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Best way to play a legacy "SystemSound" file in Cocoa?
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Best way to play a legacy "SystemSound" file in Cocoa?


  • Subject: Best way to play a legacy "SystemSound" file in Cocoa?
  • From: "Jean-Olivier Lanctôt-D." <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 23:47:13 -0400

Hi guys,

I think Mac OS X and Cocoa really suck when it comes to sounds.

NSSound does not seem to support old file labeled as "System Sound" files by the Finder.

So I decided to convert my sound to AIFF, so that it could be read by NSSound. No luck with my sounds, even with the highest AIFF quality settings, I lose the sounds' quality to the point where you can't even tell the two sounds are supposed to sound the same.

Now I've searched the archives and I noticed some users have the same problems.. I just want to know what's the "status" on this?

I've been given old snd files that used to work in a RB app (BTW RealBasic can read them) and I can't use them in my Cocoa app, which is basically a "better OS X port" of that OS 9 app.

My guess is that if the Finder can read it just fine, I guess I can do so too in my app. I also guess it has something to do with calling QuickTIme. Can anyone show me? :)

Also, my favourite Sound application, "SoundApp PPC" does not work on OS X, too bad I've deleted classic.
*sigh*

--Jean-Olivier Lancttt
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