Re: Can't play *.wav files in XMMS.

From: Adam (a24061_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/07/04

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    On Friday 06 February 2004 19:10, Daniel Frank wrote:

    > Wav-files are only container files that can contain uncompressed
    > ("standard PCM" or something like this) or compressed sounds. Playing
    > a wav-file only works if you have the (de-)compressor available. As
    > far as I know xmms can only play uncompressed wav-files (but I'm not
    > sure about this).

    I didn't know that. So the problem may not be "can't play *.wav files
    in XMMS" but rather "can't play certain *.wav files...".

    > Maybe mplayer has the needed decompressor for your wav-file. Try to
    > install mplayer if you don't have already and use it to create an
    > uncompressed wav-file. AFAIR mplayer is able to create uncompressed
    > wav-files (try man mplayer).

    I'll try it.

    Thanks,
    Adam

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