[PLUG] WAV files?

[Galen Seitz]

John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> wrote:

> Someone sent me some linguistics data in WAV file format. Turns out I
> have nothing that will play them (RealPlayer, Audacity. RhythmBox,
> xmms). They all say they can't open the files -- sometimes the error
> message sounds like something else has the file open (but nothing else
> does). They play fine on my Windows desktop. I know I could convert
> them to mp3s with lame, but I'd rather figure out what is wrong and fix
> it. Any ideas what might be wrong? Or is there a better WAV file player
> I should be using?

WAV files support several different audio formats.  Try running the file
command to find out what type of file you have.  For example:

tinman$ file ej22_16.wav
ej22_16.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 16 bit, stereo 22050 Hz


galen