On Wednesday 24 March 2004 13:40, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:27:40 GMT > Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wednesday 24 March 2004 08:40, Adam Funk wrote: >>> On Wednesday 24 March 2004 07:40, Rob Weir wrote: >>> >>>> What does "file" say the weird .wav is? >>> >>> RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 32 bit, stereo >>> 44100 Hz >> >> For comparison, one .wav file that XMMS will play is described thus: >> RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 8 bit, mono >> 11025 Hz > > The amplitude resolution may be your problem. A standard, CD-quality > WAV is 16 bit. Try specifying that explicitly on the sox command > line (I think the command line option is -w with no argument).
That certainly does the trick for getting WAVE files to play in XMMS. (I'll just use *.cdr format for CD tracks.) Some other WAVE files that XMMS won't play are described thus: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, ITU G.711 A-law, mono 8000 Hz But they can be converted to usable version: sox foo.wav -w foo-w.wav I'm still curious, however, as to why the WAVE library for XMMS is so fussy about the exact file type. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
