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  • Re: OSX native sound format

    From Tom Harrington@tph@pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Monday, June 30, 2003 21:01:14
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <20030630224123.21356.00002132@mb-m05.aol.com>,
    jwolf6589@aol.comnospam (JWolf6589) wrote:

    What is the native sound format that OSX uses? Is it still system 7 sound files?

    Also can OSX decompress .sit files, does it use that format as its default for
    compression?

    If you want it to. Stuffit's available, just like it has been for the
    past 15 years or so.

    Does OSX use PICT?

    If you want it to. GraphicConverter, AppleWorks, etc, will read and
    write PICT.

    --
    Tom "Tom" Harrington
    Macaroni, Automated System Maintenance for Mac OS X.
    Version 1.4: Best cleanup yet, gets files other tools miss.
    See http://www.atomicbird.com/
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  • From jwolf6589@jwolf6589@aol.comnospam (JWolf6589) to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 03:22:52
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    But can OSX still read the system 7 sounds and the Macintosh PICT files?
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  • From jwolf6589@jwolf6589@aol.comnospam (JWolf6589) to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 22:32:40
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    << I don't believe OS X lets you listen to .snd files just by double
    clicking them, but there are certainly freeware apps available fro that. >>


    You dont believe? Can you play them with Movie Player?
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  • From mike@mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid (Mike Rosenberg) to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 21:25:24
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    JWolf6589 <jwolf6589@aol.comnospam> wrote:

    << I don't believe OS X lets you listen to .snd files just by double
    clicking them, but there are certainly freeware apps available fro that. >>

    You dont believe? Can you play them with Movie Player?

    Apple replaced Movie Player with QuickTime Player a number of versions
    of QuickTime ago. Anyway, I just checked, and although QT Player won't
    play snd files, iTunes will. That means you'd also have a free means of
    doing a batch conversion to WAV, MP3, AIFF or AAC.

    --
    Mike Rosenberg

    <http://www.macconsult.com>
    <http://bogart-tribute.net>
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  • From ward@ward@megawolf.com (ward mcfarland) to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 07:53:25
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Mike Rosenberg <mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid> wrote:

    Apple replaced Movie Player with QuickTime Player a number of versions
    of QuickTime ago. Anyway, I just checked, and although QT Player won't
    play snd files, iTunes will. That means you'd also have a free means of doing a batch conversion to WAV, MP3, AIFF or AAC.

    SoundApp is a dandy bit of freeware that can do batch conversions from
    almost any format to almost any other, but there is no native OSX
    version. It does not appear to work in Classic under OSX either.
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  • From mike@mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid (Mike Rosenberg) to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 08:53:56
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    ward mcfarland <ward@megawolf.com> wrote:

    SoundApp is a dandy bit of freeware that can do batch conversions from
    almost any format to almost any other, but there is no native OSX
    version. It does not appear to work in Classic under OSX either.

    It just worked fine here, so it's not clear why it didn't work for you.

    --
    Mike Rosenberg

    <http://www.macconsult.com>
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  • From Charles Dyer@charlesd@newsguy.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 08:36:10
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 6:53:25 -0500, ward mcfarland wrote
    (in message <1fxgkf4.ztt8ly1rrxykoN%ward@megawolf.com>):

    Mike Rosenberg <mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid> wrote:

    Apple replaced Movie Player with QuickTime Player a number of versions
    of QuickTime ago. Anyway, I just checked, and although QT Player won't
    play snd files, iTunes will. That means you'd also have a free means of
    doing a batch conversion to WAV, MP3, AIFF or AAC.

    SoundApp is a dandy bit of freeware that can do batch conversions from
    almost any format to almost any other, but there is no native OSX
    version. It does not appear to work in Classic under OSX either.

    Oh, yes it does. I used to use it frequently... when I still had snds.

    --
    We are Microsoft of Borg. You will be assimilated. Stability is irrelevant. Where _you_ want to go to today is irrelevant. We will add your currency to our own. Bend over right now. Resistance is futile.

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  • From jwolf6589@jwolf6589@aol.comnospam (JWolf6589) to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 16:29:12
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    << Apple replaced Movie Player with QuickTime Player a number of versions
    of QuickTime ago. Anyway, I just checked, and although QT Player won't
    play snd files, iTunes will. That means you'd also have a free means of
    doing a batch conversion to WAV, MP3, AIFF or AAC. >>

    I have Quicktime 5.x, and have Quicktime player. However compared to an older 68K Movie Player version 2.1, Quicktime player pales. That version has import, export features and many other capabilities Quicktime player does not have. However I own both versions encase I need one or the other.

    Well for sending OSX users files, it looks like my only options are .aif, .wav, or .mp3.

    Sometimes I want a format that only a mac user can open, and .snd and .sps (executable sound file created in SoundMaker) are good formats. .qcp sound files is also another format many Windows users that lack Eudora cannot open. --- Synchronet 3.18b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113
  • From Frederick Cheung@fglc2@srcf.DUH.ucam.org to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 20:04:37
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2 Jul 2003, JWolf6589 wrote:

    << Apple replaced Movie Player with QuickTime Player a number of versions
    of QuickTime ago. Anyway, I just checked, and although QT Player won't
    play snd files, iTunes will. That means you'd also have a free means of doing a batch conversion to WAV, MP3, AIFF or AAC. >>

    I have Quicktime 5.x, and have Quicktime player. However compared to an older
    68K Movie Player version 2.1, Quicktime player pales. That version has import,
    export features and many other capabilities Quicktime player does not have. However I own both versions encase I need one or the other.

    You need quicktime pro for the export capabilities (and also for
    fullscreen )

    Fred

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  • From mike@mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid (Mike Rosenberg) to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 16:36:13
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    JWolf6589 <jwolf6589@aol.comnospam> wrote:

    Well for sending OSX users files, it looks like my only options are .aif, .wav, or .mp3.

    No, in the very message you replied to, I said that iTunes can play .snd
    files. You even quoted me saying that.

    --
    Mike Rosenberg

    <http://www.macconsult.com>
    <http://bogart-tribute.net>
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  • From Enough@enough@idontcare.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 20:36:30
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <1fxgonf.1xpyffq10fbuo8N%mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid>,
    mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

    It just worked fine here, so it's not clear why it didn't work for you.

    Yes, it it! jdoggy is a FUCKIN' MORON and proud of it. See him .wav his
    floppy dick?

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    Enough <enough@idontcare.com>
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  • From ward@ward@megawolf.com (ward mcfarland) to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 03, 2003 06:44:13
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Mike Rosenberg <mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid> wrote:

    It just worked fine here, so it's not clear why it didn't work for you.

    Odd. I tried it again here and it worked fine in Classic. Yesterday
    when I tried it, it hung without drawing its menus or its window.

    Good that such a handy tool is still functional.
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  • From Charles Dyer@charlesd@newsguy.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 03, 2003 06:00:19
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 15:36:13 -0500, Mike Rosenberg wrote
    (in message <1fxha1w.1bbvsse165mywoN%mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid>):

    JWolf6589 <jwolf6589@aol.comnospam> wrote:

    Well for sending OSX users files, it looks like my only options are .aif,
    .wav, or .mp3.

    No, in the very message you replied to, I said that iTunes can play .snd files. You even quoted me saying that.



    He also went way out of his way to insist that only 3rd-party apps could play snds in OS X, after I too said that iTunes would do the job.

    --
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  • From Peter KERR@user@host.domain to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, July 04, 2003 11:50:50
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Frederick Cheung <fglc2@srcf.DUH.ucam.org> claimed:

    You need quicktime pro for the export capabilities (and also for
    fullscreen )


    Well, nowadays you do.
    But those of us who hung onto our old Movie Player 2.5.1 knew what we
    were doing ;-)
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