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- CONVERT
- Version 3.0
- July 9, 1993
-
- Copyright (c) 1993 Covox, Inc. All Rights Reserved
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- Different sound cards and software often make use of different and
- incompatible formats for files they use to record sounds on disk.
- Convert offers a way to translate sound files between several common
- formats.
-
- GENERAL DESCRIPTION
-
- CONVERT can understand all Covox sound file formats as well as .VOC
- and .WAV files. It can translate these formats to any of the formats
- it understands, except .VMD and .VMF files.
-
- CONVERT has two mode of operation. If run without any command line
- parameters, it operates in "menu mode". Menu mode allows the easy
- selection of files to convert using a point and shoot type of
- interface.
-
- CONVERT can also be run completely from the command line, allowing
- easy use from within batch files, or quick "one shot" conversions for
- which menus are unnecessary.
-
-
- When Covert is started in menu mode, a list of options will be
- displayed horizontally across the top of the screen. These
- selections are arranged, from left to right, in the order they are
- likely to be used. You can navigate the selections using the cursor
- keys on your keyboard to move the highlight through the selections.
- When the selection you want is highlighted, press <Return>. Pressing
- <Esc> at any time backs you out of the current menu.
-
- The main menu selections are:
-
- OPTIONS:
- Selecting this brings up a submenu of a number of
- parameters that will affect any conversions made.
- The parameters listed here are:
-
- Playback Rate: Selecting this allows you to specify
- the speed at which the converted files will
- be played back. This rate is specified in
- Hertz. Specifying zero for this option tells
- CONVERT to keep the same playback rate as in
- the original file. NOTE: Not all possible
- rates can be specified, so after you enter a
- value here, it will be changed to match the
- closest valid value.
-
- Silence Threshold: This only has an effect when you
- are converting to a format with Silence
- encoding. This value can be from 0 to 5, and
- specifies how many units from dead silence
- CONVERT will still consider as silence.
-
- Treble Output: This toggles between 'Y' and 'N',
- telling CONVERT to add more treble to the
- resulting file. Only effective when
- converting from .V4S, .V3S, and .V2S file
- formats.
-
- Noise Fill: This toggles between 'Y' and 'N', and is
- only effective when converting from .V4S,
- .V3S, and .V2S file formats. Causes silence
- to be replaced by low level noise.
-
- Dest. Path: Specifies the directory the resulting
- converted files are to be placed in. This
- defaults to the directory you are in when you
- run CONVERT. The current destination path is
- always displayed at the bottom of the screen.
-
- FILE MASKS:
- By default, CONVERT will only see files with
- extensions representing the file formats it knows.
- You can change the file masks in this menu. A file
- mask is a list of file masks, separated by commas,
- semicolons, or spaces. If a file name matches any of
- the file masks on this list, it will be displayed in
- the directory window.
-
- SORTING:
- This allows the directory window to be sorted
- according to your tastes. Has no other effect on the
- program's operation.
-
- FORMAT:
- This brings up a menu allowing you to specify which
- format you wish to convert to. The current target
- format is always displayed at the bottom of the
- screen
-
- CONVERT:
- Brings up a menu to perform the actual conversions:
- The menu has three options:
-
- Select files to convert: When you pick this, a
- highlight bar will appear in the directory window.
- This bar can be moved around using the cursor keys.
- You then need to select which files you want to
- convert by moving the highlight to them, and pressing
- either <Return> or the spacebar. A check mark will
- appear next to the file name to indicate that you
- have selected that file. If you mistakenly select
- the wrong file, pressing <Return> on it again will
- deselect it.
-
- Names that appear in angle brackets ( < and > ) are
- directories. Pressing <Return> on these changes the
- directory being displayed. You can select any
- number of files, in any directories you wish. When
- you have selected all the files you want to convert,
- press <Esc>.
-
- Convert All Selected Files: Selecting this item will
- initiate the conversion off all the files you have
- selected using the "Select Files to Convert" option.
-
- Exit Convert: This is the same as pressing <Esc>
- from the main menu, allowing you to leave the
- program.
-