Is there a way to automatically play audio files in preview tab?

Questions & Answers
1

When browsing through a collection of audio files, is there anyway to automatically play/preview them upon selection in the editor?

2

I don’t think there is a way by default to play audio automatically. I did manage throw an editor script together a while back that does play audio files automatically. There’s probably a more elegant way of doing this and encourage anyone to contribute.

  1. Create script named: “AudioAutoplay.cs”

  2. Put the script in a folder named “Editor”.

  3. Run the script, by accessing the new menu item: Tools > Audio Autoplay

       using UnityEditor;    
    using UnityEngine;    
    using System.Reflection;    
    using System;   

    public class AudioAutoplay : EditorWindow {
	
	[MenuItem("Tools/Audio Autoplay")]
	static void Init() {
		var window = EditorWindow.GetWindow (typeof(AudioAutoplay)); 
		window.Show();
	}

	void OnGUI() {
		GUILayout.Label("Audio files will now play on selection change.");
	}

	void OnSelectionChange() {
		UnityEngine.Object[] clips = Selection.GetFiltered(typeof(AudioClip), SelectionMode.Unfiltered);

		if (clips != null && clips.Length == 1)
		{
			AudioClip clip = (AudioClip) clips[0];
			PlayClip(clip);
		}

	}

	/*
	 * How to play audio in Editor using an Editor script
	 * 
	 * http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/way-to-play-audio-in-editor-using-an-editor-script.132042/
	 */
	public static void PlayClip(AudioClip clip) {
		Assembly unityEditorAssembly = typeof(AudioImporter).Assembly;
		Type audioUtilClass = unityEditorAssembly.GetType("UnityEditor.AudioUtil");
		MethodInfo method = audioUtilClass.GetMethod(
			"PlayClip",
			BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public,
			null,
			new System.Type[] {
			typeof(AudioClip)
		},
		null
		);
		method.Invoke(
			null,
			new object[] {
			clip
		}
		);
	} // PlayClip()
}