Sounds don't play, but only sometimes

[Benamas]

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function love.load()
   sound = love.audio.newSource( "bump.wav", "static" )
end

function love.mousepressed(x, y, button)
      love.audio.play(sound)
end

In theory this should play the sound every time I click the mouse. In practice, it will make the sound the first time I click, but won't do it again for about five and a half seconds no matter how much I click.

Is this normal? Do I need to use a different method if I want to play sounds rapidly, or is my PC the culprit?

[bmelts]

How long is bump.wav?

The reason it won't play multiple times simultaneously is because you're trying to play a Source that's already playing - LÖVE can't play it again until it's finished.

[Benamas]

Length: 0.16 sec
Data size: 7420 bytes
Audio Format: PCM 22.050 kHz, 16 Bit, Mono

Interestingly, if I call love.audio.stop() immediately before love.audio.play(source) then it plays correctly every time I click, but this is not an ideal solution since I'll probably also want music in my game and this would kill that.

[bmelts]

Well, you can have love.audio.stop only stop that Source, by passing it as an argument.

[adrywalsh]

or get Audacity and only use .ogg files.
I've had way more success getting my sounds to rapid fire with ogg over wav.

[bmelts]

Yeah, LÖVE taking too long to determine that .wavs have ended is a known bug.