wav files in f7

Bill Davidsen davidsen at tmr.com
Wed Jul 18 14:13:19 UTC 2007


Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Michael H. Semcheski writes:
> 
>> On 7/15/07, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam at courier-mta.com> wrote:
>>> Not all .wav files are alike. There are different kinds of wav files. My
>>> voicemail system emails me my messages in some bizarre wav format, 
>>> that I
>>> have to let mplayer chew on, in order to get something that'll actually
>>> play.
>>>
>>> Run 'file' on them, and see what it says.
>>
>> Interesting -- I'm trying to listen to my voicemail too.
> 
> More than likely the .wav files coming out of voicemail are compressed 
> GSM format. My understanding that it's the same compression used for 
> cell phone audio. Most wav players don't understand it, but mplayer 
> does. So, you need to use the commandline mplayer tool to translate it 
> into a garden-variety .wav file.
> 
It's likely that sox (the play command) will handle it, or convert it to 
something more common.

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