[BC] Converting Scott files

[Scott]

True, but the key is finding the right codec to use for the audio. You can 
have a .WAV file that uses an MP3 codec, hense the conversion of the 
Smartcasters .WAV audio.
Simply put the System used an MP2 codec for the recording and it saved the 
file as a .WAV for storage.
They did this for capacity and quality. The codec acts like a translator for 
the file.
I support a few Spanish language stations and I can tell you that there are 
many "Flavors" of the language causing misunderstandings between 2 Spanish 
people from different parts of the country. A computer is No Different.
The system knows the file is Audio, the system knows that the file is a .WAV 
format, but the system does not know what codec to use when the file is 
removed from the program that uses it.
Have any of you tried to open an audio file and had the system ask you what 
Sample Rate, Channels and Resolution?
It does this because the system knows that the .WAV extension is not the 
proper codec to use to open the file correctly.
It is like openning a Corel document with word, Ya it opens, Ya you can read 
it after you remove all the extra codeing, but it will not format or present 
itself correctly unless you use a converter or the original program to open 
it.
My boss constantly asks for help on PDF's that he get's in his E-Mail 
because he can't seem to remember that a PDF file is for Adobe, he just 
double-clicks on the attachment and his system opens it with word.
And no matter how many times I try and show him the correct procedure and 
program he just doesn't seem to pick up on it. This tells me that all files 
are subject to how the system interprets them or is told to.
Here's a link to a little light reading that explains this a little deeper.
http://www.nch.com.au/acm/formats.html
When you bring an automation system online it's programming loads a set of 
codecs that it is programmed to use to open the audio it is working with. 
Basically to the system it sees a .WAV ext and it refers to it's programming 
to find out which codec to use so if it is programmed to open all .WAV files 
using MP2 codec then that is what it will do. In Windows they are Registry 
keys or .DLL's
LAME is an excellent example of .DLL because you can copy the DLL's to the 
Root of the program like Cool Edit or Adobe Audition to enable full 320Kbs 
resolution for MP3's.
Personally I agree with keeping the audio in it's highest resolution state 
namely .WAV

Have Fun
Scott O. Luse
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom" <Radiofreetom at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Converting Scott files


> Actually, if you had true .wav files, you should be able to play them 
> directly - WinAmp, Windows Media Player, Audacity, a whole RAFT of 
> players - and converting to another format - why?  Just play the wav 
> files; best quality.  Sidebar - if you put a standard audio CD in a CD-ROM 
> drive, and use Windows Explorer to view the contents, you'll see a bunch 
> of 1k files with the .cda extension.  That's the data file.  A ripper 
> program will locate and copy the actual file - I use CDex, which will rip 
> to .wav (standard uncompressed PCM), or convert to any of several 
> compressed formats following ripping.
>
> CDex is available free at:
>
> http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/?q=download
>
> Worth checking into - you might be pleasantly surprised.
>
> Tom S.
>
> Scott wrote:
>>If I understand your original post you are trying to pull audio off of 
>>CD's and not out of a computer library.
>>Just a thought you might be able to use Audiograbber and the LAME Encoder 
>>to pull the audio off the original load CD's for the Scott Studio system.
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Don Niccum
>>>Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 6:15 PM
>>>
>>>I have several CDs that contain music that was used in CD-ROM players 
>>>that
>>>were used with a DOS Scott system back in the 90s.  They are all .DSS 
>>>files.
>>>Does anyone know of a way to convert these to a point where they can be
>>>played and edited in Adobe Audition?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>Don Niccum
>>>Roswell, NM
>>>donn at dfn.com
>
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