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Old 2007-01-04, 03:19 PM
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Question How do i play and convert shn or shorten files to wav ?

hi...ive dealt only with flac...how do i convert shn files to wav ?
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Old 2007-01-04, 03:22 PM
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Re: How do i play and convert shn or shorten files to wav ?

mkwact . for pc or traders little helper.
you can get the shorten plugin for winamp.
what do you use to play?

http://etree.org/mkw.html
http://etree.org/shnamp.html
http://etree.org/shncom.html
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Old 2007-01-04, 03:24 PM
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Re: How do i play and convert shn or shorten files to wav ?

Foobar2000 plays all codecs ive ever tried on it, including FLAC, SHN, WV, and MPC. It can also convert them.
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Old 2007-01-04, 03:25 PM
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Re: How do i play and convert shn or shorten files to wav ?

I use foobar to decode SHNs to WAV files, then encode to FLAC8 with FLAC Frontend. I can't stand SHN!
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Re: How do i play and convert shn or shorten files to wav ?

Use Trader's Little Helper It does SHN FLAC and APE
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Old 2007-01-04, 04:55 PM
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Re: How do i play and convert shn or shorten files to wav ?

all great suggestions

except MKWact ... no longer supported by the author, redundant and antiquated.
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Old 2007-01-05, 05:28 AM
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Re: How do i play and convert shn or shorten files to wav ?

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all great suggestions

except MKWact ... no longer supported by the author, redundant and antiquated.
http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/...4&postcount=28
August of 06 seems pretty current.
http://199.224.117.240/~scb/index.php?path=xactwin/
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Old 2007-01-05, 12:20 PM
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Re: How do i play and convert shn or shorten files to wav ?

^that's xAct, I was talking about MKWact

also, seems the link to download xAct for PC is not longer working
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Old 2007-01-05, 07:10 PM
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Re: How do i play and convert shn or shorten files to wav ?

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^that's xAct, I was talking about MKWact

also, seems the link to download xAct for PC is not longer working
oh my bad that's right MKW has been history for a while, and your assesment is right on as well.
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