How do I convert a Resource file (.RSRC) full of snd's into WAV's???

Don

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Jul 26, 2009, 8:24:48 PM7/26/09

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I have an old Macintosh resource file (.rsrc) with a lot of individual
sounds (snd's) within the file, and I'd like to batch convert or
extract them into a bunch of separate WAV files. Anyone know of a
utility that will do this (on Mac OS 10.5.7)? Thanks!

Don

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Jul 26, 2009, 9:57:28 PM7/26/09

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In article <260720092024487468%d...@donasoiuwfox.com>, Don
<d...@donasoiuwfox.com> wrote:

check out www.sndsampler.com, it might do what you want

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Jamie Kahn Genet

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Jul 27, 2009, 3:00:49 AM7/27/09

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Don <d...@donasoiuwfox.com> wrote:

There was an easy answer to this back in classic MacOS so I'll mention
it just in case: download SoundApp
<http://www.pure-mac.com/audio.html#sndapp> and drag the resource file
onto it. It will find all enclosed audio files, you just select what you
want and convert to WAV. A real snap and the main way I used to extract
cool sound effects from old classic MacOS games like Spectre.

It's a real shame there's no OSX version of SoundApp :-(
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Don

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Jul 27, 2009, 9:03:44 AM7/27/09

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Will try it for sure. Thanks...

In article <260720091857282299%dogb...@chaseabone.com.invalid>, sbt
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> www.sndsampler.com

Don

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Jul 27, 2009, 9:05:51 AM7/27/09

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Thanks. I'll try that too (if possible from within OSX)

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Chris Ridd

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Jul 27, 2009, 9:24:57 AM7/27/09

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On 2009-07-27 14:05:51 +0100, Don <d...@donasoiuwfox.com> said:

> Thanks. I'll try that too (if possible from within OSX)

If none of that works, the OS X developer tools come with DeRez which a
command-line tool which will decompile resource files into files you
might be able to coerce into shape.

eg DeRez somefile.rsrc -only 'snd ' > somefile.r

[now work on somefile.r using perl or something...]

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Jolly Roger

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Jul 27, 2009, 10:29:21 AM7/27/09

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In article <260720092024487468%d...@donasoiuwfox.com>,
Don <d...@donasoiuwfox.com> wrote:

This is the sort of thing at which File Juicer excels:

<http://echoone.com/filejuicer/>

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Don

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Jul 27, 2009, 3:25:21 PM7/27/09

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Thanks I'll try that too.

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Don

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Jul 27, 2009, 3:26:05 PM7/27/09

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Thanks! I'll give it a try...

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Don

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Jul 27, 2009, 6:42:25 PM7/27/09

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To any and all that helped with my inability to convert a resource file
full of snds into wavs...I just want to say THANKS! Many excellent
ideas. And, finally, Juicer worked fine. It actually effortlessly
converted all my snds into movs. Once Juicer was able to do that, I
could easily find other programs that converted mov's to wav's. So,
bottom line...SUCCESS! Thanks everyone!

In article <270720091526050026%d...@donasoiuwfox.com>, Don