Giggles Posted March 28, 2002 Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 So, I am now running direct connect and I've downloaded a show in *.shn format. I have now come to the realization (after trying) that no programes on my computer recognize the *.shn format...DOH. So, what programme do I need to listen to this tasty new *.shn show I downloaded and from there, how do I convert it into to a normal format so I can burn it and listen to it on a normal CD player........PLEASE HELP!! Giggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted March 28, 2002 Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 Well, I was just rescently in your shoes, and was told to download MKW Audio Compression Tool from the "Files" link on the main page of this here Sanc. (God love the Sanc!) Best of luck to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giggles Posted March 28, 2002 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 I luf you Ms. Hux....So this programe will allow me to listen to the *.shn and convert them for burning? Giggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted March 28, 2002 Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 Another option is to use WinAmp. You can get "ShnAmp" for WinAmp from http://www.etree.org and it'll allow WinAmp to play .shn files. (This is useful if you just want to listen to the .shn files before burning them to CD and/or eating lots of disk as .wav files.)To convert .shn to .wav, I just use WinAmp and set it to use the DiskWriter output plug-in.I also use "md5sum" to check the .md5 files and make sure I've downloaded everything properly.Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted March 28, 2002 Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 Worked for me!Hehehe. BradM said "Eating lots of disk..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giggles Posted March 28, 2002 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 I'm using windows xp and the MKW audio expression tool doesn't say it works on XP...does it Ms. Hux? Giggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted March 28, 2002 Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 if u decompress a song using winamp then decompress the same file using mkw, compare them. mkw will decompress faster and more efficiently.Just check the 1's and 0's. Its kinda like using adaptec to change mp3's to wav's. Not a good thing. use mkw if u can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giggles Posted March 28, 2002 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 do you know if it works w/ XP? It doesn't say it does in the file downloads on the sanctuary here... Giggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted March 28, 2002 Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 I have Windows XP at home, but now you have me second guessing myself. BB came over and I played around a bit, installing this and that, rewiring, smashing things and voila! I can listen to SHN's. I thought it was MKW, but now I is no sure. D'oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giggles Posted March 28, 2002 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 Harpua told me it should work fine w/ XP...what version of MKW did you download? Giggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giggles Posted March 28, 2002 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 Just got home...SUPER help Solar and everyone else too. Thanks..... Giggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil McCraken Posted March 28, 2002 Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 Dont forget to sign up for ctree.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 28, 2002 Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 I just play the files on the fly with winamp and the shnamp plugin.If you just want to listen, do that.The only problem is that you can't jump into the middle of the song, nor can you do a fastforward or rewind, which sux.I actually use that to decompress to wav as well.I used to use MKW for that. I may go back to that, because there is a really bad bug in winamp that sometimes screws up the filenames which in turn, leads me to burn the wrong tunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 actually, bouche (and others), you CAN search back and forth in certain shows in the shn format. You'll probably find that shows that have been seeded since the middle of last year are "seekable". This is a newer feature of mkwact for those who compress to shn. you'll find it in the newest version. If you run XP you'll find out that trying to compress a wav to shn WITH seek tables WILL NOT go very smoothly. Just a little FYI for those who do seed shows and may not have been aware of this feature when generating shn files.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 OK. First go Here: http://home.att.net/~mkw/mkwact.html and download the official release (.96f). Don't worry about the runtime libraries. Install it on your computer. once installed, open the program. Choose "options" and then select "file options". Browse to the directories where you want mkw to dump the .wav files when working. I usually just have a folder named "wav" inside of my download directory to which all the .wav files get dumped. Now, while still in the "file options" menu, check the following: create subdirectories, generate md5 after compressing, report md5 verification only on errors. You may also choose to select "delete input files after processing". basically, if you leave it checked, the original files you are working with will be deleted when turned into a different format. its up to youOK, that should be all you need in setting up mkwact. Now, go to the directory you have downloaded shn files to. First, you'll want to check the integrity of the files. right click on the md5 and choose "verify". once the checksum has completed without errors you're good to go. Now, highlight all the .shn files, right click and choose decode to wav. mkwact will now process all of the files and turn them into .wav files. These can now be burned in your favorite burning software (i.e., ezcd, nero, cdrwin, etc). when burning make sure to select the DAO or "disc at once" option. I have to go to work now....hope this helped.OH YEAH! to play shn files through winamp, go to etree.org and download the "shnamp" pluggin. follow their directions and you should have no problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhTenenbaum Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 Unless I'm mistaken (and I don't think I am as I'm doing it as I write) shnamp2 will let you jump to the middle of a track - maybe you need an upgrade bouche, or am I just stupidd? Dain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 SHN files with appended seek tables are the only seekable SHNs. Win2k has the same problem with appending the seeks as XP, I don't know why. They just don't work. So, some shows you can jump through and others you can't. I'm back to '98 now, so I"ll be doing my stuff with seek tables from now on. Blane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 30, 2002 Report Share Posted March 30, 2002 I didn't know that there was an SHNamp2. I'll go get it. So if I have an shn file already created, is it possible to create the indexes or seek tables for those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted March 30, 2002 Report Share Posted March 30, 2002 Bouche, you'd have to decode to wav, then re-encode to SHN with appended skt files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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