Short: Convert .voc to spectrum .tzx Author: Tomaz Kac, AmigaOS 4.0 compile by Spot / Up Rough Uploader: Varthall / Up Rough Type: misc/emu Version: 0.11b Architecture: ppc-amigaos >= 4.0.5 NOTES ABOUT THE AmigaOS 4.0 version: You need to add protection bits to your .tzx image. (Protect myimage.tzx +rwed) /Spot ----------- ZXTape Utilities -------------------- VOC to TZX Direct Recording Block Converter v0.11b by Tomaz Kac Sometimes when converting things to TZX format you just can't get it right whatever you do. This utility can help you out then. It will convert the VOC file to TZX Direct Recording Block, which is basically the same as the VOC block BUT it is 8 times smaller. Then you can use utility like TAPER to include the block that was not convertable into the real TZX file. Command Line Syntax: DIRECT [switches] FILE.VOC [OUTPUT.TZX] Switches: /start n - Conversion will start at the byte n in the VOC file. You must use some other utility like CoolEdit to find out at which byte is what time. /end n - Conversion will end at the byte n in the VOC file. /t n - Sample rate in Z80 T-States per Sample.This will tell the utility to down (or up) sample the resulting Direct Recording Block. Again this is not written in standard frequency Hz, but rather in the way it is written in TZX file. When you start the conversion without this parameter it will tell you what frequency in Hz AND in T-States per Sample it is using. Then, if you like to have your DRB even smaller you can divide the T-States value by 2 or some other value and use it with this switch... if you are lucky the resulting file will still work, but it will be even smaller! If OUTPUT.TZX is not given then the INPUT filename will be used, but its extension will be changed to .TZX. HISTORY: 0.11 - Some minor bugs removed, ANSI stuff removed as well, first public release. My email is tomaz.kac()uni-mb.si ... mail me if you have any problems with this program. TC