[Q] add new sound, Kedama in OLPC image

Hello,

I have a few questions about the OLPC version of eToy, which I downloaded from http://etoys.laptop.org/src/etoys-image-and-pr.zip .

First, it looks like the current eToy image that can be downloaded from squekland web site cannot open OLPC-eToy projects. I assume that the Squeakland download version will be replaced with the OLPC version. I guess that my quetion is if I use the OLPC version now, will my eToy project can be opened in the future Squeakland download version?

Second, is there a way to import an mp3 file and use it in a sketch? In other words, I want to add a new sound in the "sound" category of the sketch viewer. Is this possible?

Third, the Object catablog of the OLPC version does not include Kedama. Does this mean that Kedama is not supported in the OLPC version? I guess not, because I saw Kedama examples, e.g., ParticlesDyeInWater.009.pr, in the ExampleEtoy folder. But, I could not figure out how to do a Kedama project in the OLPC version. Can anyone explain how to do the Kedana project in the OLPC version?

Thanks in advance.

Young-JIn Lee



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Hi.

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Young-Jin Lee
<[hidden email]> wrote:    Yes.  They have plan to release new version of Squeakland called
"Squeakland OLPC" for non-XO platform.
   That will be basically same image as "OLPC Etoys", but with
different configurations.
   Early prototype has been released; see
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/etoys/2008-May/002307.html


> Second, is there a way to import an mp3 file and use it in a sketch? In
> other words, I want to add a new sound in the "sound" category of the sketch
> viewer. Is this possible?
    You surely could add custom sounds and use them within tiles.
    With "Sound Library" in Object Catalog you could load aiff/wav.
Unfortunately mp3 isn't supported, but you could convert it (or even
hack mp3 support :-).
    And with SoundRecorder you could record from microphone or line
input and save in library.


> Third, the Object catablog of the OLPC version does not include Kedama. Does
> this mean that Kedama is not supported in the OLPC version? I guess not,
> because I saw Kedama examples, e.g., ParticlesDyeInWater.009.pr, in the
> ExampleEtoy folder. But, I could not figure out how to do a Kedama project
> in the OLPC version. Can anyone explain how to do the Kedana project in the
> OLPC version?
    You could still use Kedama in the new image though that is
improved from old one in squeakland2005 and there might be some
incompatibility.
    In object catalog, "Particles" is equivalent of old "Kedama bundle".

  hope this helps.
  /Korakurider

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  Hello, Young-Jin,

  Korakurider's reply answers them all.  (I do mostly what he tells me
to do after all^^;)

  The incompatibility of Kedama he mentioned is big, unfortunately.  A
Kedama project made in the old Squeakland *may* load onto the new
system, but you cannot edit scripts in such a project.  In shorter
words, it is better to say, "old Kedama projects won't work in the new
Squeakland-Etoys."  Sorry about that.

-- Yoshiki

At Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:57:15 -0500,
Young-Jin Lee wrote:

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