@database SFX

(C) Copyright 1993-1996 Stefan Kost
All Rights Reserved

@Remark $VER: Universal.guide (26.11.95)
@Remark AmigaGuide-OnLine-Help for SoundFX

@master /guides/sfx.guide
@index /guides/sfx-index.guide/index

@node main "Loader : Universal"

Loader : Universal
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Description :
	The universal-loader tries to identify the sampleformat and loads the
	sample with the refering loader. He does it in the following way.
	At first he tries to identify the sample on the basis of its extension.
	If this isn`t successful, he tries to find specific strings in the
	file. If this fails too, it`s probably a RAW-Sample. Now SFX starts to
	analyse the audiodata to see the difference between signed, unsigned,
	ULAW, 8-bit and 16-bit-RAW. If the sample is long this could need some
	time.
	This categorization is based on statistical data and fails sometimes
	(I haven`t found much samples were this happend). If the loaded sample
	is wrong, please load the sample direkt with the RAW-Loader and set the
	type manually in the loaderprefs.

Prefs :
	none
@endnode