This WAV file segfaults Löve

[pekka]

Trying to load the attached WAV file segfaults Löve 0.6.2 on my Linux computer. It is possible to play the WAV file with other programs. The following program demonstrates the problem on my computer. How about yours?

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snd = love.audio.newSource("potion.wav", "static")

Disclosure: This file comes from media of a free game called DROD: Architects' Edition, which is downloadable here.

(Attaching WAV files is not allowed by Forum settings, so I put it in a zip.)

[Jasoco]

Convert to OGG. WAV files are notoriously bloated and uncompressed. OGG files will keep your project much smaller.

[pekka]

Yeah, yeah, but: It's still a crashing bug, so I'd like to know if it happens to others and whether I should add it to the issue tracker. If Löve can't use WAV files properly, it shouldn't even claim to support them, so people would know to use a better format from the get go.

EDIT: I take it a new WAV backend is in the plans, though on hold:

http://bitbucket.org/rude/love/issue/25 ... -lovesound

I won't be reporting this as a new issue.

[the_leg]

There was a problem in 0.62 that would cause love to crash if modplug couldn't load the wav (or mod) file. This has been resolved and no longer occurs in the latest software. Note: the resolution is to error out and not crash. Here's a link to the issue report:

http://bitbucket.org/rude/love/issue/60 ... m-wav-file

[gooseneck]

Thanks to this post, I have solved my problem. I too had a random crash (only on some computers), apparently caused by a loaded WAV file. I converted it to OGG and this seems to have solved. I didn't even think to disable the audio system until reading this, so thank you very much.

Using LOVE version 11.1.
The wav file: https://opengameart.org/content/moderat ... -roof-loop

[zorg]

Thanks to this post, I have solved my problem. I too had a random crash (only on some computers), apparently caused by a loaded WAV file. I converted it to OGG and this seems to have solved. I didn't even think to disable the audio system until reading this, so thank you very much.

Using LOVE version 11.1.
The wav file: https://opengameart.org/content/moderat ... -roof-loop

It would be good to know what the trigger is for the crash; i tested that wav file on the 11.1 (32 and 64 bit) versions on win7 x64 (with all variations of streamed, static and q-sources) and it didn't crash.

[pgimeno]

I can't reproduce it either in Linux (tested 32 and 64 bits, LÖVE 11.1, streamed and static).

The test program was:

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local snd = love.audio.newSource('rain loop.wav', 'static')
snd:setLooping(true)
snd:play()

(or replacing 'static' with 'stream').

The WAV file seems well formed, I don't see anything wrong with it. All fields have correct and pretty standard values.