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Last post 2/20/2010 2:29 PM by CaseyThurston. 14 replies.

9/18/2009 3:03 AM

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I've been running into a problem recently where XACT freezes visual studio when xWMA compression is enabled for both the PC and XBox.

I wrote an article detailing the problem and how to work around it here, just in case someone else runs into the same issue.

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9/18/2009 4:03 AM

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FlipperAnubi has solved this in a robust way that allows you to keep using xWMA: http://forums.xna.com/forums/t/10193.aspx

I think this solution should have a sticky in the forums.

10/13/2009 5:52 PM

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LotusXP:
I've been running into a problem recently where XACT freezes visual studio when xWMA compression is enabled for both the PC and XBox.
I wrote an article detailing the problem and how to work around it here, just in case someone else runs into the same issue.

I have replicated this bug. And, for what it's worth, your fix is a bad one! :) I don't want to avoid using xWMA, I *want* to use it on both my PC and Xbox. I actually think it's a great thing to use the same compression audio format on both systems, and before xWMA we couldn't.

You should submit a connect issue on this! This is now a bug that two of us have reproduced.

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10/13/2009 10:47 PM

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Matthew:

Thanks for the suggestion! A connect case has now been filed. Here is the link:

https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=497582&SiteID=226

Would you please go over there and say that you can repro the problem? Perhaps it will help gain the eye of the connect team.

BTW: What I posted wasn't meant as a 'fix', just a temporary workaround until this annoying bug is solved. I really want to use xWMA compression too!

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10/14/2009 2:55 AM

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Done. I told them I repro'ed it.

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11/18/2009 4:00 PM

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Has there been any response from MS regarding this bug?

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11/19/2009 1:13 AM

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Yeah, I received an E-Mail that said they're checking into it.

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12/16/2009 3:08 AM

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Any updates on this? I can't seem to view the linked page.

12/30/2009 11:06 PM

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LotusXP:
Yeah, I received an E-Mail that said they're checking into it.

Any news from them. Like a fix date?

12/31/2009 12:37 PM

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Matthew Doucette

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I am still waiting on this, too. I need xWMA.

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12/31/2009 1:35 PM

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Nope, the last I heard it was moved into their internal database.

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1/11/2010 12:07 AM

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Have to ask, we are submitting a game soon... still no word on this fix?

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1/11/2010 4:53 AM

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Matthew Doucette:
Have to ask, we are submitting a game soon... still no word on this fix?

Build the binaries in the XACT Tool then and include them instead of the xap?

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2/10/2010 6:40 PM

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Phaxan

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Hello guys,

I'm experiencing the same issue here with my project. It is quite messy.

By the way Bjoern Graf, your solution works, in fact, building from XACT first ( but only for release or debug , configuring paths manually since there is just one path per plateform ), then building from VS and killing the xactbld3.exe process, the files exist because XACT created them before, it can be deployed then without any problem through the Xbox.

Thanks. I'll go with that for the moment.

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2/20/2010 2:29 PM

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CaseyThurston

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I'm having the issue as well. I stumbled across this solution and found it to be effective for now, but hopefully a real fix will become available soon.

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