play an mp3?

[derek bronston]

I  tried this:

  set the filename of player "My Player" to "anyways.mp3"
  start player "My Player"

am i missing something?




On Friday, September 5, 2003, at 03:01 AM, Klaus Major wrote:

> Hi Derek,
>
>> I see how to play an AIFF or wav file , but how can i play an MP3 or 
>> AAC file?,
>> i keep getting an awful static sound?
>>
>> thanks
>> derek
>
> Please read this (again ;-):
>
>> Am Mittwoch, 03.09.03 um 11:53 Uhr schrieb Klaus Major:
>>> Hi Derek,
>>>
>>> The "play ac xxx" command will only play these formats:
>
> !!!
>
>>> AIF and WAV, both uncompressed!!!
>>> And the AU format....
>>>
>>> All other sound-formats will have to be placed into a player-object,
>
> Use a player!
>
> Create a player-object, set its filename to your MP3 and just play it 
> :-)
>
> Like:
> ...
> start player "harold"
> ...
> stop player "harold"
> ...
> etc...
>
>>> which actually gives you much more control about the playback...
>>>
>>> Hope that helps...
>
> Regards (again ;-)
>
> Klaus Major
> klaus at major-k.de
> www.major-k.de
>
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