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Title: SHN/FLAC playback compression and decompression on a Mac?
Post by: jpschust on March 19, 2004, 01:19:45 PM
alright, ive looked for about an hour now and i bite- what do i use?

I'm obviously still in this transition from pc>mac.

I tried to install xACT but it keeps asking me for a password- so i put in my main password and it doesnt work... help?

J
Title: Re:SHN/FLAC playback compression and decompression on a Mac?
Post by: kennedy on March 19, 2004, 01:38:22 PM
ask scott brown...i had the same problem with the password thing? did you copy it to applications before you installed?
jk
Title: Re:SHN/FLAC playback compression and decompression on a Mac?
Post by: RRobar on March 19, 2004, 01:40:03 PM
Jonny,
are you putting in your main user password. All mac applications will ask for this.
Title: Re:SHN/FLAC playback compression and decompression on a Mac?
Post by: jpschust on March 19, 2004, 01:50:41 PM
yah im putting in my main user password
Title: Re:SHN/FLAC playback compression and decompression on a Mac?
Post by: jpschust on March 19, 2004, 01:53:40 PM
ok i got it, had to copy it to the apps dir.  now what about software for playback of shns and flacs in osx?
Title: Re:SHN/FLAC playback compression and decompression on a Mac?
Post by: greenone on March 19, 2004, 02:07:11 PM
xmms is the only gapless option I'm aware of but I've never gotten around to installing it and/or getting it to work (http://www.etree.org/shnutils/xmms-shn/ for the shn plugin, http://packages.debian.org/stable/sound/xmms-flac for the flac plugin).

MaltX is what I use; the program's not made/supported anymore but my buddy has an archive of it here (http://arcticlounge.com/maltx/index.php).  Unfortunately it's not gapless playback, but it's good enough for me...

--Dave
Title: Re:SHN/FLAC playback compression and decompression on a Mac?
Post by: jpschust on March 19, 2004, 02:26:30 PM
dave you da man- got it working with the shn and flac plugs
Title: Re:SHN/FLAC playback compression and decompression on a Mac?
Post by: RRobar on March 19, 2004, 02:33:30 PM
Jonny,
 keep in mind this is how most mac apps work. Way simpler than windows. Unistalling is as easy as well. Just delete from apps.
Title: Re:SHN/FLAC playback compression and decompression on a Mac?
Post by: John Kelly on March 19, 2004, 03:28:20 PM
Playback:  www.macamplite.com

I wish someone would write shn and flac plugins for iTunes...
Title: Re:SHN/FLAC playback compression and decompression on a Mac?
Post by: Chris K on March 19, 2004, 03:39:23 PM
Quote from: John Kelly on March 19, 2004, 03:28:20 PM
I wish someone would write shn and flac plugins for iTunes...

i second that emotion
Title: Re:SHN/FLAC playback compression and decompression on a Mac?
Post by: RRobar on March 19, 2004, 04:17:39 PM
Quote from: John Kelly on March 19, 2004, 03:28:20 PM
Playback:  www.macamplite.com

I wish someone would write shn and flac plugins for iTunes...

Would be cool. I've been converting stuff to ACC for the possibilty of getting a ipod sometime. This would save a step or 2 thats for sure.
Title: Re:SHN/FLAC playback compression and decompression on a Mac?
Post by: greenone on March 19, 2004, 05:22:27 PM
Quote from: jpschust on March 19, 2004, 02:26:30 PM
dave you da man- got it working with the shn and flac plugs

Sweet! Are you running xmms or MaltX? If it's xmms and was that easy I may have to revisit xmms...  :hmmm:
Title: Re:SHN/FLAC playback compression and decompression on a Mac?
Post by: jpschust on March 19, 2004, 08:28:40 PM
i was referring to macamp :-)