play sound [ v] from (0) seconds

^ This is pretty much what I'm suggesting. This would really help for rhythm games that have a pause feature, and would make audio much easier to use in general, for any project.

What would the “from (0) seconds” thing do? Would it allow you to hear from a certain distance?

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

What would the “from (0) seconds” thing do? Would it allow you to hear from a certain distance?

1. It would play the sound from a specific part of a sound(Ex: The block would start the sound from 2 seconds from the actual beginning of the sound)
2. This is most likely a duplicate

LuckyLucky7 wrote:

Workaround

Duplicate

This is not a duplicate, in the sense that I did not see another post asking this question, and then make a thread on it. However, I am aware that other people could have asked this before me, and I did check the sticky listing features that the scratch team said they would not add, before I began this thread.

Also, I checked the thread you sent for any real workarounds. They were filled with flaws, and while they are good workarounds in certain situations, they do not eliminate the need for this block.

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

What would the “from (0) seconds” thing do? Would it allow you to hear from a certain distance?

Pretty much what LuckyLucky7 said. Instead of having to play audio from the beginning, you could play it starting at a certain amount of seconds after the beginning.

Also, I know the fact that I'm a new scratcher is a bit suspicious (I could be a spam-bot or troller), but I've actually been scratching on another account for over 5 years now, and you can probably tell that I'm legitimate by the time I put into this post anyways.

The workaround seems easy:

wait (7) secs
play sound [wow v] until done

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

The workaround seems easy:

wait (7) secs
play sound [wow v] until done

I don't think I explained the block's function well enough. Its use would be to make audio start to play from a certain point inside the song. So, suppose there was a song that had a really good part 50 seconds into the song, and you wanted to start playing from that really good part immediately. Then you would do

play sound [song with really good part v] from (50) seconds

, which would start the song from that really good part, instead of from the beginning of the song.

Potato_Bug wrote:

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

The workaround seems easy:

wait (7) secs
play sound [wow v] until done

I don't think I explained the block's function well enough. Its use would be to make audio start to play from a certain point inside the song. So, suppose there was a song that had a really good part 50 seconds into the song, and you wanted to start playing from that really good part immediately. Then you would do

play sound [song with really good part v] from (50) seconds

, which would start the song from that really good part, instead of from the beginning of the song.

Then you should cut the audio.

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

Potato_Bug wrote:

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

The workaround seems easy:

wait (7) secs
play sound [wow v] until done

I don't think I explained the block's function well enough. Its use would be to make audio start to play from a certain point inside the song. So, suppose there was a song that had a really good part 50 seconds into the song, and you wanted to start playing from that really good part immediately. Then you would do

play sound [song with really good part v] from (50) seconds

, which would start the song from that really good part, instead of from the beginning of the song.

Then you should cut the audio.

That's a good workaround in some situations, but suppose you wanted to make a script that would allow you to pause audio in a game at any spot, and then play it again from the same spot at which you paused. You can't do that by cutting the audio, as you wouldn't know where to cut, since you don't know where the user will pause. However, if the block I suggested was added, you could use a variable to track the number of seconds that you paused at, and then use the block to play the audio again starting where you paused.

Potato_Bug wrote:

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

Potato_Bug wrote:

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

The workaround seems easy:

wait (7) secs
play sound [wow v] until done

I don't think I explained the block's function well enough. Its use would be to make audio start to play from a certain point inside the song. So, suppose there was a song that had a really good part 50 seconds into the song, and you wanted to start playing from that really good part immediately. Then you would do

play sound [song with really good part v] from (50) seconds

, which would start the song from that really good part, instead of from the beginning of the song.

Then you should cut the audio.

That's a good workaround in some situations, but suppose you wanted to make a script that would allow you to pause audio in a game at any spot, and then play it again from the same spot at which you paused. You can't do that by cutting the audio, as you wouldn't know where to cut, since you don't know where the user will pause. However, if the block I suggested was added, you could use a variable to track the number of seconds that you paused at, and then use the block to play the audio again starting where you paused.

You don't even have the option to pause in Scratch yet.

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

Potato_Bug wrote:

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

Potato_Bug wrote:

TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:

The workaround seems easy:

wait (7) secs
play sound [wow v] until done

I don't think I explained the block's function well enough. Its use would be to make audio start to play from a certain point inside the song. So, suppose there was a song that had a really good part 50 seconds into the song, and you wanted to start playing from that really good part immediately. Then you would do

play sound [song with really good part v] from (50) seconds

, which would start the song from that really good part, instead of from the beginning of the song.

Then you should cut the audio.

That's a good workaround in some situations, but suppose you wanted to make a script that would allow you to pause audio in a game at any spot, and then play it again from the same spot at which you paused. You can't do that by cutting the audio, as you wouldn't know where to cut, since you don't know where the user will pause. However, if the block I suggested was added, you could use a variable to track the number of seconds that you paused at, and then use the block to play the audio again starting where you paused.

You don't even have the option to pause in Scratch yet.

stop all sounds

is good enough, though a bit annoying if you have more than one sound playing at a time.

Potato_Bug wrote:

LuckyLucky7 wrote:

Workaround

Duplicate

This is not a duplicate, in the sense that I did not see another post asking this question, and then make a thread on it. However, I am aware that other people could have asked this before me, and I did check the sticky listing features that the scratch team said they would not add, before I began this thread.

Also, I checked the thread you sent for any real workarounds. They were filled with flaws, and while they are good workarounds in certain situations, they do not eliminate the need for this block.

It doesn't matter whether you know it or not, it's still a duplicate and must be closed.

make it in its own sprite then add a play soun and a mute block then when you want to unmute it

I also wish for this suggestion, as I want to make a Spotify sort- but I guess I’ll just use a different sprite for it.

Another block which would maybe be useful…

pause sound [ v]

…to allow you to pause a sound and then if you use…

play sound [ v]

…the sound will continue playing from the point in which you stopped it.

KennySC wrote:

Another block which would maybe be useful…

pause sound [ v]

…to allow you to pause a sound and then if you use…

play sound [ v]

…the sound will continue playing from the point in which you stopped it.

I suppose this would probably also mean that the scratch sound tab would have to change because sounds will still play from the start.

This isn't a complete solution, but it's the best workaround besides importing cut audio .
All the code does is speed up the audio and also counts duration at the about the same speed as the audio. One setback is that there is a noticeable delay, but this is due to Scratch's ‘hardcoded’ maximum pitch of 360.

I made a project with the code so feel free to test it out or backpack some code .

PenNPaper_ wrote:

This isn't a complete solution, but it's the best workaround besides importing cut audio .
All the code does is speed up the audio and also counts duration at the about the same speed as the audio. One setback is that there is a noticeable delay, but this is due to Scratch's ‘hardcoded’ maximum pitch of 360.

I made a project with the code so feel free to test it out or backpack some code .

Good solution using current scratch blocks!

I would like this to, not to pause music, but to do something like home to its music box version.

Has been suggested:
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/182656/

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