How do i design a loop that playsound continously but doesn't block rest of program?

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I have a sound byte i want to loop continuously as the user is presented with a set of case statements. So once the while statement which has both the case statements and play sound loop is triggered, I want the sound loop to keep playing while not blocking the users ability to interact with each of the case statements.

Basically at this point i have two things happening

1: blocking loop from playsound prevents case statements from ever appearing or being initiated

2: playsound is only triggered once the user presses a key...i don't want to wait for a user key command, i want it to play continuously

Thanks guys

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Use a background thread – John Carter Mar 27 '13 at 04:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 27 '13 at 04:47

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You could always fork a child, playsound in the parent code and then wait() for the child (which contains case statements) to terminate.

answered Mar 27 '13 at 04:47

kronion

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sorry kronian i'm not familiar with that example, could you please illustrate one for me? – Pardon_me Mar 27 '13 at 04:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 27 '13 at 05:05

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ok figured it out I can add SND_LOOP to the end of my playsound function thanks all!

answered Mar 27 '13 at 05:05

Pardon_me

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How do i design a loop that playsound continously but doesn't block rest of program?

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