Yes, I think for just reading and playing back mp3 files , going through QuickTime should be fine. I don't know how thorough the Quicktime support by Apple/RS is on Linux, but I'm sure others here can chip in on that.
On 17/4/07 16:07, "Arnaud Nicolet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks. Yes, I have used the wrong word, simply because english is > not my native language (I was not able to find back the "provides" > word), so I used "improve" as a joker. > > I was referring to the fact that, in RB 5.5, QuickTime was needed to > read some formats. Now, e.g in Win32, it seems that another > technology (sorry, I don't know much in the Win32 world) is > optionally used so I wonder if QuickTime still provides more > functionalities and is needed to read mp3 files. > > Le 17 avr. 07 à 16:47 Soir, Daniel Stenning a écrit: > >> I wouldn't say "improve" is the right word, but it provides you >> with some >> facilities for handling them that can be used relatively easily via >> the >> built in REALbasic language. For a quick ( scuse pun ) and easy >> way to >> handle and play sound files it would be ok, but if you are doing >> any serious >> ( low level ) work with sound and sound files, it might be wise to go >> directly to the OS ( CoreAudio or DirectX for Windows ) , and also >> consider >> using open source APIs like portaudio. >> >> It all depends on what one wants to do. >> >> On 17/4/07 14:58, "Arnaud Nicolet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Le 17 avr. 07 à 14:56 Soir, Emile SCHWARZ a écrit: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> mp3 works on all platforms (here): Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. >>>> >>>> other format will work too (I do not tested mp4)... >>> >>> Is it still true that having QuickTime player installed (except in >>> Mac OS) improves reading some sound formats? > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > Regards, Dan _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
