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Subject: Re: Audio in Junior 5

Author: Komputer Korner

Date: 23:54:37 12/20/98

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On December 20, 1998 at 19:28:00, James T. Walker wrote:

>On December 20, 1998 at 14:34:42, Ralph E. Carter wrote:
>
>>I am listening to Bach on Junior 5.
>>Lately, I just let it run. It plays large .mid files randomly.
>>It has so many selections, about 110, that I barely notice any repetition.
>>
>>I bet, that if you found free .mid files on the internet, and put
>>them in the music folders, it would play them too, in addition to
>>or instead of Bach.
>>
>>When I defeat it in a rated game, at a reduced level of course, it plays a
>>little song (not Bach) about 30 seconds long. It has many of these, of different
>>musical genres.
>>
>>It plays in the background, minimized, with no trouble.
>>By the way, the effect on playing strength, based on benchmarks, is miniscule.
>>(on a PII/300 with sound card).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>Hello Ralph,
>I'd like to know how you got Music to work in Junior 5.0.  I get an error
>message "MMSYSTEM259 The command parameter used is not defined in the MCI
>command set".  I've never been able to get music from Junior although I get from
>Fritz 5.0.  Maybe you can share the secret with me.
>Jim Walker

I get the same problem when trying to test the  music in Fritz or Junior when
running in WIN NT 4. However I can't run midi files in my WIN NT 4 system. So
the problem is not the chess program but your operating system. If any one knows
how to get midi files working in WIN NT 4 I would appreciate it.
--
Komputer Korner



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