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- 21. _S_o_u_n_d__P_l_a_y_e_r__T_o_o_l
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- Sound Player (invoked from the command line as
- _s_o_u_n_d_p_l_a_y_e_r(1)) is a Motif application for playing sound and
- MIDI files. Sound Player supports a variety of file formats
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- +o AIFF file format (.aiff)
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- +o Microsoft RIFF WAVE Format (.wav)
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- +o MPEG-1 layer I, II audio bitstreams
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- +o Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL SoundFile
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- +o Sound Designer II
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- +o Raw (headerless) sounds
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- +o Standard MIDI Files
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- This program requires a Silicon Graphics system with digital
- audio hardware components (Iris Audio Processor) in order to
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- You may provide a soundfile name when invoking Sound Player
- from the shell. Sound Player loads this file (if it exists)
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- Sound Player supports Standard MIDI File playback. In order
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- element of the Digital Media Execution Environment
- (software systems: _d_m_e_d_i_a__e_o_e._s_w._s_y_n_t_h and
- _d_m_e_d_i_a__e_o_e._d_a_t_a._s_y_n_t_h).
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- For more information regarding configuring the serial ports
- for MIDI, see the graphical System Manager tool accessible
- from the Toolchest under the System menu.
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- For more information regarding the software MIDI
- synthesizer, see the manual page for midisynth(1) and the
- release notes (Digital Media Execution Environment, Chapter
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- You may customize the appearance of Sound Player by altering
- its Motif application defaults file, _S_o_u_n_d_P_l_a_y_e_r, in the
- directory /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_X_1_1/_a_p_p-_d_e_f_a_u_l_t_s.
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- See your Motif/X11 documentation regarding use of the
- application defaults file. See the man page _s_o_u_n_d_p_l_a_y_e_r(1)
- and Sound Player's on-line help for additional information
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- 21.1 _B_u_g__F_i_x_e_s
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- This section lists the bugs fixed since the 6.3/6.4 release.
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- +o MPEG Layer 3 files now produce an appropriate error
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- +o SoundPlayer now correctly "chases" all MIDI controller
- messages when beginning MIDI file playback at arbitrary
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- 21.2 _C_h_a_n_g_e_s__a_n_d__A_d_d_i_t_i_o_n_s
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- This section lists changes and additions to Sound Player
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- This section lists problems in Sound Player and ways to work
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