Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-17 Thread Bob Sneidar
- the data repeats exactly once. This only happens in RAM. Exactly twice? Sounds like unicode conversion is playing with your data... :-) Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Skanky-ways-to-play-MP3-on-Windows-XP-tp4654977p4655039

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-17 Thread stephen barncard
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Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread Colin Holgate
I have had to make a lot of ogg files lately, and I use Audio-Converter. It does have AU in its long list of formats: http://www.hewbo.com/free-audio-converter.html You can have it save the new file back into the folder the source file was located, which means I can do a Find on a set of

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread Ben Rubinstein
On 14/09/2012 13:39, Colin Holgate wrote: I have had to make a lot of ogg files lately, and I use Audio-Converter. It does have AU in its long list of formats: http://www.hewbo.com/free-audio-converter.html Thanks Colin, I'll take a look. Ben

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread stephen barncard
If this is speech, not music, then one can also use 8 bit wav files at low sample rates like 11k or 5k. The high frequencies will diminish and 8 bit is somewhat crunchy sounding, but if one is preparing the samples one can always create them brighter with eq. and shape for the application. These

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread stephen barncard
Great audio conversion utility for mac - and it's free as in beer http://soundconverter.en.softonic.com/mac On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:02 AM, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com wrote: If this is speech, not music, then one can also use 8 bit wav files at low sample rates like

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread Peter Haworth
Hi Stephen, Sounds like a great utility but every time I try to convert something (actually only tried .wav to .mp3, I get a message that I need to buy a licnse. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:08 AM, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com wrote:

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread Colin Holgate
To be fair, he said it was as free as beer. And that usually costs something. The Audio-Converter I use only cost $0.99. On Sep 14, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Sounds like a great utility but every time I try to convert something (actually only tried .wav to .mp3,

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread Peter Haworth
That's true! I think the license was $15, which is cheap but not free as beer… unless you're at a sporting event in the USA. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: To be fair, he said it was as free as beer. And that

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread Ben Rubinstein
On 14/09/2012 12:20, Richmond wrote: Some of us have been agitating for Livecode to have ... inbuilt sound playback possibilities, as Quicktime Linux don't mix, and while one can playback sound on Linux from Livecode, one has to twiddle about with one's codebase per platform No argument

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread stephen barncard
well then buy the license! On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Hi Stephen, Sounds like a great utility but every time I try to convert something (actually only tried .wav to .mp3, I get a message that I need to buy a licnse. Pete lcSQL Software

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread stephen barncard
I must have paid long ago, because I wasn't challenged. What is it? 20 bucks? geesh On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:24 PM, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com wrote: well then buy the license! On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Hi Stephen, Sounds

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread Alejandro Tejada
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Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread stephen barncard
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Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread Peter Haworth
I've no problem doing that, just letting people know it's not free :-) I've been using a free convertor named Switch for a while now - it seems to do a pretty good job. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:24 PM, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread Alejandro Tejada
twice? Sounds like unicode conversion is playing with your data... :-) Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Skanky-ways-to-play-MP3-on-Windows-XP-tp4654977p4655039.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-14 Thread stephen barncard
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Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-13 Thread Ben Rubinstein
I'm having trouble using the player object on Windows XP to play audio. MP3 files play in the Windows Media Player; WAV files play in LiveCode if I import them as audioclips. (MP3 files of course have never worked as imported audioclips.). But using the player object, on either WAV or MP3

Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP

2012-09-13 Thread Michael Kann
send it along. Mike --- On Thu, 9/13/12, Ben Rubinstein benr...@cogapp.com wrote: From: Ben Rubinstein benr...@cogapp.com Subject: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Date: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 2:41 PM I'm having trouble using