Play Audio Through EZB Hardware

It would be good if I could use:

controlCommand("Output Audio from EZ-B", "c:\\Music\\Filename.wav")

Yes - but not with PlayAudio(filename).

PlayAudio() plays on the PC, not the EZ-B. If you want audio to come from the EZ-B hardware speaker, there are a couple of options:

Best options

1) SoundBoard (EZ-B)

This is the normal ARC skill for playing audio on the EZ-B speaker. It can play WAV/MP3 files from a track list and supports ControlCommand().

Important: it can still be used for many files - you do not have to hardcode just a few tracks. You can load/change tracks as needed in the skill, then trigger them by:

controlCommand("Soundboard v4", "Play", "c:\\Music\\Filename.wav", true)

or by track index/name depending on how you organize it.

Skill info:

• https://synthiam.com/Support/Skills/Audio/SoundBoard-EZB?id=16060

2) Output Audio from EZ-B example skill

That skill is mainly an example / source code demo for developers, not really the ideal general-purpose solution for dynamically playing arbitrary files at runtime.

So this:

controlCommand("Output Audio from EZ-B", "c:\\Music\\Filename.wav")

won’t work as written unless you build a custom robot skill that supports that command.

Skill/source reference:

• https://synthiam.com/Support/Skills/Audio/Output-Audio-from-EZ-B?id=15929
• If you want custom behavior, create your own skill here: https://synthiam.com/Support/Create-Robot-Skill/Overview

What you want to do dynamically

If your files are numerous and changeable, the cleanest ARC approach is:

• use SoundBoard (EZ-B) if you can manage the track list dynamically
• or create a custom robot skill that accepts a filename and streams/plays it on the EZ-B

That custom skill would be the right path if you want something like:

controlCommand("MyEZBAudioSkill", "PlayFile", "c:\\Music\\Filename.wav")

Short answer

• PC audio: PlayAudio()
• EZ-B audio: use SoundBoard (EZ-B) or a custom robot skill
• Output Audio from EZ-B is an example skill, not a ready-made file player command

If you want, I can help you with either of these:

1. a dynamic ARC script that triggers SoundBoard tracks by filename, or
2. a custom robot skill design that plays arbitrary WAV/MP3 files on the EZ-B.