PAS16 and .VOC files?

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2 total messages Started by Ron Murray Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:05

#4380

Author: Ron Murray
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:05

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   Apologies if this is a duplicate post; our news system fell over and I'm
unsure as to whether the previous attempt went out or not.

   I have some .VOC files which used to work fine on my old Sound Blaster
(1.0, I think). I now have a nice, shiny new PAS16; it's definitely worth the
outlay, but I'm having trouble playing the old .VOC files.

   If I use PAS16's PLAYFILE, I get a loud burp and little else. If I use
VPLAY.EXE which came with the Sound Blaster, they actually try to play.
Sometimes the whole file plays correctly, and sometimes it stops after a
syllable or two. And, of course, almost anything in between. I gather that
these particular .VOC files are 'packed' (whatever that may mean; I assume
they're compressed in some way and expect either the hardware or software to
uncompress them). I want to convert them to .WAV format so I can use them
under Windows. Anyone experienced this before?

   Oh yeah. As far as I can tell, the PAS16 is working fine in all other
respects.

 .....Ron

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Re: PAS16 and .VOC files?

#4414

Author: Zhahai Stewart
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:14

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In article <1993Jan28.140515.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> nmurrayr@cc.curtin.edu.au (Ron Murray) writes:
>   I have some .VOC files which used to work fine on my old Sound Blaster
>(1.0, I think). I now have a nice, shiny new PAS16; it's definitely worth the
>outlay, but I'm having trouble playing the old .VOC files.
>Sometimes the whole file plays correctly, and sometimes it stops after a
>syllable or two. And, of course, almost anything in between. I gather that
>these particular .VOC files are 'packed' (whatever that may mean; I assume
>they're compressed in some way and expect either the hardware or software to
>uncompress them). I want to convert them to .WAV format so I can use them
>under Windows. Anyone experienced this before?
>
Hmmm.  Try using BlasterMaster to uncompress the voc files and save as .WAV
files.  I'm not sure where BlasterMaster is available for FTP; the latest
version is 5.5, I think.  Look for BMSTR*.* with archie or scan your local
BBSs.

BTW: BlasterMaster *plays* only some .VOC (or .WAV) files on the PAS16; but
it should work as a soundfile editor in any case, even if you have to save
the files and use PLAYFILE to play them.

Zhahai / zstewart@nyx.cs.du.edu
>
> .....Ron
>
>-- 
>                                 ***
> Ron Murray
> Internet: nmurrayr@cc.curtin.edu.au
>     Are we having fun yet?    -- Garfield

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