are fixed or, at least, if they are still working for you. Note that this version also fixed the bug that allowed people to use sounds in their name (and the sounds have better quality).

I'm waiting for your answers! I'd like to release a good patch before next friday.
Patchou

Still works fine here.... and the quality is better!

hi Patchou

I had the sound problem too, this has fixed the sound but only a couple of faults with a few the following sounds end too early.

/shello just says "howdy   
/sbrb just says "i
/sboring is just a short "beep
/smad is "ar
/somg is " oh my

The rest works fine for me a nice fix just needs these checking

thank you

       

I just uploaded an new update. Please try download http://www.msgplus.net/temp/MPTest.zip and let me know!

Patchou

Most work, some are cut off early though. 

Are you mad,  You're boring, and Oh My God do not play the full sounds.

Win 2003 Standard
Athlon 700
sound driver: ac97via.sys Tuesday, April 08, 2003
DirectX 9.0a

ThanX

hi Patchou

The follow sounds are still cut short this is what they say:

/shello just says "howdy   
/sbrb just says "i
/sboring is just a short "beep
/smad is "ar
/somg is " oh my

They just end too early, but the sound is clear and fine now.

Thank you




       

This fix is great finally i hear the sounds clear (not underwater-wacky sounds)

But:
The follow sounds are still cut short this is what they say:

/shello just says "howdy   
/sbrb just says "i
/sboring is just a short "beep
/smad is "ar
/somg is " oh my

Thanx [Hot]Steve

well the sound works fine now,, but some of them r cutoff.. like in of my god.. it doesnt say god.. its stops at oh my.. and few others.. the sound is clear this time..

hey Patchou
I downloaded the latest version of msn plus today and i don't even have the option for sounds under the plus menu like in the tutorial...did what you said to do still not working, kinda bummed appreciate any help

thanks for the news.. I'll look into it and post another update... I'm starting to run out of idea....

Here you go, another test... if this one doesnt work for you, well, reinstall Windows .

Seriously, please, let me know... this time, all mp3 are high quality and are really supposed to be played by every codec perfectly. If this one works, I'll have to do some other tests with you to find the correct compression for everything.

http://www.msgplus.net/temp/MPTest.zip

Again, here are the original sound files so you could compare them with what you hear: http://shoutbox.menthix.net/attachment.php?tid=9391&pid=69806
(Sounds.zip, 120 KB)


DawsonsFreak, if you don't have the "Send Command -> Sounds" menu then you have an old version of Messenger Plus!. This is a very common problem, you have to download Plus! again, try a different mirror: http://sock.demon.co.il/mp2


Edit: Oh and yes, all the sounds still work fine with this version.

Great!!!!!!!!!
it's OKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK~~~

thanks!  but you can't see how I  gladness under my surgical mask.

it's working now \0/ thx patchou!

Works fine now, plz release an official version fast so i can put it in my ghost, thx PATCHOU OWNZ

It's still better; Not "hashed" again

Good job Pat.

Cordial

[MAJ] : a little pb: some sounds are "incompletes"
ex: for "i be back", i hear "i be ba" ! 

yeah ok do these versions make you able to use sounds in your nickname

because i used dane's soundnames and when i put it in my name and sent a message i got an error with MSN and it was only when i attatched a sound

They work now... Well, they cut off on the end.. Isn't it a sound buffer mistake or something? It's always JUST before the end with me... I also had the "cut-off"-problem with the older version, when there were only 5 sounds... At least I have the Sounds Pack where I can enjoy them fully .

Where do u extract these sounds to?

Thanks Patchou this fix has done it good work thanks again.

I find that some end a little short on the last word
like

/sbrb         finishes a before he completes the word back
/sbye         finishes a little quick on the last word
/sboring     finishes before he gets the g out
/somg        finishes before saying the rest of  god
/smad        finishes a before he completes the word mad

But these are only just.
The latest fix is the best.

Thanks patchou

Plus if anyone else gets this let me know thanks

Worked nice before, still works nice

Works fine for me on WinXP (Worked before)
Ill be testing now on my Win98 PC to (Doesn't worked before)

Edit tested @ win98 it works now

worked fine before, works fine now

They work but cut off before the end but its  OK

Exactly!

Same for me too. They get cut off just at the end. Would be great if you could fix it?   

it's the same here - the sound stops before the sentences is spoken (hope this was understandable, excuse my english )

i tested it under 3 computers (2x windows xp pro german, soundblaster live! 5.1 and 1x windows xp pro german, ac97 chipset onboard [notebook])

before you're last soundfix it was not possible to hear these sounds at my notebook (i didn't try the "1st" final of msgplus! 2 at my desktop pcs)

edit: i did a reinstall of it and now the sounds work. sounds only work in the Sound Test Build, not in the public release . and also there is cutoff on most of the sounds

running Windows Messenger 4.7 on Windows XP

it doesn't work....

He Patchou!

Gr8 fix...I'm very pleased to let you know the sound options didn't work properly, but now (after installing the fix) everything is working perfect...
So THUMBS UP for your fix. Thanx...

Greetz Tries

The sounds are cut off like mentioned before. They arent garbled or anything tho.

I guess I never mentioned this before. I'm using winxp pro. I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not...

Hi Patchou i have just downloaded msn messenger, i have accessed it a few times but now it never allows me to login. i have uninstalled it and reinstalled it, but this did not make  a difference. i no this is irrelevent to ure thread but i cant seem to post  a new thread anywhere. please help me. Pathodon@hotmail.com this is my email.

He guys,
I had a sound program too with the new . EVERY sound comment became some strange beeps. But with this new debug version, the problem is solved.

Where do u get this 'debug version'?

Here is what will hopefully be the latest test... http://www.msgplus.net/temp/MPTest.zip. I've added some blank at the end of each sound so that crappy codecs do not return before the sound is complete. I have no way to test it so, once again, please reply! .

works great patchou.. the latest fix i s the best.. and sounds now works fine.. really great sound .. (before it didnt work for )

hey patchou i tried to test the latest patch u submitted

this one"http://www.msgplus.net/temp/SoundTesting.zip."

and it crashed.. so where do i send that debug text file???

but all sounds works fine now..

crashed thrice in less then 2 mins

Hey Patchou,
I downloaded the latest debug patch and all the sounds work now ..good work!

great work - all sounds are working fine

big thanx for your hard work patchou!

Yeah!!!
All the sounds work fine and are complete now.
Good Work PAtchou

Monarch: wow, please zip C:\MessengerPlus Dump.txt and send it to mplus@patchou.com as soon as possible. Please give as much details as possible about the crash (when did it happen? was it when you sent sounds, ...)

Thank you,
Patchou

WOOHOO! IT WORKS NOW!!

Hey they are now working fine!!! Thanks. (They didn't work before)

Wait a minute.... it seems to be crashing a lot.... it doesn't happens in some specific moment it just do....
when it wants to. It's so weird... no error message it just closes. It happens when using sounds.... after you use them a lot they start freakin and finally Messenger just closes

Here you go, yet another update... I hope this one wont crash for you. If it does, please let me know when. The new update can be downlaod at http://www.msgplus.net/temp/MPTest.zip. If you install it correctly, the about box will say "April 30th". So what I need now is that kind of reply:
"I have April 30th version, sounds are working perfectly (or not), Messenger doesnt crash (or it does)".

Waiting for your news.... again, thank you all for your time,
Patchou

I have April 30th version, sounds are working perfectly, Messenger doesnt crash!

It works! It works!!! Even with me, it works!!! Fully! Good quality!!! Yeeeeaaah thnx Patchou

All of the sounds work perfectly now. Thanks Patchou.

Yes, i don't have problems with the sound comments any moré

I have April 30th version, sounds are working perfectly, Messenger doesnt crash!  (on my WinXP PC)
Sound worked before, no crashes before

I have April 30th version, sounds are <UNKNOWN>*, Messenger doesnt crash!  (on my sisters Win98 PC....)
sound worked in prevous Debug version.... it did'n crashed before


*<UNKNOWN> means could only test it via VNC so could not hear sound

[EDIT]
sounds works to on Win98 PC

Fixed!!!! Yippie!!!!! (Only I used http://www.msgplus.net/temp/MPTest.zip (which had a setup.exe dated may 1st) because I couldn'y find http://www.msgplus.net/temp/MPTest.zip.zip)

Sound are great!!

Thanx a million.
Peter.

the sounds work fine, no problems

i'm using the april 30th sounds are working fine and without chrashes

i this soft

Hey new to here

i would like to thank Patchou for a great free addon

I have the setup.exe saying 1st May

Sounds  work alot better , but i have been finding i dont know why this is (me dim) sometimes when u do a sound for the first time in that one window, the start of the sound dont play, its only a little bit but i have noticed it

perfectionists

i also found if u do too many sounds one after the other (did this when i was testing them all) my msn closed down so next time i think ill leave a few secs between each one. Just thought i would include that incase it can be fixed.

o and i luv that /sboring, lol great!!!

ive already got all me m8s onto it and they think its awesome to, but they didnt have sound problems

With this http://www.msgplus.net/temp/MPTest.zip version my msnplus sound works great

I had the problem with an horrific sound, but with this new release, it works perfectly .... for me !
I say "for me" because 3 of my friends reinstall it with your latest debuged version and they have absolutely NO sound ...
One is working on windows XP, the second on 98 and the third on windows2000 .... that's so strange because on the former version ( 2.02 ) the sounds worked ....
So .... what should they do ??
Thanks (it's great) !!

well I got the Beta version and the sounds worked, got the 2.1.0032 and they were demented sounds, got 2.1.32 and they were not there for me, got the Debug and finally.......THEY WORKED!


thank you patchou!

hmm, i get a 404 when i try to download the new fix...

Well, apparently the problems are solved... be sure to post anyg bug concerning the sounds in this thread today if you find any.

If sounds worked in 2.02 but dont work in this latest version, maybe its just because your status is set to "busy"

Patchou

It works for me tooo!!!
Please make it an official

thx

No ... the status is not busy .... and the sounds doesn't works at all on my friends computers ....
strange ....

Jusqu'ici, tout va bien...

Excellent.

thanks

Hey Patchou, notice how your 'little extra' of an easter egg has grown into the only thing anyone wanted to know about?
Sorry, I can't help you, worked perfectly from the first version

By the way can you please do something about the way you open URLs? (http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=9332)  Thanks

well... i downloaded dis software but still facing a prob
like...
if i type /shello on the IM window 'hello' prints but without a sound.

den i downloaded the mptest version but  no use
in prev version there wasnt any prob related to sound but in dis version i m facing it... plz plz plz do something
thks

Hello.  I'm having the same problem people who have posted on this thread have posted with the sounds being cut off or not being heard.  I tried downloading the patch Patchou suggested, but it states the zip file is corrupted.  Where can I get the patch to see if it solves the problem?

Uhm, it seems i'm not the only one having trouble with the sounds here.
Fact is, that with the earlier versions of MP2, the sounds worked correct, even when Patchou encoded the sounds as 'supermp3' (or anything like that)
Soundtroubles started the moment i installed the final version, and now with the test version i hear instead of the wobbly & deformed sounds absolutely nothing! complete & utter silence

WinME
embedded (but ok) soundcard
directX 8.1

Using April 30th Debug, no sounds

Event log:

2003/05/02 23:56:27 - Entering PlaySoundCommand. Sound: 50
2003/05/02 23:56:27 - ExtractFile - 1
2003/05/02 23:56:27 - ExtractFile - 2
2003/05/02 23:56:27 - ExtractFile - 3
2003/05/02 23:56:27 - ExtractFile - 4
2003/05/02 23:56:27 - ExtractFile - 5
2003/05/02 23:56:27 - ExtractFile - 6
2003/05/02 23:56:27 - PlaySoundCommand - file to be played: C:\DOCUME~1\John\LOCALS~1\Temp\msgpstmp790.mp3
2003/05/02 23:56:27 - PlaySoundCommand - open command: open "C:\DOCUME~1\John\LOCALS~1\Temp\msgpstmp790.mp3" type MPEGVideo alias msgplus_cmdsnd
2003/05/02 23:56:28 - PlaySoundCommand - Error: MCI open command didn't work. Result: 263
2003/05/02 23:56:28 -        --> The specified device is not open or is not recognized by MCI.
2003/05/02 23:56:28 - PlaySoundCommand will delete file
2003/05/02 23:56:28 - PlaySoundCommand will return

Also the registry entry: HKCU\Software\Patchou\MsgPlus2\your@email.com\Preferences
SoundMCIType1

Is not being created, I have created it manually but still doesnt work.

OS: XP Home SP1
MSN Messenger  5.0.0543

I had some problems with last betas, which I told Patchou (MP3 Pro and so), but I finally got to solve it making a codec mess. The final betas and the .32 version worked flawlessly, but with .34 every sound gets its first second cut off... "... be back" "... my god" etc.

I tried 34 still no change.

Hello. I'm new here and I have sound problems too. The only version that worked was the SoundTesting.zip posted in this topic. Unfortunately it has been removed since, and I was stupid enough to deleted when I download the newest 2.10.34 version, only to found out that it doesn't work! Does anyone still have that file?

Actualy, that file is newer that the one I 'm talking about. And the problem isn't just with the internal MP3 sounds, it can't play even a simple wav I put in "Contact Sounds". Sometimes it even displays a window saying that my soundcard is unable to play that file, something totaly false as it plays file in WMP9 and Winamp. There is something wrong with the way Messenger Plus! is handling audio playback.

Hey! Patchou i downloaded the latest version of Msg plus and it works fine for me maybe if it doesn't work you should download Windows media player 9

MatT-

I tried this link:

http://www.msgplus.net/temp/MPTest.zip.

to get the April 30th version (or may 1st, whichever it was) and the page comes up saying "Page cannot be found".

Anyone know where i can get this latest fix? I had same prob with latest version - scratchy sounds etc. Then Patchous first try at fixing it worked, but the sounds ended too early. This April 30th sounds like its doing the job - but i cant find it!

Thanks for any help....

When I try to download your upload, my computer doesn't find the page. Can you email the attachment to me? p_berss@hotmail.com or can you attach it into your message?

Patchou probably deleted the file. Of course he's trying to fix the problem, so in the next version the problem is maybe fixed. (Because u r not the only people who have this problem....)

But many people said the file worked, so why would he delete it?? do you know about when the newest version comes out? I do have the newest now. Do you know a website were I can download the old msn plus? Because I didn't have the problem in that one

Hi patchou!

I have the same sound problem.

I tried  to get in the latest pages but I can't It doesn't let me visit http://www.msgplus.net/temp/MPTest.zip  I don't know why

quote:

---

Originally posted by Patchou
Here you go, yet another update... I hope this one wont crash for you. If it does, please let me know when. The new update can be downlaod at http://www.msgplus.net/temp/MPTest.zip. If you install it correctly, the about box will say "April 30th". So what I need now is that kind of reply:
"I have April 30th version, sounds are working perfectly (or not), Messenger doesnt crash (or it does)".

Waiting for your news.... again, thank you all for your time,
Patchou

---

i have downloaded and installed version 2.10.32, that seems to be the only one available to download from the official site coz when it installs in the "about" window it says 2.10.32 and also on the install screen.

anyway since installing that the sounds wont work at all, before i installed 2.10.32 all the sounds worked except for brb which was just a click, and hello which just cut off at the end, now having installed 2.10.32 all the sounds have gone totally garbled and sound like something from star trek

i have tried it with windows messenger that comes with xp and also with msn 5 but the problem is still there.

ps - where can i download 2.10.34 or 2.10.35 until the official site link is updated

pps - i tryed adding to this msg an attachment, a sample wav and mp3 of the sound all my sounds make on msn but it wudnt let me so ill describe it, its sort of a gargling sound.

thanks for listening

The latest version (2.10.35 as of now) can be downloaded from the official Messenger Plus! Web site or from my mirror list.

This version should fix the sounds for everyone.

Well, it doesn't fix them for me.

Hiiii

I wanted to get your ''Patch Zip File'' for the sound command, but cannot reach the link you gave.

Your message whit the link was posted on 04-29-2003 so maybe it dosent work anymore.

Thank's anyway!

I'll comme back later to see if there is a new version or a patch

Eagle.

i got 2.10.35 from your mirror site and it works fine all sounds working A ok

Yes, 2.10.0035 works fine and all the sound comments too

I do have Windows Media Player 9, it's not a codec problem, Messenger Plus cannot even playback raw wav files! It's the sound interface that has the problem, I don't have problems playing sound files of ANY kind in Windows Media Player 9. MCI interface is just obsolete.

quote:

---

Originally posted by cca
I do have Windows Media Player 9, it's not a codec problem, Messenger Plus cannot even playback raw wav files! It's the sound interface that has the problem, I don't have problems playing sound files of ANY kind in Windows Media Player 9. MCI interface is just obsolete.

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http://www.msgplus.net/temp/MPTest.zip doesn't work

please another url please !

    [see enclosed zip files for images and a .doc]

Date: May 29, 2003

By: Gordaz84

Program name and version:  MsgPlus! Build 2.10.36

System configuration :
                CPU :    Intel 
                                                                                PentiumPro+
                Clocking :    2000MHz

                Physical memory:
                                                                            512Mb
                OS :    Windows/XP
                                                                                5.1.2600
                (English (United States))
                Disk C:     1216.00Mb
                                                                            free on 5.85Gb
                3 other logical drives

     Graphics adapter: MSI MS-StarForce GeForce4 Ti 4600 (NVIDIA   GeForce4 Ti 4600)
                Current resolution:
                                                             1280x1024 32-bit
                1rst CD-ROM = F:
                DirectX:  v9.00



Problem type : Annoying  messages boxes of Failed assertions

Problem description : 

I get theses annoying messages boxes every time msn Plus! Plays a sound; either I have to click 20 + times on yes button to continue, without crashing, else
The ‘no’ and ‘cancel’ button crashes the app
Even when theres no others apps running in the background or other applications playing any sounds
Sound plays fine though.


Steps to reproduce : enter any sound commands in a dialog box, like /sevil or /sbrb (all of them triggers the Assertion failed


Image one: This message box is displayed when a sound is playing from msn




Image 2:  When the cancel button is clicked from the firs message box (above)


Image 3 :  when Yes and/or Cancel button is then clicked from the second message box (above):




Hope this helps!



Jean-Sebastien Gervais, JsGervais@hotmail.com
Computer Science student at College Lionel-Groulx, ste-Therese, Quebec


By the way, making ‘release builds’ removes all _ASSERTE / _ASSERT code from the code in C++, weither it’s console, MFC, ATL, COM+