External ways of playing MP3 on XP

[Alex Shaw]

Hi Ben

I used to it record high-quality WAV files but it could easily convert 
them to MP3 if required.

The binaries supplied in the project files worked fine for me (using 
14.4.0).

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sox/files/sox/14.4.0/

regards
alex

On 18/09/12 11:38 PM, Ben Rubinstein wrote:
> Thanks Alex, very helpful.  Have you used it with MP3 files?  If so, did
> you compile your own version (any tips?) or did you find a binary that
> just worked (any URLs?)
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Ben
>
> On 18/09/2012 00:15, Alex Shaw wrote:
>> Hi Ben
>>
>> I have used SOX successfully to play & record sound on XP machines
>> without
>> quicktime.
>>
>> http://sox.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> regards
>> alex
>>
>> On 18/09/12 8:20 AM, Ben Rubinstein wrote:
>>> (restating the question from previous thread which has drifted)
>>>
>>> Are there any 'external' ways for an LC stack to cause the playing of an
>>> MP3 file on Windows XP, without using the native LiveCode facilities?
>>>
>>> Either using an external, or a shell call, or something like that?
>>>
>>> Any advice gratefully received!
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Ben
>
>
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