Subj : Re: Logon sounds
To   : claw
From : Geri Atricks
Date : Sun May 01 2022 06:05 am

 cl> why not setup a python script that runs in the backround and is waiting
 cl> for a signal.  Then the BBS can just send it a signal and finish.  Then
 cl> the program that was waiting for the signal plays the sound while the
 cl> BBS moves on.
 cl> 
 cl> Just a thought that way the BBS isn't the one playing the sound just
 cl> telling another program to do it.

Way to overcomplicate a simple solution. :) And the BBS is NOT playing the sound, VLC is. The BBS just makes a call during initial logon to a batch file the plays the 56k Modem connecting sound. SOOO much easier than messing with some programing language I know nothing about. :)
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