IR remote problem

I'm writing code to play sound with a wave shield by an IR remote. The problem is when i start the IR receiver after the wave shield loads it won't load the .wav files. if i start the IR receiver before the Wave shield it cancels out the IR receiver. Does anyone know why this is?

#include <IRremote.h>
#include "WaveUtil.h"
#include "WaveHC.h"

SdReader card; // This object holds the information for the card
FatVolume vol; // This holds the information for the partition on the card
FatReader root; // This holds the information for the filesystem on the card
FatReader f; // This holds the information for the file we're play


WaveHC wave; // This is the only wave (audio) object, since we will only play one at a time

//#define DEBOUNCE 100
//char incomingByte;


// this handy function will return the number of bytes currently free in RAM, great for debugging!
int freeRam(void)
{
extern int __bss_end;
extern int *__brkval;
int free_memory;
if((int)__brkval == 0) {
free_memory = ((int)&free_memory) - ((int)&__bss_end);
}
else {
free_memory = ((int)&free_memory) - ((int)__brkval);
}
return free_memory;
}
void sdErrorCheck(void)
{
if (!card.errorCode()) return;
putstring("\n\rSD I/O error: ");
Serial.print(card.errorCode(), HEX);
putstring(", ");
Serial.println(card.errorData(), HEX);
while(1);
}
int IRpin = 11;  // pin for the IR sensor
int LED = 6;  // LED pin  
int LAD = 9;
int brightness = 0;
int fadeAmount = 5;

IRrecv irrecv(IRpin);
decode_results results;

boolean LEDon = true; // initializing LEDon as true
boolean LADon = true;

void setup()
{
// set up serial port
    Serial.begin(9600);
    putstring_nl("WaveHC with IR remote");
    
    putstring("Free RAM: "); // This can help with debugging, running out of RAM is bad
    Serial.println(freeRam()); // if this is under 150 bytes it may spell trouble!
    
    // Set the output pins for the DAC control. This pins are defined in the library
    pinMode(LED, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(LAD, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(2, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(3, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(4, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(5, OUTPUT);
    
    // pin13 LED
    //pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
    
    // enable pull-up resistors on switch pins (analog inputs)
    //digitalWrite(14, HIGH);
    //digitalWrite(15, HIGH);
    //digitalWrite(16, HIGH);
    //digitalWrite(17, HIGH);
    //digitalWrite(18, HIGH);
    //digitalWrite(19, HIGH);
    
    //if (!card.init(true)) { //play with 4 MHz spi if 8MHz isn't working for you
    
    if (!card.init()) { //play with 8 MHz spi (default faster!)
      putstring_nl("Card init. failed!"); // Something went wrong, lets print out why
      sdErrorCheck();
      while(1); // then 'halt' - do nothing!
    }

    // enable optimize read - some cards may timeout. Disable if you're having problems
    card.partialBlockRead(true);

    // Now we will look for a FAT partition!
    uint8_t part;
    for (part = 0; part < 5; part++) { // we have up to 5 slots to look in
      if (vol.init(card, part))
        break; // we found one, lets bail
     }
     
  if (part == 5) { // if we ended up not finding one :(
    putstring_nl("No valid FAT partition!");
    sdErrorCheck(); // Something went wrong, lets print out why
    while(1); // then 'halt' - do nothing!
  }
  
  // Lets tell the user about what we found
  putstring("Using partition ");
  Serial.print(part, DEC);
  putstring(", type is FAT");
  Serial.println(vol.fatType(),DEC); // FAT16 or FAT32?
  
  // Try to open the root directory
  if (!root.openRoot(vol)) {
  putstring_nl("Can't open root dir!"); // Something went wrong,
  while(1); // then 'halt' - do nothing!
  }

  // Whew! We got past the tough parts.
  putstring_nl("Ready!");
  delay(30000);
  irrecv.enableIRIn(); // Start the receiver 

}

void loop() 
{
  //if (Serial.available() > 0){
    //incomingByte = Serial.read();
  //}
   // if (incomingByte == 'h' || incomingByte == 'H')
     //{
     // playcomplete("TEST.wav");
      
     //} 
    
  //}
  if (irrecv.decode(&results)) 
    {
      irrecv.resume();   // Receive the next value
    }     
    switch (results.value)  // change zero to your IR remote button number
     {       
         {
          case 16728765:
           playfile("TEST.wav");
           delay(30);

          case 16730805:

            for(int fadeValue = 0; fadeValue <=255; fadeValue +=5) {
              analogWrite(LED, fadeValue);
              analogWrite(LAD, fadeValue);
              delay(30);             
            }
            
            for(int fadeValue = 255; fadeValue >=0; fadeValue -=5){
              analogWrite(LED, fadeValue);
              analogWrite(LAD, fadeValue);
              delay(30);
            }
            break;
            
           case 16732845:
             
            if ((LEDon == true),(LEDon == false))
            {
              LEDon = true;    
            digitalWrite(LED, HIGH);
            digitalWrite(LAD, HIGH);
            delay(100);
            }
              else
            {
                LEDon = false;
                digitalWrite(LED, LOW);
                digitalWrite(LAD, LOW);
            delay(100);
            }
            
             
            }
                    
    }
}


// Plays a full file from beginning to end with no pause.
void playcomplete(char *name) {
  // call our helper to find and play this name
playfile(name);
while (wave.isplaying) {
// do nothing while its playing
}
// now its done playing
}
void playfile(char *name) {
// see if the wave object is currently doing something
if (wave.isplaying) {// already playing something, so stop it!
wave.stop(); // stop it
}
// look in the root directory and open the file
if (!f.open(root, name)) {
putstring("Couldn't open file "); Serial.print(name); return;
}
// OK read the file and turn it into a wave object
if (!wave.create(f)) {
putstring_nl("Not a valid WAV"); return;
}
// ok time to play! start playback
wave.play();
}

Probably a timer resource conflict.

what does that mean? Sorry I'm new at this. Any idea how to fix this?

There's another dude having problems with the same hardware. Perhaps the two of you need to work together:
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=346385.0

olddirtychris:
I'm writing code to play sound with a wave shield by an IR remote. The problem is when i start the IR receiver after the wave shield loads it won't load the .wav files. if i start the IR receiver before the Wave shield it cancels out the IR receiver. Does anyone know why this is?

The IR timing and resources are not playing well with the rest of your code.
How I once fixed it with a big hammer...

Ray