noob needs help with ChucK

toad008 · Joined: Sep 01, 2007 Posts: 28 Location: maryland/usa

i type in my command line (windows 2000 command.com)..

chuck machine.ck

i get this error message:

[mo.ck]: no such file or directory
[wind.ck]: no such file or directory
[chuck](VM):cannot remove:no shred with id 0...
[mo.ck]: no such file or directory
[wind.ck]: no such file or directory
[chuck](VM):cannot remove:no shred with id 0...'
[mo.ck]: no such file or directory
[wind.ck]: no such file or directory
[chuck](VM):cannot remove:no shred with id 0...
[mo.ck]: no such file or directory
[wind.ck]: no such file or directory
[chuck](VM):cannot remove:no shred with id 0...

over and over

help! thanks
-toad008

Kassen · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:18 am Post subject:

Welcome on board!

It would seem that "machine.ck" would contain some files that you either don't have or maybe misplaced a bit. To me it looks like the real problem is with these files and for now I'm not inclined to believe you really do have a problem with ChucK's audio.

Have you tried running some other files besides this "machine.ck"?

Inventor · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:25 am Post subject:

BTW,

I would like to welcome toad to the ChucKist community. Toad has visited the electro-music.com chatroom a few times and he enjoyed a practice ChucK Show, plus seems like a top notch guy! Welcome to the ChucK community, toad!

kijjaz · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:33 am Post subject:

toad: welcome also, last time i didn't have a chance to chat with you on IRC.. was hurrying out from home. let's share more soon. Razz

telstarmagikistferrari · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject:

toad:

stay encouraged, once you start chucking you'll be as addicted as me.

toad008 · Joined: Sep 01, 2007 Posts: 28 Location: maryland/usa

i type in:

chuck betelgeuze_133.ck

and the result is:
[betelgeuze_133.ck]:line(1).char(1): illegal token
[betelgeuze_133.ck]:line(1).char(2): illegal token
[betelgeuze_133.ck]:line(1).char(4): illegal token
[betelgeuze_133.ck]:line(1).char(5): syntax error

??? thanks-toad008

Kassen · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:38 pm Post subject:

Toad, why not try some of the things in the /examples/ directory? Those should work and are meant to start out with. try adding the various "otf" ones in the root of that directory to the VM, that should get you started.

toad008 · Joined: Sep 01, 2007 Posts: 28 Location: maryland/usa

i tried the examples and nothing seems to work
when i try the windows version of chuck(miniaudicle) i open a ck file and click on start virtual machine..
everything freezes and i have to close program

thanks everyone for welcoming me to chuck and thanks to inventor for getting me into Chuck
-toadie008

telstarmagikistferrari · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:11 pm Post subject:

what version of windows are you running? any other apps open using your sound card (non-asio)..

you might try running in XP emulation mode unless of course you're using XP. sometimes switching up little things like that magically (crazily) work in windows.

toad008 · Joined: Sep 01, 2007 Posts: 28 Location: maryland/usa

thanks for the suggestions..
im using windows 2000
and i use jetaudio for mp3 playing (which is closed when i try chuck)

i'll try chuck on my vista laptop and get back
sage

Kassen · Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:13 am Post subject:

Ok, let's bring out the diagnostic guns. We can get into the "verbose" mode (meaning we allow ChucK to report on any and all things that are going on in excruciating detail) but lets start with this;

type; "chuck --probe" into your commandline window, copy the result and post it for us to have a look at. That might reveal something interesting.

Sadly I can't comment in any depth on 2000 and Vista as I never used those OS's, I've been using XP, Windows-wise. I do feel ChucK should run on both but I think they have been yielding more issues than XP. What is so hard for Windows about a simple commmandline program and some soundcard drivers or why those would differ from version to version we may never know. Complaining doesn't seem to help....

toad008 · Joined: Sep 01, 2007 Posts: 28 Location: maryland/usa

thanks for the help man
what do i type on the C:\> to transfer the output of "chuck --probe"

i tried :

chuck --probe > example.txt

Blue Hell · Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:51 pm Post subject:

Hi toad, see you found your way to the forum Smile

toad008 · Joined: Sep 01, 2007 Posts: 28 Location: maryland/usa

when i type that and afterwards

type example.txt

its output is a bunch of empty text

Sad

sage

Kassen · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:29 am Post subject:

Well, call me primitive, but what I tend to do is simply use my mouse to highlight the text, right-click and select "copy".

Inventor · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:44 am Post subject:

Hang in there, toad, we welcome you to the ChucKist fold and we'll help you out however we can. Just be patient and persevere!

Kassen · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:05 am Post subject: