>>>>>> Isn't AmIRC supposed to use datatypes to play sound?
>>>>>> If so, whey can it only play 8SVX samples??
>>>>>> I have tried aiff and wav and I'm sure I have datatypes for them but
>>>>>> they wouldn't play, I only get the DisplayBeep() instead :-(
>>>>
>>>>> Use play16 as external player :-)
>>>>
>>>>> "C:PLAY16 output=AHI %n"
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I know, but it's so slow compared to the internal player. And I
>>>> don't gain anything, except more formats, because Play16 can't be made
>>>> to play on an AHI channel, only by direct exclusive access.
>>> Datatypes is slow, thats their primary problem.
>>
>> Yes, but if handled internally, the soundfiles could be decoded only once
>> as they are now. This is not possible with an external player.
>> BTW: Play16 doesn't use datatypes. Not for formats it recognizes anyway
>> which is 8SVX, AIFF, WAV, VOC and possibly some more.
> "If handled internally" is more work than you using a audio program that
> allows you to save the files in any format =).
Hehe, yea I know :)
I have converted some formats but it was hard to find a good program to do
it with. The real good audio programs are very expensive and the rest crashes
or persist on PAL screens. I found SoundBox though, seems to do the job ok.
I have made a program myself, 8SVXtoXXX, but as its name hints, it can only
convert the other way around.. ;)
>>> Afair Amirc is hardcoded to 8svx and it does that with a internal fast
>>> rutine. (I can't say for certain though)
>>
>> It seems like that, yes. But IIRC the doc says it uses datatypes "..and
>> therefor is able to play any samples..".
> I think the docs has been outdated for some years in that regard...
Yea, seems so..
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