Re: SPI announcement sound files

["Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com>]

get us all a copy of the CD with the DVA console!!!




The Railway Rasputin. <bob@fastlink.com.au> wrote in message
3858EBEC.9E2CF608@fastlink.com.au">news:3858EBEC.9E2CF608@fastlink.com.au...
> Who said I'll be using a 3.5 floppy?
> The CD does sound like a better idea than a zip drive.
> I know some one in the section that does this DVA biz.
> I'll see what he says.Hey he might even give me a lend of a computer!
>
> rgds
>
> Hubert Lam wrote:
> >
> > it'll be hard getting your hands on to it....from what I know those
sound
> > files are recorded in 44khz 16 bit stereo WAV format, which means for
each
> > second the file would hog up 176kb of disk real estate.
> >
> > how many 176kbs can you fit on a 1440 kb disk? not too many. Plus they
might
> > be centrally located, coz i've seen an ISDN modem at Strathfield and was
> > connected to the DVA console PC.
> >
> > the best thing is to get a copy of the CD-ROM that has both the DVA
Console
> > software and the soundbytes.
> >
> > The Railway Rasputin. <bob@fastlink.com.au> wrote in message
> > 385791BD.196DE905@fastlink.com.au">news:385791BD.196DE905@fastlink.com.au...
> > > I might have a sniff arround.
> > > If I can find the folder they are located in AND are in a traditional
> > > wav format, I'll get a coppy of the files.
> > >
> > > rgds
> > >
> > > Hubert Lam wrote:
> > > >
> > > > DVA runs on Windows NT 4.0, so ideally they would be in .wav format
or
> > one
> > > > that is common amongst the Windows platform--so that the programmer
for
> > the
> > > > DVA Console doesn't have to waste time writing a CODEC.
> > > >
> > > > Geoffrah <geoffrah@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > 3856c237.750499591@newshost.anu.edu.au">news:3856c237.750499591@newshost.anu.edu.au...
> > > > > Just out of curiosity - is it possible to get a hold of some of
these
> > > > > sound files (ie. are they in .wav format ?) .... or are they in a
> > > > > specialised format that can only be used on the DVA computers ?
> > > > >
> > > > > >As mentioned in subject, these have been replaced by never "DVA"
> > sound
> > > > files
> > > > > >last Thursday afternoon, except that the station names all have a
> > rising
> > > > > >inflection, not a falling one, which results in a very strange
sound
> > when
> > > > > >things like "Hornsby via Town Hall" is announced. It is also a
lot
> > slower
> > > > > >than the old messages, and so most of the time the train would
have
> > > > departed
> > > > > >halfway throughout the announcement being played.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >