SndLoadWave - Internal Error: How could this have happened?

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Hi everybody


A am encountering a mysterious error. Whenever I try to load a sound wave, e.g. with the command

SndLoadWave/O Snd, "C:Temp:I.wav"

I get an error message window with the text: "Internal Error: How could this have happened?"

I use a 64 bit Windows system, Igor Pro 6.37 and the latest Quicktime 7 installation. The XOP appears to be installed correctly. The SndSaveWav command works with no problem. I have tried to load externally created .mp3 or .wav files and also Igor-created .wav files. They all yield the same error message.

Who can help?


Many thanks,
Joerg.
This error is a result of your copying SndLoadSaveWave.xop from the More Extensions folder into the Igor Extensions folder, instead of copying a *shortcut* to the .xop file into the Igor Extensions folder.

On Windows (only), SndLoadSaveWave.xop requires that the SndLoadSaveWaveQT.dll be in the same folder as the .xop file.

Placing a shortcut to the .xop file in the Igor Extensions folder leaves the .xop file in the correct relation to the .dll file.

This will eliminate the admittedly too-vague error message.

--Jim Prouty
Software Engineer, WaveMetrics, Inc.

February 15, 2016 at 01:16 pm - Permalink