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etree.org | shortn32.exe introduction
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Shorten® (.shn) is an audio compression scheme that is used
to compress audio (.wav) files losslessly. This means that after
you decompress a Shorten file, everything that was in the
original .wav is there. This is unlike MP3, in which the
compression step throws away information that can never be
recovered.
For distribution and archiving purposes, the Shorten (.shn) files
themselves can also be burned onto a CD-R as data. One big
advantage to archiving Shorten files is that you'll never have to
deal with digital audio extraction (DAE) from an audio disc,
which can sometimes produce clicks and other undesired
artifacts.
The Shorten source code is the property of SoftSound Limited and has
been made available to the general public for non-commercial use.
The original SoftSound code has been extended by etree.org (most
notably by the work of Wayne Steilau and Jason Jordan) to include
"seek-tables" so that you can easily skip to any portion of a
song in audio players like WinAmp and XMMS. The latest version
of Shorten can always be found on the etree.org shnutils page or the FreshMeat project
page.
For Windows users who wish to use a command line version of
Shorten, you've come to the right place! When shortn32.exe is
used along with the etree.org batch files, it's surprisingly
robust and easy to use, minus all the bells and whistles of a
graphical user interface.
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etree.org | shortn32.exe nav
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Introduction
Download
Installation
Usage, Extracting
Usage, Compressing
Usage, Creating Seek
Etcetera
Credits
Back to etree.org Software
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etree.org | shortn32.exe download
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This is the
official distribution site for SHN v3 (seeking
SHN)
shorten-3.6.1.zip
v3.6.1 (Cygwin) - 51.9KB Released
3/19/07
Cygwin version of Shorten. Works on Windows
9x/ME/NT/XP.
shortn32.exe v3.1 OLD - 99KB Released 10/10/00 31336
Downloads since 10/10/00
etree.org batch files - 3KB Updated 8/20/02 10478
Downloads since 10/9/00
These batch files will work for Windows users ONLY!
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etree.org | shortn32.exe installation
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You will want to replace your existing shortn32.exe file.
Windows 95/98: Download shortn32.exe to
c:\windows\command
Windows NT/2000: Download shortn32.exe to
c:\winnt\system32
To find out what version of shortn32.exe you are currently using, open an MS-DOS window and type:
shortn32 -h
The version number will be at the top.
If you downloaded the etree.org batch files for Windows, extract the three batch files (compress.bat, decompress.bat, makeskt.bat) to
the directory: c:\windows\command
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etree.org | shortn32.exe usage, extracting
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To extract .shn files to .wav files (for burning to CD-R), open an MS-DOS window, go into the
directory where the .shn files are located, and type the following:
shortn32 -x [filename].shn [filename].wav
You must insert the names of the .shn files [without the brackets]. Example:
shortn32 -x ph94-06-26d1t01.shn ph94-06-26d1t01.wav
The first file (.shn) is your input file, the last file (.wav) is your output file. You will
have to repeat this process for each SHN file in the directory, unless you are using the
etree.org batch files.
If you're using the etree.org batch files,
open an MS-DOS window and go to the directory you wish to extract from SHN to WAV.
Type: "decompress" (without quotes). The batch file will prompt you what drive you wish to save
the WAV files to.
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etree.org | shortn32.exe usage, compressing
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After making sure you have downloaded and copied shortn32.exe into the proper directory (see installation),
open an MS-DOS window and go to the directory of the show you wish to compress into Shorten format.
Type:
shortn32 [filename].wav [filename].shn
You must insert the names of the .shn files [without the brackets]. Example:
shortn32 ph94-06-26d1t01.wav ph94-06-26d1t01.shn
The first file (.wav) is your input file, the last file (.shn) is your output file. You will
have to repeat this process for each file in the directory, unless you are using the
etree.org batch files. Also,
if you are using Shorten v3.0 or above, any SHN's you compress will have seek data embedded into the
SHN file by default. Please encode the seek data to the Shorten files if you are creating/seeding
a new show!
If you're using the etree.org batch files,
open an MS-DOS window and go to the directory you wish to convert to SHN. Type: "compress"
(without quotes). The batch file will prompt you what drive you wish to save the Shorten files
to.
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etree.org | shortn32.exe usage, creating seek
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If you have older SHN files that are not SHN v3 (seek) enabled, you can manually create seek data
for these files!!! The easiest way to do this is by using the
etree.org batch files.
Open an MS-DOS window and go to the directory containing the SHN files you want
to create seek files for.
Type: "makeskt" (without quotes). The batch file will then create and save in that same
directory a seek (.skt) file for each SHN file. It's that easy!
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etree.org | shortn32.exe etcetera
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When compressing new Shorten files, please remember to follow the etree.org naming scheme, and
also make sure you are using the most recent version of Shorten!
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etree.org | shortn32.exe credits
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Special thanks to Wayne Stielau, the creator of SHN v3. All documentation written and updated
by Mike Wren.
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