Re: Binary Decoding Question

jdashiel@eagle1.eaglenet.com
Sun, 24 Nov 1996 01:58:37 -0500 (EST)

Sure it's possible. You need a few more entries
for the mail.cap file under mime.
If you have the plany.exe utility define type wav= whatever path to
plany.exe
and feed it the file name.
On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Phil
Crown wrote:

> >I've heard on the a.b.sounds newsgroups that some newsreaders such as
> >Agent allow the user to hear the .wav once it's decoded. Is there a
> >way to accomplish this under Yarn? The same idea is supposed to work
> >for jpgs and gifs (and I suppose any other file type.)
>
> Possibly, if a .cmd file can be run inplace of the uudecoder in the
> global config, you could have a Rexx script decode then start the .wav
> player. Even if a .cmd file fails, "cmd.exe /c play.cmd" should work.
>
> For example, normally it looks something like this;
>
> # program that decodes MIME message
> decode-mime=uudeview -io -p x:\tmp %f
>
> But you replace the above with this;
>
> # program that decodes MIME message
> decode-mime=decodAndplay.cmd
>
> Then you create decodeAndplay.cmd which runs the decoder and wav
> player.
>
> rem -- decodAndplay.cmd --
> uudeview -io -p x:\tmp %f
> play.exe %f
>
> Hmmm, %f probably won't be the proper filename, you'll have to use
> SysFileTree or some method of finding the name of the *.wav, then play
> it.
>
>
> --
> Phil Crown
> pcrown@airmail.net
> http://web2.airmail.net/pcrown/
>

jude <jdashiel@eagle1.eaglenet.com>