Sound playing in simulator but not device

[ClarityGames]

Hi,

I'm relatively new to iPhone development and am having a problem getting a sound that plays on the Simulator to actually play on the device.

I'm using the SoundEffect class that comes along with the BubbleLevel demo project to play a .caf file. I've added the correct framework and I've checked the case of the file name I'm using, which seems to be the two main reasons for this sort of error, but to no avail. I know my iPod Touch test device isn't on mute either, so I'm at a loss for what to try next.

The SoundEffect class uses the AudioServices method of playing the sound file so I'm trying the simplest possible method for playing a.caf. My iPod and my simulator are both on 3.1. Anyone got any ideas for anything else that I could try?

Thanks

[ZunePod]

Try this : Sound on simulator but not device - Stack Overflow

[dennisnederlof]

I have found that sounds over 5 seconds, will play on the sumulator, but not on my iPhone. I just shortened my sound effects, and it worked.

[ClarityGames]

Thanks, zunePod and dennisnederlof. The issue turned out to be a lot simpler than that. My iPod's settings for 'Sound Effects' was set to speaker only, not headphones. I use my iPod for playing games more than for playing music so I did not suspect that there could be a setting on the iPod that would allow most games to play their sound effects but that would mute mine.

So my next question is this:-

If I use the AudioServices library and it's the only library that responds to the 'Sound Effects' setting of the iPod, how many people will find that, like me, their iPods / iPhones will play the sounds in all of their games except mine? What's the default setting for Sound Effects? And is there any way in code to override the Sound Settings on the device?