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From: Jim.Spencer@p510.f22.n282.z1.mn.org (Jim Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Playing Long Sounds in Hypercard
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Date: 19 Apr 91 02:21:27 GMT
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Earl Nall writes in a message to All

EN> A sound resource in Hypercard can only be 32K same as a field 
EN> size. However, the other night I saw an Apple salesman demonstrating 
EN> a multimedia stack that had long sounds. I ask him how he overcame 
EN> the 32K barrier and his response was that he wasn't aware there 
EN> was that barrier. Apparently there is something I don't know. 
EN> Do I need an XCMD to branch out and play a sound resource from 
EN> a file?

Why would there be a limit of 32K for a snd resource?  The limitation in field size makes sense as you have to access the text as offsets from the beginning of the field but I don't see any reason for limiting sounds this way and don't recall ever seeing such a limitation in print.