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Hack 23 Play Sounds
IRC doesn't have to be solelytext based. Add excitement by getting your IRC client to play sounds
and share those sounds with other users. One
of mIRC's most underused features is the ability to
play sounds and to send and receive sound requests. This allows
multiple users or whole channels to listen to the same sound at the
same time, which is excellent for getting people's
attention while they are busy doing something else.
4.8.1 Enabling Sound Requests
The first thing to do is allow
mIRC to handle sound requests. To do
this, open the Options dialog (Tools
Options) and browse tothe Sounds
Requests category, shown in Figure 4-18.Figure 4-18. Sound request options in mIRC
Requests) is checked, and also check the Listen for
`!Nick File' Get Requests option.
Both of these will be unchecked by default. These two options allow
mIRC to listen for sound requests sent by other usersthat is,
it will play sounds when others request them and also allow other
users to request sounds from you if they don't have
them.
4.8.2 Adding Sounds to mIRC
Now
that sound requests are enabled, you will need to put some sound
files where mIRC can find them. Going back to the sound requests
settings category, look at the button near the bottomthis is
the folder where mIRC will look for default sounds. You can change
this location by clicking on it and selecting a new folder.If you do not have any sounds, many web sites offer sound
"packs" especially for mIRC. One
good site is http://www.scumperson.eu.org/mircsounds, but
you can find lot more by searching on Google for
"mirc sounds download" and similar
terms. When you have found some suitable sound files, place them in
the directory located earlier. To help you organize your sounds
better, you can also place sounds in subdirectories, as shown in
Figure 4-19.
Figure 4-19. Organizing sound files in the mIRC sounds directory
mIRC's ability to play them, but it will certainly
make it easier for you to manage all of your sounds.
4.8.3 Sending Sound Requests
To
cause someone else to start
playing a sound file, you can use the
/sound command. Switch to the channel you wish
to trigger the sound in, and type:
/sound some_file.wavObviously, you will need to replace
some_file.wav with the name of one of your sound
files. This will cause the sound to be played on the other
users' clients. If they don't have
that particular file on their computers, they may try to request the
sound from you.
4.8.4 Requesting Sounds
If
someone else in your
channel plays a sound that you do not have, you can request the file
from his IRC client (assuming he has this feature enabled in his
options). To request the file dontpanic.wav from
the user MD87, you would type:
!MD87 dontpanicMD87 will then send you the requested file via DCC [Hack #72], as shown in Figure 4-20.
Figure 4-20. Receiving the requested sound file from the user MD87
4.8.5 Agents
Another sound-related feature that mIRC boasts is the ability to
integrate with
Microsoft Agents. These little
characters can read private messages or channel text out
loud, so you can listen to chat rather than reading it. To enable
agent support, open the Options dialog again and select the
Agents tab from under the
Sounds menu. If no agents are listed in the
drop-down box, you will need to download one. Find full instructions
on how to do this (and on how to use almost all of the agent-related
features) at http://www.mirc.co.uk/agentsl. When you
have selected an agent, tick the boxes for events you want the agent
to read out loud. For example, ticking just Private
Events will make the agent read out private messages only.
When you receive a private message, an agent will pop up on top of
mIRC and read the text, as shown in Figure 4-21.
Figure 4-21. Using Microsoft Agent from mIRC
and when combined with a script can produce amazing results. The
documentation on the sound system is also quite elaboratebe
sure to read the details at /help agents and
/help sounds. Chris Smith
