I’m stumped.
Added sound files to the SD card on a working saber. None would play, I fought it and found Brian’s sound file converter, and ran them through it. Loaded them to the SD, still won’t play.
Simplified the config file, dropped to a few fonts, instead of 12. Loaded up, still won’t play. Copied a known good and playing file on the SD card. Once copied it was the same name but with a 1 added. Changed the name to match the config name for the font, still won’t play sounds. Blade turns on, as it has for every no-sounding test.
Decided to change the config to a folder name that was on the SD but I’m not using on this config. Saber turns on with full sound and blade. Tried playing track, won’t play but it is a copy of the cantina band song, that was on the SD card (I copied it and renamed it to what my config file was calling out). Swapped the config file to the cantina.wav name, re-uploaded the config… now it plays the track.
So, I’m thinking windows is changing the wav files if I copy them or load them to the SD from my laptop.
Anyone run into this issue? Been pulling my hair out for 2 nights.
Are you using the proffieboard as a an sd card reader, or a proper sd card reader?
If you are using the proffieboard, are you ejecting safely? and waiting for the computer to close everything out on the sd card after ejecting? (Which can takes minutes, depending on how much you have copied.)
Last night I changed the name of a folder to match the programming, it worked. I copied the entire folder and renamed it to the folder referenced in the config, won’t play any sounds.
This is a 2.2v by the way and has worked without issue for years.
I’m going to do the same test tonight with a different laptop and see if it’s something my laptop is doing.
Seems my laptop is for some reason corrupting the wav files if I copy them or load them to the proffie SD. I’m running right through the port on the proffie, never had issues other than the transfer is slow.
That’s why I’m going to test it on a different computer as mine may be the issue.
I just copied a working font folder, on my daughter’s laptop. Changed the name of it to the folder called out on the config and it won’t play the sounds still. So it’s not my laptop causing it. I even made sure to eject the proffie to test.
Guess I can pull the card out and put it in a reader to load it. Just weird as I’ve moved wav files on the rig several times and never had an issue. I suppose the SD could have an issue or the cable but I’d assume if not be able to get the config to upload with a problematic cable.
Yes.
I’ve not had any issues with how I disconnect and I also am sure the transfer was/is complete.
I did as you asked and put the SD card into a reader and transferred the files over, changed their names and now it is all working as they should.
Assuming the proffie is having an issue transferring the files or my data cable is the cause. It’s all working now.
When I play the next time I’ll do it with a different data cable. Like I said, I’ve moved files to this board dozens of times and never had an issue like this. I’m leaning hard towards the data cable. Just weird it allows config uploads and file changes without issue but not wav files.
What’s the file path of the font folder? Usually when you buy a new font the first folder will contain different versions of the font for different boards. Remove the ones you don’t need leaving only the proffie files, so when you open the folder only the proffie sound files/folders(clsh,blst…ect) are contained within the font folder
So drop the files into the folder not the folder into the folder
I never checked it, serial monitor that is. I ran them all through audacity to convert them but was not sure I’d formatted them correctly so I used Brian’s conversion page and ran them through it.
The files were fine, they just would not take going through the proffie’s USB and/or my data cable. Once I pulled the SD and put it into my laptop, transferred the files over, and put the SD back in the board… all the files worked.
As I said, I literally copied two different folders that were on the SD and pasted them back on the SD, changed the name to what was called out in the font and they’d not work. I was adding “lizard” sound clips to an active working font file (for humor) so clash and blaster would say lizard-lizard-lizard ( the current meme floating around the web from Disney’s trailer).
So, I used a purchased font and modded the sound clips. Once the file/folder was copied and then renamed to the font called out in the config file, it would play no sounds at all. Once I pulled the SD and did the same copy/drop in changed clash/blast, it all worked.
I even did the copy sequence on my daughter’s laptop to see if mine was the issue and it did the same thing. That’s why I assume the proffie was having an issue or the data cable (leaning data cable).
I don’t even know what the copying was doing to the files to make them not play. The properties looked identical to me. You could even click them from the laptop and they’d play on the laptop, from the proffie’s SD. I could even see the file names using the web interface.
Perhaps in a day or so I’ll hook back up and copy/paste the file again and run the serial to see what it says. Got a saber meetup at Disney’s Hollywood Studios tomorrow night so I don’t want to risk breaking it until after.
Have you got a screen shot of the files that won’t play, just to confirm that they are named correct, also are you getting any spoken error messages from the saber when trying to use this font
Maybe try is, once you’ve uploaded the files kill the power to the board either
take the battery out or use Killswitch if it has one or or even go to the next preset and then back to the one you’re trying to edit, I found when I’m editing the sound files or adding new ones via the board to that preset it doesn’t take effect until you skip forward and back or kill the power and restart the saber
If you don’t reload the preset, the font directory isn’t scanned just because you changed SD card files.
A simple next->prev will re-scan the font folder.
Yes, I did all the above. Cycled through the presets, dropped the charger into the port to reset it and all (using as a kill-key).
I’ve put files on this hilt multiple times in the past, that’s why I’m assuming my data cable was wonky or the proffie is a bit wonky.
It works fine now, goofed off all night at Disney with it.
The SD can take the files transferred to it but just not through the data cable, which I did back before May the 4th on this hilt.
When you cycled through the fonts, it just would not play the sound to indicate the font/preset but the saber turned on and everything worked fine (clash-blaster-etc.) but no sounds for anything.
When I gutted the clash file out and replaced the wav files, everything else worked on the saber (hum, etc.) but the clash would flicker the blade without sounds.
This is why I was stumped and assumed I’d formatted the wav files incorrectly, so I used your website to format them again.
Once I finally pulled the SD and moved the files directly to it, the files I formatted on your page worked flawlessly.
Like I said, I’ve moved wav files over a bunch on this hilt and never had this issue. That makes me think the data cable may be the culprit.
If not, then I’ve likely damaged the proffie somehow, which I doubt.