System 7 sounds in OSX
I have a ton of old old sound files from movies, cartoons, etc that were downloaded about 8 years ago and in System 7 format.
Oddly enough, iTunes is the only app that offers to open them. Quicktime doesn't (weird).
In iTunes it will allow me to convert them to AAC format.
To be honest, I'd rather leave them uncompressed in AIFF or WAV or at worst, MP3 lowest compression. There are some great movie and cartoon sound bites I would love to add to my GSM as alerts or to OSX as system alerts.
I tried Sound Converter, but it says it doesnt like the files (or at least the output format I chose, and I tried em all). I also tried another app called SoX Wrap. Nada.
They all recognize the files as .sfil format. But I cant convert (or even listen to them) any other way except through iTunes... very very annoying.
Any other ideas?
Oddly enough, iTunes is the only app that offers to open them. Quicktime doesn't (weird).
In iTunes it will allow me to convert them to AAC format.
To be honest, I'd rather leave them uncompressed in AIFF or WAV or at worst, MP3 lowest compression. There are some great movie and cartoon sound bites I would love to add to my GSM as alerts or to OSX as system alerts.
I tried Sound Converter, but it says it doesnt like the files (or at least the output format I chose, and I tried em all). I also tried another app called SoX Wrap. Nada.
They all recognize the files as .sfil format. But I cant convert (or even listen to them) any other way except through iTunes... very very annoying.
Any other ideas?
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I basically forgot we have Classic around still
I downloaded venerable SoundApp 2.7.3 (from Tucows btw, the original developer seems to have gone AWOL)
Started it, added files, output to WAV... blam. Done.
And yet again, 7 years later, SoundApp is still there to save the day.
*sigh* /pangs of nostalgia
I installed an old CD of Pagemaker 6.5 today as well in classic to open some old PM 5.5 and 6.0 files (bloody InDesign CS wants me to pay abother 150usd to have plugins to import these old files... fvck you thank you very much)
I'm SO glad to have OSX crash proof stuff.. PM6.5 hung on my 5 times (hard crash) that wouldve brought OS9 to a total freeze. Intead, a nice Force Quit, and back on my feet in seconds.
God its amazing how fast PM6.5 loads. It actually starts up faster than TextEdit...
Funny thing is that after 5 years, I still remember all the old shortcuts on the keyboard. God, I guess 5 years of intense use of it will hard code it into you that way.
Now then... if only OSX apps were to load and react as quickly as OS9 apps in Classic on my new hardware... I'd be an incredibly happy camper.
Originally posted by ZO
Now then... if only OSX apps were to load and react as quickly as OS9 apps in Classic on my new hardware... I'd be an incredibly happy camper.
i hear ya. when i boot into os 9 on my dual 1.25 GHz (admittedly, once every six months or so), it runs so fast, it HURTS.
I remembered that in the past I could convert selections to MP3 but with the advent of AAC I figured that the Apple Reich had "decided for us" that it was AAC or nuthin' at all.
I may actually do it this way instead of SoundApp. I doubt there will be a difference...
anyway, thanks!
Originally posted by tonton
iTunes allows you to convert any format iTunes can play to any format iTunes can encode into, not just AAC. You can use iTunes to convert those sound files into Apple Lossless, AIFF, MP3, AAC or WAV.
The menu item "Convert Selection to..." changes to reflect what your current encoding settings are in "Preferences/Importing". So if you change your default encoding to "Apple Lossless", the menu item in iTunes will say "Convert Selection to Apple Lossless".
Thanks for the tip! I just uncovered my trove of old System 7 sounds...