<font color='black' size='2' face='Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'>Yes, this method is what my students did. It's just a bit more work to download the sound, pull into Audacity, then export to .wav file, then import into Alice; especially since some .mp3 files work as is.
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<div>We use Audacity in other projects. In fact, my fairy tale assignment includes the students creating a score/background music for their Alice movie using Audacity then importing it into Alice. Then also adding in other sound effects such as princess screaming, dragon roaring. One student even has a loop of horse galloping sound as the knight rides in to the rescue. <span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We are really having fun with it.</span>
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From: Don Slater <dslater@andrew.cmu.edu><br>
To: Alice Teachers <alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu><br>
Sent: Tue, Dec 17, 2013 9:57 am<br>
Subject: Re: alice-teacher unable to hear mp3 files<br>
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<div class="aolReplacedBody" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">This is a known bug in Alice 2.
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<div>Not all .mp3 files are created equal (created with different codecs and libraries, and it is very difficult for us to keep up with every variation.</div>
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<div>Audacity is a free to download and use sound editor. To re-export your sound file as a .mp3 you will have to install the .lame plug-in (as .mp3 is a licensed format), (see the instructions in the Audacity home page (<a target="_blank" href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net">http://audacity.sourceforge.net</a>).</div>
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<div>Let us know if you have any questions.</div>
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<div>On Dec 16, 2013, at 11:48 PM, Laurie Solomon Cohen <<a href="mailto:lscohen613@aol.com">lscohen613@aol.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>But today a student downloaded several sound effects .mp3 files and then imported them into her Alice story, but couldn't hear them. Then she imported a .wav file and it worked. Do only .wav files work?</div>
<div>I wanted to send the actual Alice file, but forgot to save it from the school network today, to send out tonight. If the answer to this requires seeing the code, I can send it tomorrow.</div>
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