Subject:  MAC: SoundApp 1.5
Author:  AOL Media
Uploaded By:  AOL Media
Date:  6/13/1995

File:  SoundApp.sit (133211 bytes) 
Estimated Download Time (53797 baud):  < 1 minute
Download Count:  540

Equipment:  Macintosh
Needs:  System 7 or later





SoundApp 1.5.1, the latest version of the freeware sound playing and conversion program. SoundApp can be used with Mosaic and Netscape for sound playing. It supports the following sound formats:  SoundCap (including Huffman compressed), SoundEdit (including stereo), AIFF and AIFF-C, System 7 sound, Sun Audio AU & NeXT .snd (mu- & a-law, 8- & 16-bit linear, G.721 & G.723), Windows WAVE (including MS ADPCM-compressed), Sound Blaster VOC, many varieties of MODs, Amiga IFF/8SVX (including compressed), Sound Designer II, DVI ADPCM, Studio Session Instruments, and any 'snd ' resource file.  SoundApp supports conversion to the following sound formats: System 7, Sound suitcase, WAVE, AIFF/AIFF-C, and NeXT. It can also convert QuickTime movies and Audio CD tracks if QuickTime 1.6 or later is installed.  Large sounds can be played with minimal memory, and it can convert 16-bit files to 8-bit files, if desired. It also supports true 16-bit playback as well as stereo playback.

New in 1.5.1:
* QuickTime movies are rewound before playback
* Import To QuickTime now works correctly

New in 1.5:
* Two new conversion output methods: A "convert to" directory and   Prompt for each file
* Support for QuickTime movie playback (audio tracks only)
* Support for PSION palmtop sound files (.WVE)
* Support conversion of movie soundtracks to all supported formats
* New Import to QuickTime option to use QuickTime's conversion capabilities
* Added the length of QuickTime movies to the Status window.
* Better WAVE playback in low memory situations
* Fixed potential crash after using Preferences dialog.

As before, SoundApp remains Freeware. For more information, please see the built-in help/About window or the Balloon Help.