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- From: dmsilev@athena.mit.edu (Daniel M Silevitch)
- Subject: Re: Problem with playing WAV
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.175448.19917@athena.mit.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:54:48 GMT
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- In article <YfMyst200WB70UiEZi@andrew.cmu.edu>, Sparrow+@CMU.EDU (Kin Chan) writes:
- |> I'm now using the MS PC speaker driver to play wav files through my pc
- |> speaker. I don't seem able to play any wav files for more than 4 secs. I
- |> have been using Sound Recorder and other wav players to the same effect.
- |> I wonder if anyone has any idea why and how I can possibly overcome this
- |> problem. I don't own a sound card and won't be getting one yet.
- |>
- |> Thanks,
- |>
- |> Kin
-
- You have to configure the PC speaker driver to play long WAV files. This is
- done (I think) through the Drivers entry in Control Panel. Select PC Speaker
- and select Configure (or something similar). A dialog will pop up with various
- options, including max playing time, volume, pitch, and enable/disable interrupts
- during playback. Change the max time to whatever you want (mine is set to 10
- sec), but remember that to get halfway decent quality, the interrupts must be
- disabled, so your system is effectively frozen while the WAVs play. Keep this
- in mind when setting max_time. If I've gotten any of the details wrong, feel
- free to correct me.
-
- Daniel Silevitch dmsilev@athena.mit.edu
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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