Mac Determine Which App Makes Which Sound Effect

Hi Nate
under osx 10.5 and on you can use 'afplay'
tell application 'YOUR APPLICATION'
activate
set the_file to 'PATH TO YOUR SOOUND FILE.aif'
set file_path to quoted form of (POSIX path of (the_file as alias))
do shell script ('afplay ' & file_path & ' > /dev/null 2>&1 &')
end tell
or you could use the nifty little app Play Sound from http://microcosmsoftware.com/playsound/ to do the work for you under 10.4 etc, not your preferred but a choice.
tell application 'Play Sound'
activate
set soundFile to 'PATH TO YOUR SOUND FILE' as alias
tell application 'Play Sound'
play soundFile
end tell
delay 2
quit 'Play Sound' --use this as this app stays running in the background
end tell
Budgie

Mac Determine Which App Makes Which Sound Effects

Oct 26, 2009 11:55 AM

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