Ok, now I know why Soundapp crashed when playing some MP3's. It read in
the list of changes section in the Readme file of the new version (2.7):
" Improved ID3 tag recognition and fixed a crashing problem reading some
files with ID3v2 tags"
Here's all that's new in new SoundApp:
............
What�s New?
The following is a list of changes for this version:
2.7, May 24, 2000.
- Added conversion options to extract the left or right channels only,
- Added split-stereo output for conversion,
- Added audio CD playback and conversion (audio track importing),
- Added preliminary support for Nomad II voice files with random
access capability,
- Added support for the rest of the RecordIt file formats,
- Added support for stereo and 16-bit VOC files and removed clicking
between chunks,
- Added support for 12-bit samples in AIFF files,
- Added a �Sort by Path� option for Play Lists,
- Added a �Show Status Window� menu item and added a close box to
the Status Window,
- Added an �Auto Play Drag-Created Play Lists� option to the
General preferences pane,
- Added a �Use Large Buffers� option to the Convert preferences pane,
- Added �Pause After Current File� to the Controls palette,
- Changed the format of Play Lists to allow missing files to still be
displayed in the list and then later re-linked to a different file,
- The name of an item in a Play List can be changed via the Info window,
- Canceling a server mount operation when loading a Play List will now
stop loading the remainder of the list,
- Changed the playback volume to be non-linear and increased maximum
value to 200%,
- Added the �looping� parameter to the �play� AppleScript verb,
- Added �filename� and �pathname� to the AppleScript �information record�,
- Added �time�, �elapsed time�, and �remaining time� to the
AppleScript �current file record�,
- Dragging a group of files into a Play List or onto SoundApp�s icon will
now just add one of the files in a split stereo-pair,
- Added support for looping information in Akai WAVE files and fixed a
problem looping a single file with the loop point in the middle,
- Improved playback performance under Mac OS 8.x during periods of high
disk activity (e.g., launching applications),
- Playback of G.72x files now have a slider in the Status window,
- Fixed a problem converting some QDesign audio movies that would result
in a periodic stutter,
- Fixed a problem calculating the temporal length of and doing random
access in VBR MP3 files encoded by LAME and N2MP3,
- Fixed a problem converting from an AIFF file using a QuickTime codec to
IMA or �-law,
- Fixed another problem with MPEG playback under high CPU/disk
activity conditions,
- Fixed some conversion problems with some System sound files,
- Fixed a problem that prevented random access jumping in QDesign AIFF
files,
- Converted files will now be placed in the correct directory if using
the �Prompt For Existing Folder� option and Navigation Services,
- Script file names with characters normally interpreted as
meta-characters by the Menu Manager will now no longer be interpreted
when adding items to the Script menu,
- The Conversion Parameters dialog will only appear once when dragging
a folder onto SoundApp�s icon,
- Fixed a small audible glitch when converting to IMA on 680x0 Macs,
- Improved ID3 tag recognition and fixed a crashing problem reading some
files with ID3v2 tags.
...........
---> jab / commie
Commie net radio: http://commie.oy.com/radio.html
Now playing: United Future Organization - Flying Saucer
