[Bug 21277] New: python's test_winsound test fails

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21277

Summary: python's test_winsound test fails
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.35
          Platform: x86
               URL: http://www.python.org
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: download, source, testcase
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Created an attachment (id=25588)
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test output

Install python and run:
wine 'c:\Python31\python.exe' -m test.test_winsound

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ERROR: test_alias_asterisk (__main__.PlaySoundTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python31\lib\test\test_winsound.py", line 89, in test_alias_asterisk
    winsound.PlaySound('SystemAsterisk', winsound.SND_ALIAS)
RuntimeError: Failed to play sound

Full output attached.

[Bug 21277] python's test_winsound test fails

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21277

--- Comment #1 from Austin English   2010-01-06 16:10:23 ---
Created an attachment (id=25589)
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test file

[Bug 21277] python's test_winsound test fails

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21277

--- Comment #2 from Austin English   2010-01-06 18:30:12 ---
Also fails on my home machine.

[Bug 21277] python's test_winsound test fails

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21277

Jörg Höhle  changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Jörg Höhle   2010-04-27 03:29:37 ---
My "make MCI_SOUND work" patch contains the following comment:

Wine produces no sound unless win.ini or the registry defines
wave files, e.g. it contains something like
[Sounds]
Default=/usr/share/sounds/question.wav
SystemExclamation=/usr/share/sounds/error.wav

You may want to check whether the test still fails with such a definition.

IIRC, Wine's playsound return code will not indicate success unless a sound was
played.
On MS, I've seen machines equipped with sound return success from the MCI_Sound
command yet not sound was heard.

My patch solely correctly forwards MCI_SOUND to playsound. It does not provide
sound files.  I've verified that with the above definition, Wine emits the
sound indicated by the SND_ALIAS flag, which my patch uses.

Sadly, I found no single /usr/.... *.wav file that would be common to all Suse
or even Ubuntu systems I tried: Wine cannot hard-code some default path.

That should be added to the documentation.

[Bug 21277] python's test_winsound test fails

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21277

--- Comment #4 from Austin English   2010-04-27 11:13:47 ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> My "make MCI_SOUND work" patch contains the following comment:
>
> Wine produces no sound unless win.ini or the registry defines
> wave files, e.g. it contains something like
> [Sounds]
> Default=/usr/share/sounds/question.wav
> SystemExclamation=/usr/share/sounds/error.wav

Will test this afternoon.
> You may want to check whether the test still fails with such a definition.
>
> IIRC, Wine's playsound return code will not indicate success unless a sound was
> played.
> On MS, I've seen machines equipped with sound return success from the MCI_Sound
> command yet not sound was heard.
>
> My patch solely correctly forwards MCI_SOUND to playsound. It does not provide
> sound files.  I've verified that with the above definition, Wine emits the
> sound indicated by the SND_ALIAS flag, which my patch uses.
>
> Sadly, I found no single /usr/.... *.wav file that would be common to all Suse
> or even Ubuntu systems I tried: Wine cannot hard-code some default path.

It shouldn't be too hard to find (or make) a LGPL .wav file that would fit the
bill, and include it in wine itself...

[Bug 21277] python's test_winsound test fails

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21277

Dan Kegel  changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Dan Kegel   2010-08-04 18:30:49 ---
You can reproduce a similar problem by creating foo.c containing

#include <windows.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    PlaySound(SND_ALIAS_SYSTEMDEFAULT, NULL, SND_ALIAS_ID);
}

and then doing
  i686-pc-mingw32-gcc foo.c -lwinmm
or
  winegcc foo.c -lwinmm
and running the resulting binary.  No sound comes out.  Running with 
WINEDEBUG=+winmm shows

warn:winmm:get_mmioFromProfile can't find SystemSound=L"SystemDefault" !

Should we change description to "Wine needs to provide system sound .wav
files?"

[Bug 21277] Wine needs to provide system sound .wav files

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21277

Austin English  changed:

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            Summary|python's test_winsound test |Wine needs to provide
                   |fails                       |system sound .wav files

--- Comment #6 from Austin English   2010-08-05 05:23:39 ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> Should we change description to "Wine needs to provide system sound .wav
> files?"

Sounds reasonable, and relatively easy to do.

[Bug 21277] Wine needs to provide system sound .wav files

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21277

Damjan Jovanovic  changed:

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--- Comment #7 from Damjan Jovanovic  2010-11-24 03:30:23 CST ---
Maybe Wine should use the freedesktop.org sound theme files instead of making
up its own:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/sound-theme-spec

AFAICT only Gnome seems to support this at the moment.

[Bug 21277] Wine needs to provide system sound .wav files

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21277

--- Comment #8 from Dan Kegel  2010-11-24 07:03:10 CST ---
If we find sounds in /usr/share/sounds that follow the xdg or kde
standards, and meet our needs, sure, let's use them...

[Bug 21277] Wine needs to provide system sound .wav files

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21277

Jörg Höhle  changed:

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           Severity|normal                      |enhancement

[Bug 21277] Wine needs to provide system sound .wav files

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21277

Jerome Leclanche  changed:

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         Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE

--- Comment #9 from Jerome Leclanche  2012-01-23 11:55:56 CST ---
Dupe of #21035, per Joerg

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 21035 ***

[Bug 21277] Wine needs to provide system sound .wav files

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21277

Austin English  changed:

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--- Comment #10 from Austin English  2012-01-23 19:46:15 CST ---
Closing DUPLICATE.