Mac version gives error when trying to load a (MP3) sample

[Bugala]

Wondering if this a bug or a feature, for would have expected same sound files to work on all platforms.

Trying to load MP3 as a sample in Mac didn't work but gave an error of "Cannot load audio stream as a sample!"

This same MP3 did work on Windows just fine. So is this a bug or a feature, I can send you the sample to email if you need to check it out better.

[jPV]

Hollywood documentation tells:
"Sample formats that are supported on all platforms are RIFF WAVE, IFF 8SVX, IFF 16SV, and sample formats you have a plugin for. Depending on the platform Hollywood is running on, more sample formats might be supported."

So, the MP3 format isn't something that has a built-in support in Hollywood, and it's been experienced earlier that MP3 files may work in different way depending on the underlying OS.

A solution is to use the AVCodec plugin to load MP3 files to get coherent experience on all platforms.

[Bugala]

Thanks! This is good to know. Never noticed this before, always assumed MP3 was supposed to work on all platforms similarly.