MKW Problem

[italiancanolli9]

I just got a new sony, with xp, now when i d/l songs in shn format they dont have an icon, there icon looks like a program and i cannot change the program to open with. They do play in winamp. When i try to drag them to MKW i get an error message saying something with shn.dll. is this an xp problem? Does anyone know a solution?

[Diggin A Ditch]

did you run the md5's to make sure the shn's were vaild and didn't have errors?

[Trax]

did you install the run time libraries?

i know it says you dont have to... but you never know... it might help

[Mark]

Originally posted by italiancanolli9
I just got a new sony, with xp, now when i d/l songs in shn format they dont have an icon, there icon looks like a program and i cannot change the program to open with. They do play in winamp. When i try to drag them to MKW i get an error message saying something with shn.dll. is this an xp problem? Does anyone know a solution?

check etree's shn page.

if you find the folder MkW is installed in, right-click on the .exe. choose properties. choose "run in win2000 mode"

i think that is right. i will see if i can find the page.

edit: i was right. here is what is on etree

If you are running under Windows XP then you should follow these further directions:

If you simply want to convert shn>wav mkwACT will run fine on XP right out of the box.

However, if you want to encode .wav>.shn (w/ seeking as .skt files or appended) it becomes a bit trickier ,(it will also encode from .wav>.shn w/o any seeking fine.... but that suck's ; ).

XP comes w/ a backwards compatibility option.

To run mkwACT in Windows XP, change the compatibility mode for mkwACT to "Windows 2000" by:

* Right-click on the link to mkwACT in the start menu or desktop

* Click properties

* Click the Compatibility tab

* Click the checkbox for "Run this program in compatibility mode for:"

* In the pulldown menu, choose "Windows 2000"

*Apply the change

[zambonijoho]

i can't mkwACT to even open on my computer(XP)...it just says putting setup files in temp folder click ok when finished, but nothing happens...anyone with advice

[italiancanolli9]

Thanks im going to try run in win2000 mode

[NYGFan21]

THANK YOU! Ive been looking everywhere for this info...YOU ARE THE MAN!

[NYGFan21]

by the way why does it create a .skt file for every wav file I convert back to SHN....do I need it?

[NYGFan21]

nevermind I found out...thanks anyways!

[XeroMav]

The .skt is the seek table, to make the SHN seekable. You can configure MKW to:

1. keep them separate
2. add them to the file
3. not make them

I usually use that 2nd option myself...seekable is so nice.