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From: cortesi@informix.com (David Cortesi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: converting sound files from sparc -> next
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.214220.28587@informix.com>
Date: 1 Apr 91 21:42:20 GMT
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In article <1443@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes:
>
>+ In SunOS 4.1 and later, audio files (with the .au extension) are
>  binary-compatible with the NeXT .snd formats, as described on
>  Sun's audio_intro(3) manual page:
>
>     The format of the audio file header  is  compatible  with  a
>     subset  of  the  NeXT  sound  file  header.  Sun has adopted
>     NeXT's sound file header ideas to facilitate the transparent
>     sharing  of  audio  files  in a networked environment.  [The
>     NeXT Nested and Indirect sound file types are not  currently
>     supported.]

If you are quoting Sun correctly, Sun is lying. The following was
executed under NextStep 2.0:

[crickhollow 106] mv vulcan_mind.au vulcan_mind.snd
[crickhollow 107] sndplay vulcan_mind.snd
sndplay : Cannot read soundfile : vulcan_mind.snd

In future before you make snide remarks about other people's contributions,
you really should test your assertions on the actual software.