SoundPool is actually an audio mixer. It can play short clips only, regardless of whether they are encoded as “ogg” or “mp3” or they are uncompressed. SoundPool always store them in memory uncompressed, and note that the limit is 1 MB. If your clip is too big in memory, SoundPool will fall silent and you’ll … Read more
i had almost this exact same problem with some sounds i was attempting to load and play recently. i even broke it down to loading a single mp3 that was causing this error. one thing i noted: when i loaded with a loop of -1, it would fail with the “status 12” error, but when … Read more
Create a folder named as raw under your_app/res/. Then paste your ringtone in this folder, for example your_app/res/raw/ringtone.mp3. Now use the following code: SoundPool soundPool = new SoundPool(5, AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC, 0); int soundId = soundPool.load(context, R.raw.ringtone, 1); // soundId for reuse later on soundPool.play(soundId, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1); Be sure to release the SoundPool resources … Read more
Just to add some more recent feedback on this issue. I’ve been using SoundPool for some time in an app with a fairly large user base for key press sounds. Our use case: Must be played immediately Up to 3+ sounds in parallel We make use of the setRate across it’s full range [0.5f-2.0f] I’ve … Read more