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Old 03-22-2007, 04:53 PM   #1
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SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

Yes.. i've tried the mkwact, since ive been using that for 5 years, but now I have windows vista and since the program is like 8 years old at this point i'm assuming its having compatibility issues and it will not install. ANY HELP OUT THERE.. theres gotta be some vista users out there
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

    I'm having the same issue, the setup is running into an out of memory error which is obviously incorrect. Its probably using an incorrect function call to check. I'm having little or no luck w/ this so far. I'm tempted to try one of the linux/unix ones using cygwin or something. (i appologize if this is overly technical)

    If i have success i'll post back and let you know.
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    Old 03-28-2007, 07:05 AM   #3
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

    I found a solution. There's a program out there called Magic JellyBean SHN Shortener. This converts your shn to .mp3 or .ogg files, now those being lossy files this isn't perfect. However what the program actually does is to convert them to .wav, then to .mp3 and then applies id3 tags/renames etc.. it then deletes the wav files it had created to do the mp3 encoding. So here's what i did, give it a large number of shn files to convert to mp3, while its doing that you can go into its installation directory and see a batch file that it has created. THis batch file does the actual work of converting to wav, then to mp3 then deleting wav. I made a copy of the batch file and edited it so as to skip the mp3 part, just convert to wav and be done with it. THe program has a few executables that do the work ie shn->wav flac->wav wav->mp3 wav->ogg. I'm not sure if this is "proper use" of the program but it is a workaround, and the only one I've found so far that works with vista. Just a note, you need to use the "Run As Administrator" in vista to do this, otherwise the program cannot write its batch file & you can't take a peek at it.

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    Old 03-29-2007, 06:14 PM   #4
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

    Vista can really make things complicated if you are running older programs. Hopefully everyone will post some program updates soon!
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    Old 03-29-2007, 06:44 PM   #5
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

    Agreed, I'm tempted to start looking for the source code to convert shn to wav and compile a simple program to do it on vista w/ little fuss. I've not researched it yet, but if anyone knows where the source lives (open source etc..) please reply.
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

    try burrn its a free program and converts any format automaticlly to reg. audio and automaticlly burns at once. or if try nch switch. its also free and only converts, does not burn but it will convert flac to shn, flac to wav, shn to mp3, etc etc etc will convert any format to any format
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

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    try burrn its a free program and converts any format automaticlly to reg. audio and automaticlly burns at once. or if try nch switch. its also free and only converts, does not burn but it will convert flac to shn, flac to wav, shn to mp3, etc etc etc will convert any format to any format
    I know you made this comment over a year ago, but after slaving on my computer for a good three hours and coming up empty, I just came across your post, downloaded Switch, and everything is amazing. I love you.
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

    Yes, thank you very much, just downloaded it and it worked for me!
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    Old 05-08-2009, 03:24 AM   #9
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

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    try burrn its a free program and converts any format automaticlly to reg. audio and automaticlly burns at once. or if try nch switch. its also free and only converts, does not burn but it will convert flac to shn, flac to wav, shn to mp3, etc etc etc will convert any format to any format
    Thanks for this advice i've been looking for a good free program, i've yet to try it but i definately will try it out when i have more time and i'll let you know how it went.

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    Old 05-12-2009, 07:49 PM   #10
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

    i've been fighting winamp forever.....nch swith is soooooo much easier / better.
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

    you have to pay for switch now... anyone got an good alternative?
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    Old 08-27-2009, 06:58 PM   #12
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

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    you have to pay for switch now... anyone got an good alternative?
    have you tried traders little helper?

    http://tlh.easytree.org
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    Old 08-27-2009, 07:03 PM   #13
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    have you tried traders little helper?

    http://tlh.easytree.org

    Good stuff
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

    For Windows, I've been using the MelodyCan for a long time. It works great.
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

    For Windows, I've been using the free MelodyCan
    for a long time. It works great.
    It is the best, easiest and fastest converter i found))
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    Re: SHN to WAV converter HELP (Windows VISTA)

    Swith is still free. I just downloaded it and it works great!
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