Igor Delovski Board

[delovski]

iphonedevsdk.com - Keeping iPod Music Playing

"Finally solved it, it's all to do with setting up an audio session and setting up
the category for it (e.g. ambient). This then allows you to use OpenAL to play
sound effects without interrupting the iPod music."

[delovski]

iphonedevsdk.com - Playing MP3

"Take a look at the AudioQueue stuff (Audio Queue Services Reference) and
for an example, see AudioQueueTest - /main.cpp (though that'll probably want
porting to ObjC)."

[delovski]

Can i programatically check that iPhone is in Silent Mode or Ring mode?

"If you play sounds using the SoundEffect.h and .m found in BubbleLevel for
instance then those sound will be affected by the ringtone volume and mute...
If the users phone is in Silen Mode those sounds will be muted as well..."

[Ike]

MF - Suggestions for Sound Implementation...

"I want it to play effects (2 or 3 effects simultaneously), to have looped
sounds, and background music. "

[Ike]

SO - Are there any legal and royalty-free sound libraries to get so-
unds for iPhone applications?

"Anyways: What are your sources for legal and royalty-free sounds? It's ok
to pay for it, but I don't want to pay thousands of bucks for my free apps,
and I don't want to run into trouble."

[delovski]

so - How do I programmatically play an MP3 on an iPhone?

"I'd like to include an MP3 with my app and play it on demand. Unfortunately
I am not sure how to get started."

[delovski]

MF - Detect Blowing into Mic

"How would I make an app so that when someone blows into the Microphone
(like smule) an image comes up?"

[delovski]

SO - Checking earphones connected to device programmatically?

"I am using the AVAudioPlayer class to play .mp3 files in my App. Is it pos-
sible to check whether the earphones are connected to the device progrm-
matically?"

[XNote]

MF - Extract artwork from mp3 file

"You need a library that works with ID3 tags which is how MP3s store various
data. Here is a Cocoa one."

[delovski]

Adam Allen - Give Your Game Dynamic Background Music

"Sorry to bring up those anxiety memories, but that is a great example of
dynamic background music. I'm going to show you how to add seamless
mood changing music that follows the action in your game."

[delovski]

objcolumnist.com - Retrieving the currently being played music track

"Thankfully retrieving the currently being played music track is very easy
thanks to the MediaPlayer Framework."