Play sounds not working on Windows 7 and 8.1

[LautaroL20]

The "play sounds" option is always disabled on Windows 7 and 8.1. The reason for the app crash that is now solved (file does not start with RIFF, and issue #1521) was caused due that the OGG-format sound files are very problematic on Windows 7 and 8.1 systems.

The solution for this is replacing the OGG sound files with WAVE-format sound files which still have the .ogg extension while the internal format is WAVE, this brings way better OS support for 7/8.1 and then the app not only will not gonna crash, but sounds will work fine

Credit for this solution goes to @Lieutenant-L-T-Smash:
"As a workaround until this issue is fixed, replace the "sounds" folder inside the main BEE folder with the one from this archive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pUYiGqulmzkM79fd63imq6tZityFDswa/view"

[LautaroL20]

Note that the 64-bit version of Beemod does not work at all in Windows 7, however the 32-bit version almost worked expect for this error that should be easy to fix?

[thefurrywolf]

im having the same error but im on windows 8.1

[Some-Username-Available]

Happens to me. And I'm on Windows 8.1 64bit.

[LautaroL20]

Seeing that not only Windows 7 users but also Windows 8.1 users are experiencing this issue too, i will edit the issue´s title to make it more accurate.

[Lieutenant-L-T-Smash]

As a workaround until this issue is fixed, replace the "sounds" folder inside the main BEE folder with the one from this archive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pUYiGqulmzkM79fd63imq6tZityFDswa/view

This will replace the problematic OGG-format sound files with WAVE-format sound files. (The filenames still have the extension .ogg but the internal format is WAVE, which has better OS support.)

[KaziPlays]

This issue happened on my Windows 10 64 bit computer, while using the 64-bit Beemod, Now there's more work to be done

[Unradelic]

As a workaround until this issue is fixed, replace the "sounds" folder inside the main BEE folder with the one from this archive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pUYiGqulmzkM79fd63imq6tZityFDswa/view

This will replace the problematic OGG-format sound files with WAVE-format sound files. (The filenames still have the extension .ogg but the internal format is WAVE, which has better OS support.)

This is the only think that worked for me. Really appreciated!

[vrad-exe]

Should be fixed in 4.40

[TeamSpen210]

I fixed the crash, but I don't think I fixed the underlying issue - it's still not playing properly?

[LautaroL20]

It's still not playing properly?

It does not play at all, the checkbox option is always unclickable like this:

[vrad-exe]

I've also had this happen randomly on Windows 10, no idea why it only breaks sometimes though...

[slambo312]

Honestly, I think it should be put off until the next update, considering it doesn't change much.

[LautaroL20]

Probably, although it´s still a relevant bug to fix.

[TeamSpen210]

I think this is fixed, need someone on Win 7/8.1 to double-check though.

[vrad-exe]

@LautaroL20

[LautaroL20]

Sure, I can give it a check. As soon as I see the download link available on the #beta-builds I will give it a test.

[vrad-exe]

Ah right, you don't have compiling dev builds set up.

[LautaroL20]

Nope. I had a dev build in the past made with the help of TeamSpen210 but the steps to perform them are not too easy, so I preffer using the Discord beta builds for testing.

[vrad-exe]

This work now in beta 5?

[LautaroL20]

Yes, but music preview can't hear when you click the "play" icon which is available. I will report this in some minutes, I still need to report another issue where if you select another palette, it will make the application crash...

[LautaroL20]

So, I can confirm that the sounds effect from the app now works pretty well on Windows 7. But now, issue #1734 happens.

[vrad-exe]

Ah, so that must be a bug with the music previews specifically then.