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From: lord_zar@ucrmath.ucr.edu (wayne wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re: .au files
Message-ID: <lord_zar.675735767@ucrmath>
Date: 1 Jun 91 00:22:47 GMT
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sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gun control means having a firm grip) writes:


>I recently found an .au file that I wanted to play on my amiga...unfortunately
>I dont know what it is, other than the fact it isnt an iff sound file. What
>can I use to listen to .au files?

It is a SparcStation/Sun4 sound file.
On the ftp site ucsd.edu, under /sounds, are two programs.

Iff2Ulaw.tar.Z
Ulaw2Iff.tar.Z

THe first converts Amiga sound to Sparc sound, and the second does the reverse.
They are both written for use on a Sun4, or at least a UNIX box, not your
Amiga. Just uncompress, and untar (tar -xf filename) the appropriate file,
and enjoy. You may have to run the Makefile, as I forget if binaries were
included.

>PiRho- Its a state of mind. "tsroes rm `nsti ihst""enlgood rakm si amen ym"//
>                                                                          //A
>                                                                      \\ //mig
>Macintoshes should be accelerated at 32ft/sec/sec.                     \X/  A

Wayne