sound.PlayURL Help

[Bloody]

I am kind of new to deving  and I really do Not know how to make this work or what is wrong with this .

local TextEntry = vgui.Create( "DTextEntry", qframe)
            TextEntry:SetPos( 25, 80 )
            TextEntry:SetSize( 300, 30 )
            TextEntry:SetText( "Paste Url" )
            TextEntry.OnEnter =  function()
            RunConsoleCommand("qmusic")
            local url = TextEntry:GetValue() -- So basicaly when you hit enter it sets the varible url and runs console command. But this is not the issue
   end
   
   end
end
concommand.Add( "qmusic", function (station) sound.PlayURL ( url, "3d"  --- this function is the issue, it will just not work.
   if ( IsValid( station ) ) then

      station:SetPos( LocalPlayer():GetPos() )

      station:Play()

   else

      LocalPlayer():ChatPrint( "Invalid URL!" )

   end
end ))

Please help,  thx.

[iViscosity]

Please make sure your code is formatted before posting. Also use [code=lua] tags to insert your code. Also be sure to define what you mean by "it will just not work". Are there any errors? Is there any output/function?

Your concommand isn't receiving the url. In the last line of your TextEntry.OnEnter() you do

Code: Lua

1. local url = TextEntry:GetValue()

. This value is never used, so your concommand isn't receiving it. I'd recommend making a separate function for playing the URL:

Code: Lua

1. function play( url )
2.         local ply = LocalPlayer()
3.         sound.PlayURL( url, "3d", function( station )
4.                 if ( IsValid( station ) ) then
5.                         station:SetPos( ply:GetPos() )
6.                         station:Play()
7.                 else
8.                         ply:ChatPrint( "Invalid URL" )
9.                 end
10.         end )
11. end
12.  

and make your OnEntry() call this function with the specified url:

Code: Lua

1. TextEntry.OnEnter = function()
2.         local url = TextEntry:GetValue()
3.         play( url )
4. end
5.  

You could also make a concommand that uses this by recreating the TextEntry and then calling this function

Code: Lua

1. concommand.Add( "qmusic", function( ply )
2.         -- Create the TextEntry again (along with the frame and everything you did)
3.         TextEntry.OnEnter = function()
4.                 local url = TextEntry:GetValue()
5.                 play( url )
6.         end
7. end )
8.  

[Vaporouscreeper]

You're trying to call a Non existing function

try something like this

Code: Lua

1. function name()
2.    sound.PlayURL(URL as a string, string flags, function(audio)
3.       --code when it plays
4.       audio:SetPos( LocalPlayer():GetPos() )
5.       audio:Play()
6.    end)
7. end
8. concommand.Add(command name,name())
9.  

more info of sound.PlayURL
http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/sound/PlayURL

[Megiddo]

Merged two threads on the same topic -- please only post in one place.

[iViscosity]

Taken from my PMs:

Hello thank you for responding  to my post,  but It still will not work. So what is happening is there is no lua errors at all. The thing that will not work is when I put the link in it still says invalidurl. I do not understand why this will not work.

Code: Lua

1.         local TextEntry = vgui.Create( "DTextEntry", qframe)
2.                 TextEntry:SetPos( 25, 80 )
3.                 TextEntry:SetSize( 300, 30 )
4.                 TextEntry:SetText( "Paste Url" )
5.                 TextEntry.OnEnter =  function()
6.                         local url = TextEntry:GetValue()
7.                         play( url )
8.                 end
9.         end
10. end
11. function play( url )
12.         local ply = LocalPlayer()
13.         sound.PlayURL( url , "3d", function( station )
14.                 if ( IsValid( station ) ) then
15.                         station:SetPos( ply:GetPos() )
16.                         station:Play()
17.                 else
18.                         ply:ChatPrint( "Invalid URL" )
19.                 end
20.         end )
21. end

Replace the play function with this and tell me the output:

Code: Lua

1. function play( url )
2.         local ply = LocalPlayer()
3.         sound.PlayURL( url , "3d", function( station, id, name )
4.                 if ( IsValid( station ) ) then
5.                         station:SetPos( ply:GetPos() )
6.                         station:Play()
7.                 else
8.                         ply:ChatPrint( "Invalid URL: " .. id .. " " .. name )
9.                 end
10.         end )
11. end