The solution to Runtime Revolution and Ubuntu RE AIF files.
Well, I cracked it. Moronically simple really . . . I took my AIF files on my Macintosh and slowed them down to 50% using the Sound Studio program that came with my Mac; and then saved them. When taken across to my Ubuntu box and imported into a Runtime Revolution 2.6.1 stack they played exactly as they should have sounded if Ubuntu was not playing them at double speed. HOWEVER . . . This is a rather silly work-around for a fundamental flaw in how UBUNTU handles AIF files. So, Ducks and Drakes, I hope, will quack at half the speed of the rather too Breezy Badger. Love, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html ___ --- The Think Different Store http://www.thinkdifferentstore.com/ For All Your Mac Gear --- ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Sound screws up in Linux
On Nov 4, 2005, at 11:57 PM, Mathewson wrote: I suppose the bottom line is that I shall have to have a very dirty weekend embedding every possible sound configuration I can think of in a stack on the Mac and them messing around with it on the Kubuntu PC - although a little voice tells me that this is rather inefficient. I would be extremely grateful for any help in this area. Hi Richmond, I have been using .wav file successfully in Linux. Give those a try. The only problem is that you will have to convert all of your sound files to this format. There are a number of programs on the Mac and probably PC that will do all the heavy lifting for you and batch process them. Mark Talluto -- CANELA Software http://www.canelasoftware.com ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Richmond "snorts" RR 2.6.1 - Linux & Sound
Wow Baby! That was totally rad! Downloaded the trial version of RR 2.6.1 for Linux and "off I went" - to see what the new AU and AIF capabilities were like. A simple stack with a "PLAY IT BABY!" button containing the following script: on mouseUp play audioClip "BROWN COW.aif" end mouseUp did not produce my "rich, mature, masculine voice" saying 'Brown Cow' - but something rather like Mickey Mouse high on drugs (the mind boggles) saying something like 'Brown Cow' in a high-pitched eccentric voice. the same went for an AU version of the same sound file. Now, the fact that one no longer has to "piss around" (to use a technical phrase) with xanim is FANTASTIC! REALLY FANTASTIC! NOW, I'm going to buy the latest version of RR for Linux WHEN it both plays the sound files, and makes me sound like me . . . sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html ___ --- The Think Different Store http://www.thinkdifferentstore.com/ For All Your Mac Gear --- ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Free RR 2.2.1 from Novell
Ho, Ho, Ho . . . I hope I didn't imply that NOVELL are giving away Free SUSE with RR - if they are it's news to me. What NOVELL are giving away are FREE licensed versions of RR 2.2.1 for Linux - and at present I am fiddling about with it (the SOUND, the SOUND, the SOUND) using UBUNTU Linux 5.10 which is a really super system - and really breathes life into the 6 Pentium 3 600 MHz, 128 RAM boxes I have bought for my language school. As I keep saying - RR is lovely on Ubuntu, EXCEPT I can see myself cussing and swearing (surely not?) over xanim - an extremely antiquated "thingy" which RR on Linux seems to still rely on to implement sound. But a language school with silent programs would be a standing joke! On the NOVELL website there's a series of fantastic articles by a chap who calls himself "Stomfi" on all sorts of clever things to do with Linux and RR. IF you want to spin off Standalones, however, the NOVELL-RR 2.2.1 comes with no engines in COMPONENTS folder so you will either have to download them while you build a standalone (a real fiddle) or just transfer them there from a WIN or MAC version of RR. Of course (I hope you are reading this, Heather & Co.) it would be a bit naughty to use the FREE Novell RR to spin off standalones for anything but Linux --- however, I am not the keeper of anybody else's conscience - which is a relief really. What is reALLY VERY INTERESTING IF YOU STUDY THE COURSE OF REVOLUTIONS (The French and the Russian are particularly instructive) is how the original revolutionaries always get swept aside by more radical forces. Danton and Co. all ended up with their heads in baskets. Why I wrote that I will never work out . . . Ho, Ho, Ho. Sincerely, Richmond Mathewson __ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html ___ --- The Think Different Store http://www.thinkdifferentstore.com/ For All Your Mac Gear --- ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
