# soundeffects state not changing

**URL:** <https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/soundeffects-state-not-changing/7675>\
**Category:** Archived\
**Tags:** roku-developer-program\
**Created:** [March 31, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/soundeffects-state-not-changing/7675 "2018-03-31T12:44:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![timkolesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@timkolesa](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/timkolesa)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/soundeffects-state-not-changing/7675/1 "2018-03-31T12:44:57Z")

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model: 3700RW  
ver: 8.0.0

Anyone having an issue with the soundeffects.state=“playing” staying on “playing” after the wav file has played?

Set up an observer on the state field and subroutine never fires.

Confirmed by issuing a stop command in my code and via putty hand entering the commands and checked the state. Stays on “playing”

Also issuing a soundeffects.control=“stop” plays the file just like soundeffects.control=“play” does and the soundeffects.loadstaus always returns “loading”!

Help please.

Tim

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**Author:** ![timkolesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@timkolesa](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/timkolesa)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/soundeffects-state-not-changing/7675/2 "2018-03-31T12:57:28Z")

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Just confirmed this issue exists on the model 7105X roku tv.

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**Author:** ![Komag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5fc32e/32.png) [@Komag](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/Komag)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/soundeffects-state-not-changing/7675/3 "2018-04-02T20:10:20Z")

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So this is not roAudioResource?

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**Author:** ![timkolesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@timkolesa](https://forum.developer.roku.com/u/timkolesa)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.developer.roku.com/t/soundeffects-state-not-changing/7675/4 "2018-04-03T09:46:32Z")

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It appears to be the scenegraph version based on a roAudioResource.