Here is a sounds FAQ taken from
Patrick G. Kenny's
WWW TV Themes
Home Page
Help I can't download stuff!!!!
If you are having problems downloading or getting things to play please read one of the sound newsgroups, there are people on there who can help you out.
See below for the sound news groups.
What are the different file extensions
There is .au and .snd which is mostly for Sun and NeXT.
There is .voc and .wav which is mostly for IBM's.
There is .aiff which is mostly for Apple and SGI.
There is .iff which is mostly for Amiga.
Can I get more information about the formats?
Yes, there is an Audio
Formats FAQ
Are there audio players and converts?
Yes, GoldWave, Cool Edit, WHAM, Wplany and Sox.
Where can I get the players and coverters from?
Windows Applications
Lots of sound players and utilities.
This archive contains players and utilities for Window 3.x
Lots of sound players and utilities.
This archive contains players and utilities for Window's 95
GoldWave 3.0
Plays and converts Sun/NeXT AU, WAV, Mac SND, AIFF, Amiga IFF, Matlab MAT, VOC.
Cool Edit
Plays and converts almost any file format except Mac SND, Lots of editing and effects.
Wham 1.33
A simple player/converter/editor. Supports AIFF, AU, IFF, VOC, WAV and raw 8-bit SND
Wplny 1.2
Play Anything, voc/wav/au/snd player for dos
DOS Applications
Lots of sound players and utilities.
This archive contains players and utilities for MSDOS
SOX"Sound Exchange"
Converts almost anything to almost anything else.
SPEAKER.EXE
Play sounds through an internal PC speaker
Macintosh Applications
Lots of sound players and utilities for the Mac
This archive contains players and utilities for the Mac
SoundApp 1.51 (141Kb)
Plays and converts between many different formats, including AIFF, SND, Sun AU, WAV, VOC, IFF, Quicktime and Audio CD.
Mac Sound Tools
Yoiu will find lots of sounds / sound tools here, including Briansoundtool.
SoundEffects 0.91
A versitile sound editor/player/recorder for the Mac
Amiga Applications
Sound player: Play16_1_5 and others
A versitile sound player for the Amiga
Unix Applications
XPLAY
A sound player for Sun Sparc Machines, plays .aiff, .au and .wav
You can also try these ftp sites:
Host : nigel.msen.com
Host : oak.oakland.edu
Host : wuarchive.wustl.edu
Host : ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu
Are there News Groups I can read for sounds and such?
alt.binaries.sounds.utilities
alt.binaries.sounds.cartoons
alt.binaries.sounds.d
alt.binaries.sounds.misc
alt.binaries.sounds.tv
alt.binaries.sounds.movies
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