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