pge.mp3: getTime / getFrame / setTime / setFrame

[TibyAndy]

Hello.

I've been looking for some commands on 0.02, but it seems that they do not exist.
Is it hard to develop those commands?

number = pge.mp3.getTime()
Gets the current time from the MP3 being played
Parameters: none
Returns: the current time, in milliseconds, from the MP3 being played, or nil if it's stopped.

number = pge.mp3.getFrame()
Gets the current frame from the MP3 being played
Parameters: none
Returns: the current frame from the MP3 being played, or nil if it's stopped.

pge.mp3.setTime(time)
Seeks the mp3 to any time position in millisseconds.
Parameters: time (number) - the time, in millisseconds, for the MP3 to seek.
Returns: nothing

pge.mp3.setFrame(frame)
Seeks the mp3 to any time position in millisseconds.
Parameters: frame (number) - the time, in frames, for the MP3 to seek.
Returns: nothing

I was planning on doing a Rhythm game, but without these commands, it would be hard to synchronize precisely the song to the graphics.
At least, one of the "set"s and one of the "get"s would be required in order to create song previews and allow pattern edition.

Wonder if PGE Lua 0.03 is still under development...

[clankfan1]

im pretty sure these exist look at the documentation though

[TibyAndy]

No, they don't exist. I've already read all the documentation.

I have managed to do some MP3 skipping using LuaHMv3 and the "setPos" command. However, it just sets the next seek position of the MP3 into the file. Using some calculations (bitrate / 8 * number of seconds), I've managed to do a "almost precise" seek to any part of the MP3. Problem is that this command seems to be a little bit instable (sometimes crashes completely the homebrew), and while the current buffer is still playing, the seek does not happen.

I have already tried to do some stuff in Python and Lua...
Wonder if programming in C is the only solution... personally, I dislike C.

[TheUnderminer]

LPHM shows it can be done. I think those functions would be pretty handy. PGE isn't the quickest with updates/new features tho.

[Lett1]

Sorry for the bump, but I'm also requesting this.

Tried to make a music based game but I have to set the current play position to the middle of the song.

Also, how is the progress on 0.03?

[emcp]

Sorry for the bump, but I'm also requesting this.

Tried to make a music based game but I have to set the current play position to the middle of the song.

Also, how is the progress on 0.03?

Read up on the MP3 format,

what you should be able to do, is read in the mp3 (dont load it, read it like a file)

get read of the frames you dont want, and then use loadfrommemory

[TheUnderminer]

or just get rid of half the data. It might just search for the next readable frame. Im afraid that lett1 is looking for more flexibility tho, like skipping to the middle of the song after a few seconds of normal play. Reloading half of the mp3 at that point will probably stall your game for a sec.