Turn off loop for audio in Import

[me2beats]

Describe the project you are working on

A couple of games

Describe the problem or limitation you are having in your project

When making games I found myself turning off this button extremely often

I keep Loop on for background music etc but the number of such files is much less

Describe the feature / enhancement and how it helps to overcome the problem or limitation

Having loop turned off by default would solve the problem

Describe how your proposal will work, with code, pseudo-code, mock-ups, and/or diagrams

I believe loop should be off for all other formats too.

If this enhancement will not be used often, can it be worked around with a few lines of script?

Currently it can't

Is there a reason why this should be core and not an add-on in the asset library?

Not sure if this can be done with a plugin.
But even if so, I still believe this should be in core not as a plugin.

[soundsbeard]

for games i make i have short sounds for:

• each character's move, attack, receiving dmg, jump, dash, death
• each skill
• each interaction
• each mob with its skills, etc
• each dialogue piece
• some ambient random sounds

all of them are not repeatable.
music on the other hand is about 3-5 tracks.
so yeah, its very annoying to disable loop for every tiny sound, loop should be disabled by default.

[Calinou]

Duplicate of #3120.

[me2beats]

That proposal is for moving Loop from an import option to a property in the AudioStreamPlayer nodes.
Does it include turning it off?

[Calinou]

That proposal is for moving Loop from an import option to a property in the AudioStreamPlayer nodes.
Does it include turning it off?

Yes. This is a compatibility-breaking change, so the new default should be discussed at the same time 🙂

[KoBeWi]

You can change the default from the Preset button menu.

[me2beats]

You can change the default from the Preset button menu.

Isn't it per project?
That means I need to do this for each new project.
And the projects are not only games, they could be plugins or just test projects to test something.

[KoBeWi]

Isn't it per project?
That means I need to do this for each new project.

You don't make new projects that often, no? Also the defaults are stored in project.godot, so you can set it in a fresh project and then use that project.godot file for new projects.

And the projects are not only games, they could be plugins or just test projects to test something.

I don't think this is relevant for such projects.

[me2beats]

You don't make new projects that often, no?

As for me, usually I create 3 new projects a day :)
many of them are test projects tho..

Also the defaults are stored in project.godot, so you can set it in a fresh project and then use that project.godot file for new projects.

I don't think this would be handy because there could be other settings that I don't want to change for the project.
So just replacing project.godot file won't be flexible solution I guess.
Having global default presets for audio and and other importable files would partially (and maybe mostly) solve the problem imo.
Something like this one
#3483

I don't think this is relevant for such projects.

I don't get why this can't be relevant. A test project or a project to test a plugin can use audio.

[me2beats]

My point is that for me the ideal solution would be if loop was off by default.
And that's not only my case (we had a short discussion about this in our local discord server).

I prefer straightforward solutions, not workarounds that's why I created this proposal.

[KoBeWi]

I don't think this would be handy because there could be other settings that I don't want to change for the project.

No, I mean, create an empty project, change only the audio setting. Then you have empty project with just the default changed, so if you copy it, you get a new project with the default you want.
project.godot.txt
The only problem with this solution is less convenience - you need to copy this file manually to every new project.

I don't get why this can't be relevant. A test project or a project to test a plugin can use audio.

It can, but maybe it can use wavs or looping doesn't matter. I just can't imagine why would you need e.g. 10 random non-game projects that must use non-looping MP3s.

[me2beats]

If the project already exists and has a lot of data, setting loop off manually in project.godot may be not so easy.
I think setting it from the editor would be even easier (set it off once then save the preset)
But I still don't get why I need to do this or anything else if the option could simply be turned off by default (in case most of Godot users find it fine)