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From: weiss@mott.seas.ucla.edu (Michael Weiss)
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Subject: Re: Making the mac recognize a sound file
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Date: 9 May 91 18:57:52 GMT
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In article <1991May7.161658.29391@rodan.acs.syr.edu> acyoung@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Aaron C. Young) writes:
>	How do I make my Mac recognize a sound file.
>It certainly isn't look at as a sound file.  SoundMover and SuperPlay don't
>recognize it at all.

I'm posting this instead of e-mailing because I'm not sure of the sound
format that the Amiga uses.  However, as long as it is in the same format as
SoundMaster uses, you can change the creator and type IDs of the file to
the types used by SoundMaster.

See, the problem is that in order for the Finder and other programs to know
the "owner" of a document (like MSWord), there needs to be an identification
code attached to the document.  For example, all applications have a type
"APPL".  MSWord (the application) has type "APPL", and creator "MSWD".  Now,
with that information, any document created by MSWord will have the creator
ID "MSWD", and the MSWord Document icon accordingly.  Taking this one step
further, when you use the "Open" command in MSWord, it will only show you
files of creator "MSWD" (for the standard open).

Now, if you apply this to your sounds, you will probably see that the sounds
that you imported have the boring document icon.  There is no "owner" of
the documents.  Here's where my knowledge ends.  I forget the type and
creator for SoundMaster type sounds.  If anyone knows those, please post
or e-mail (don't e-mail ME, though) the answer.

OK, well, once you find out those codes, you can use either a DA like
DiskTools II or DiskTop to change the codes to the right ones.  ResEdit
will also work.  In all cases, you select the file, Get Info (using the
program, NOT the Finder), and change the codes.
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