Re: Audio files

From	Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.apps
Subject	Re: Audio files
Date	2026-01-09 12:04 +1050
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Message-ID	<5c983d0262mec@npost.uk> (permalink)
References	<5c97b7d08dmec@npost.uk> <5c9801d4a8basura@invalid.addr.uk>

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In article <5c9801d4a8basura@invalid.addr.uk>,
   Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> wrote:
> In article <5c97b7d08dmec@npost.uk>, Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk>
> wrote:

> > For some time I've been using OHP (Tony Still& Photodesk) very
> > successfully to produce presentations which include visual and
> > audio..

> Excellent bit of software - pity it's no longer being developed.

> > To associate an audio file with a still in the Scripts window you
> > just drop it on top. OHP accepts WAV files which I am using. This
> > has always worked flawlessly in the past. I've usually done it on
> > my FAT RISC OS 5 machine but I'm away at the moment and using

> >        Virtual Acorn Adjust 4.39 Windows 10 Acer netbook

> > I think I've done it on this machine as well but can't remember. 

> Probably best to check on a dedicated RISC OS 5 machine. I've
> checked WAVs play correctly on OHP on my ARMX6 (RISC OS 5.31)
> and Raspberry Pi 4 (RISC OS 5.30).

> > This time I get an error message 

> >       Sound file unusable: Couldn't auto-detect sample format.

> Never seen this.

> > The sound files seem not to be corrupted as they play perfectly
> > with Andre Timmermans'  Digital CD.

> > In Reporter I see a list of filetypes set for Digital CD one of
> > which is

> > FB1 WaveForm

> Verified that correct format is WaveForm.

> > In my MimeMap I see the line

> > audio/L16		WaveForm	fb1	.wav .l16 .AIFF

> Mines the same.

> > Is .116  an alternative RISC OS filetype?

> Don't know.

> > Any idea what might be going on?

> Apart from verifying that WAV files work correctly in my OHP version
> I'm sorry I can't really help. 

> I wonder if it's an issue with Virtual Acorn Adjust 4.39?

Happy New Year to all from a 45 deg C Australia. Phew! 

Thanks to all who replied.

Re-filetyping as fb1 didn't help.

I've solved the problem by converting them all to Armadeus files with
SoundCon.  Doesn't seem to have degraded the quality markedly.

I'll investigate on the R5 m/c when I get home. It may indeed be a R4.39
thing.

-- 
Chris Newman

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