jxc19@po.CWRU.Edu (Jason Chao) (03/22/91)
How do you play back a digitized sound file? The skimpy documentation states that you can play back digitized files, but does not say how, or exactly what format is required. Do I have to go out and buy the whole script programming book to find out?
taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao) (03/22/91)
From jxc19@po.CWRU.Edu (Jason Chao): > How do you play back a digitized sound file? The skimpy > documentation states that you can play back digitized files, but > does not say how, or exactly what format is required. Do I have > to go out and buy the whole script programming book to find out? What?!? Where did you get your copy of HyperCard GS? It comes with a 390-page Reference Manual, 156-page "Getting Started" manual and a 171-page intro to HyperTalk manual. Not to mention two multi-panel quick reference cards and 800K worth of Help stacks on disk... hardly skimpy! But to answer your question: sounds which are played with the HyperTalk "play" command must reside as a 'snd' resource in an open file (i.e., the current stack, the Home stack or in HyperCardIIGS itself). You will need some sort of resource editor. Brian T. Tao *B-) | t569taob@bluffs.scar.utoronto.ca | "Though this be U of Metro Toronto | - or - | madness, yet there Scarberia, ON | taob@pnet91.cts.com | is method in 't."
jlawler@Apple.COM (John Lawler) (03/23/91)
In article <1991Mar21.192953.10081@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> jxc19@po.CWRU.Edu (Jason Chao) writes: > > How do you play back a digitized sound file? The skimpy >documentation states that you can play back digitized files, but >does not say how, or exactly what format is required. Do I have >to go out and buy the whole script programming book to find out? To play a digitized sound, you use the play command. For instance, if you have a sound called "Bartman", you would type play "Bartman" Note that the sound has to be of the appropriate sound resource type. The format is type $8024, and is documented on page 147 of the HyperCard IIgs Script Language Guide (ISBN 0-201-57766-6). Converting existing GS sound formats to the $8024 format is pretty easy, and a lot of people on the nets (GEnie, etc) are working on converters. Hope this helps. -John -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lawler \ When I said "we", officer, I was referring to myself, Apple Computer, Inc. \ the four young ladies, and of course, the goat. Advanced Technology Group \ Collaboration Technologies \ 20525 Mariani Ave, MS:76-2C \ (408) 974-0464 Cupertino, CA 94087 \ Internet: jlawler@apple.com AppleLink: JLAWLER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------