[Shtoom] unable to get the sound to work (win32, python2.4)

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# Hello,
# 
# i spent few days playing with the shtoom, but i always ended with some problems
# with audio. I ended up installing MSVC2003, .NET1.1, .NET1.1SDK, MSPSDK to
# compile the fastaudio module. I moved a little bit further but i am still stuck.
# This is the log the shreadder.py ends with:
# 
# [-] Log opened.
# [-] C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\shtoom\audio\interfaces.py:5:
# twisted.python.components.ComponentsDeprecationWarning:
# twisted.python.components.Interface is deprecated in Twisted 2.3. Use
# zope.interface.Interface instead. (also note that you should not use 'self' as
# the first arg on function decls in z.i.Interfaces).
# [-] audioPref is None
# __new__: txFifo=a6d828 rxFifo=bb8f18
# [-] fastaudio.stream.__new__: calling Pa_Initialize()
# [-] fastaudio.stream.__new__: back from Pa_Initialize()
# [-] fastaudio.stream.__new__:seeking closest rate to 8000
# __new__: txFifo=b053f8 rxFifo=b0c0f0
# [-] fastaudio.stream.open: calling Pa_OpenStream()
# [-] fastaudio.stream.open: back from Pa_OpenStream()
# [-] fastaudio.stream.open: finished
# [-] fastaudio.stream.__new__:rate = 8000
# [-] fastaudio.stream.open: calling Pa_OpenStream()
# [-] fastaudio.stream.open: back from Pa_OpenStream()
# [-] fastaudio.stream.open: finished
# [audio] audio device <shtoom.audio.fast.FastAudioDevice object at 0x00D88FD0>
# close
# [-] Traceback (most recent call last):
# [-]   File "c:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\shtoom\scripts\shreadder.py", line 90,
# in ?
# [-]     main()
# [-]   File "c:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\shtoom\scripts\shreadder.py", line 83,
# in main
# [-]     dev.selectDefaultFormat([formats.PT_RAW,])w
# [-]   File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\shtoom\audio\converters.py", line 294,
# in selectDefaultFormat
# [-]     assert not self._d or not self._d.isOpen(), \
# [-] AssertionError: close device <shtoom.audio.fast.FastAudioDevice object at
# 0x00D88FD0> before calling selectDefaultFormat()
# 
# 
# It looks like the dev close somehow does not work. skipping the assert line
# results in crash of python24. i tried to compile the module with latest
# libsndfile even the one recommended on the original pages and nothing works. any
# suggestions here? possibly the module of fastsound that is actually working with
# .24? i saw some cocoaaudio based thing in the svn repo, should i go that way?
# there's something about the environment vars in win32 that will choose the
# device... maybe wrong device is used in win32.
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