SHN support

touqueguy · Postby **touqueguy** » 09 Aug 2005 04:13

Being an audiophile I come across quite a few .shn files, and the only way to listen to them is to convert them to .aiff or .wav with various programs. Can VLC implement a feature so I can listen to my .shn files before I burn them?

Also, I've been doing this with .flac files and It's completely great. Thanks to the developers for making one of my favourite applications ever.

krmathis · Postby **krmathis** » 11 Aug 2005 19:14

Shorten is closed source, so I dont think it will ever make it into VLC.
But I might be wrong.

Bromskloss · Postby **Bromskloss** » 07 Apr 2006 21:06

Shorten is closed source, so I dont think it will ever make it into VLC.

Isn't the specs for the algorithm publicly available so that it can be re-implemented? The hazzle of downloading a file, converting it, playing it and deleting it often isn't worth it. It would be _so_ much more convenient to be able to just click on a link to spawn VLC who plays it straight off.

Not currently a VLC developer, I still feel that if someone could produce the spec, I might not be able to not implement it.

Guest · Postby **Guest** » 08 Apr 2006 08:53

SHN is supported in ffmpeg so the decoder is already in VLC. Someone just need to make VLC recognize the filetype.

The DJ · Postby **The DJ** » 10 Apr 2006 15:03

added to our TRAC.

Guest · Postby **Guest** » 10 Apr 2006 18:02

SHN is supported in ffmpeg so the decoder is already in VLC. Someone just need to make VLC recognize the filetype.

Ah, great! When searching, I actually saw a file named "shorten.c" mentioned in a diff, but since I'm not familiar with the code I wasn't sure it was related.

So, how is the legal status, then? Is it OK to include it and let it free like this?

Bromskloss · Postby **Bromskloss** » 10 Apr 2006 18:03

SHN is supported in ffmpeg so the decoder is already in VLC. Someone just need to make VLC recognize the filetype.
Ah, great! When searching, I actually saw a file named "shorten.c" mentioned in a diff, but since I'm not familiar with the code I wasn't sure it was related.

So, how is the legal status, then? Is it OK to include it and let it free like this?

Sorry, forgot to give my name when posting what I now quote.

dmber · Postby **dmber** » 21 Nov 2006 01:09

added to our TRAC.

i don't know what TRAC means, but i'm just wondering if shn is now supported? i really really hope so.

Postby **funman** » 21 Nov 2006 01:28

Trac is a developer tool, see https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/632
It seems it just needs some testing

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