DOCUMENT:Q106616 29-JAN-2000 [homegame] TITLE :No Sound During Fly-By in Multimedia Golf PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Games PROD/VER:WINDOWS:1.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== kbusage kbtshoot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Golf for Windows, multimedia edition, version 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== If Fly By Music is selected when you click Options from the Sound menu, you should hear background music during a fly by in Microsoft Golf (Fly By Music is only available in the CD multimedia version of Golf.) If you don't hear music, there may be a problem with Media Player. The steps below explain how to troubleshoot this problem. RESOLUTION ========== TROUBLESHOOTING --------------- Verify that the Fly By Music is enabled: 1. In Golf, click Sound from the Options menu. 2. Verify that the Fly By Music check box is selected. To test the Media Player with a known MIDI file under Windows 3.1: 1. In Program Manager, open the Accessories program group. 2. From the Accessories group, run Media Player. 3. In Media Player, click Open from the File menu. 4. Under List Files Of Type, click Midi Sequencer. 5. Under File Name, click :\\CANYON.MID where is the drive where your Windows directory resides and is the name of your Windows directory). 6. Click OK. The play controls of the Media Player are now displayed. 7. Press the play button [>]. To test the Media Player with a known MIDI file under Windows 95: 1. Click Start, then click Run. 2. On the command line, type "mplayer" (without the quotation marks). Click OK. 3. In Media Player, click Open from the File menu. 4. Under List Files Of Type, click Midi Sequencer. 5. Under File Name, click :\\CANYON.MID where is the drive where your Windows directory resides and is the name of your Windows directory). 6. Click OK. The play controls of the Media Player are now displayed. 7. Press the play button [>]. If you can't hear anything, check the volume settings on your sound card. Many sound cards have separate volume settings for MIDI/FM audio, CD audio, and AM audio. If you don't know how to set the volume, consult the manual for your sound card (the volume setting on the sound card determines the volume in Golf). If the CANYON.MID file won't play, call the manufacturer of the sound card. Have them check the settings on your Media Player. Once you can play CANYON.MID, the fly by music should play too. If CANYON.MID plays correctly, test Golf's MIDI files: 1. In Media Player, click Open from the File menu. 2. Under List Files Of Type, click Midi Sequencer. 3. Under Drive, click your CD-ROM drive (for example, drive D). 4. Under Directory, click the \TORREY_P\MIDI subdirectory. 5. Under File Name, click FLYBY1.MID or any other *.MID file in that directory. 6. Click OK. The play controls of the Media Player are displayed. 7. Press the play button [>]. If these Golf *.MID files play in the Media Player but not in Golf, or if CANYON.MID plays, but the Golf MIDI files do not, call Microsoft Product Support at (425) 637-9308. MORE INFORMATION ================ The sounds that play for the fly-bys are not waveform files (*.WAV); they are a MIDI files (*.MID). These are two different ways of describing sounds. A MIDI file is a set of instructions that defines a sound. Waveform files are a digital representation of the sound. Additional query words: 1.00 CD multi-media ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbGamesSearch kbGolfSearch kbGolf100 Version : WINDOWS:1.0 Issue type : kbprb kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.