DOE: Sound Extension

[Jiminimonka]

I have got this working now with Discord without having the DM's mic open so Syrinscape can cut in.

The procedure is identical to TS or Skype in that you have to tinker with default channels etc. so follow that guide for Discord. The difference are outlined below.

1. Download and install the Discord PTB (Public Test Build) - it is on their download page.

2. Make a new Discord ID for the PTB client. I called mine SoundBot.

3. Voice settings need to be setup pretty much the same as the other Discord guide for Syrinscape (https://forum.syrinscape.com/t/syrin...nline-play/709)

4. Setup voice activity as shown in the picture

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5. Make both clients of Discord join the same channel and all sounds will play in Discord.

Hope that is clear enough.

[Bidmaron]

Why would someone want discord vs teamspeak? What are advantages?

[Xarynth]

Hey guys, I'm relatively new to Fantasy Grounds, and I have a question concerning this sound extension and perhaps syrinscape: Will I be able to play songs that I already have on my computer for the background music, because I don't really need to have my own mixes that syrinscape offers.

Sorry if this a pretty basic question, but I'm still learning one step at a time, so thank you so much in advance for any help.

[Myrdin Potter]

The instructions on how to use the virtual cable works for an MP3 player or other sound sources. Shrunscape makes it easy to grab strings the this extension understands and can automate, but I think you can figure out the right command yourself for your player and code it that way. Or not use this extension at all if you don't need automation or the other players having easy access to your standard sounds

[dulux-oz]

Or not use this extension at all if you don't need automation or the other players having easy access to your standard sounds

That's not quite true - even if you don't want to use the automation it does allow you to access your sounds/music from within FG, so you don't have to take focus away from FG to your sound/music player ie you don;t have to swap back and forth.

[Myrdin Potter]

I was being general with automation as the term. Included in that is an inside FG interface. And I agree that if you change sounds often it is much better to stay inside FG.

[Trenloe]

Will I be able to play songs that I already have on my computer for the background music...

Use DOE's OLE extension for this: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...-OLE-Extension I use this all the time to play MP3s from my local hard drive, or web sounds, or anything else really...

[dulux-oz]

Use DOE's OLE extension for this: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...-OLE-Extension I use this all the time to play MP3s from my local hard drive, or web sounds, or anything else really...

Glad you like it (and glad that someone's actually using it)

[Xarynth]

Use DOE's OLE extension for this: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...-OLE-Extension I use this all the time to play MP3s from my local hard drive, or web sounds, or anything else really...

Okay, so after taking a little while to figure out how to get this extension working (I really am Completely new to this stuff lol), I finally figured out how it works but sadly I still have questions.

First off, and I apologize if this seems dumb, but you mentioned that you use this extension to utilize files, sounds, vids, etc straight from your hard drive; I only can tell how to put a website url in, so how did you link those items instead?

Second off, let me just be forward in what my goal is: I would like to be able to play background music (because I have movie soundtracks that I wish to utilize), and I want the music to automatically play for my players when I activate it. If possible, I would like to accomplish that with videos as well; have it start to play for them automatically without them having to click the link themselves.

Is this even possible, or am I barking up the wrong tree?

[dulux-oz]

Yes, it is possible - check out the FG wiki page on Setting up syrinscape with teamspeak for an example of using the extension with vlc media player.