Playing SoundEffect freezes app

[MartinD]

Hi,
I have Qt 5.7 Windows app. It is QML/C++ game, I redraw its objects on every afterAnimating signal of Window QML Type.

It has been running without any major troubles since 2016 but recently many users reported this minor issue: every time SoundEffect is played the game freezes for a fraction of second.

The sound effect is like this:

    SoundEffect {
        objectName: "deathSound"
        source: "qrc:/cars/sound/death.wav"
        volume: soundLevel
    }

and is played like this from C++:

m_wrongItemSound->play();

When I delete m_wrongItemSound->play(); from the source code, there is no freeze.

Any idea how to solve this issue?

[Pl45m4]

@MartinD said in Playing SoundEffect freezes app:

I have Qt 5.7 Windows app

Qt 5.7 is quite old. Could be a bug that got fixed in later versions.

every time SoundEffect is played the game freezes for a fraction of second.

No matter what sound you play? Or just this one?

[MartinD]

@Pl45m4 Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, I don't have enough resources to update my app for newer Qt.

We have 3 different sounds that can play during different situations in the game, any of the sound produces the issue.