tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 27 16:41:18 1995
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Re: audio mail
On Mon, 27 Mar 1995, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> Hmm. The sound-bites on the web site are in SUN .au format, since that's
> far and away the most common format I saw on the web. There's a program in
> ftp://ftp.kli.org/pub/Software/ called WHAM that plays .au files on PC's.
> Maybe that could be used?
i don't see many problems with using .au files instead of .wav files.
i would suggest placing files on the ftp site in both .au and .wav
formats, if possible.
the primary advantage to .wav formats is the ease-of-utilization for most
people. at home, at least, most folks are going to have a PC (ibm or
mac), not a Sun. a PC with windows is automatically set up to utilize --
and create, with the right hardware -- .wav format files. using/creating
.au format files requires other software that may be more difficult for
PC owners to come by.
i think that, at this time, putting files on the ftp site in both
formats might be a good idea, if possible. but if the folks creating
these files ought to record in whatever format they can; we can worry
about translating them into something else later.
> ~mark
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