[PLUG] WAV files?

[alan]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, John Jason Jordan 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?

Sounds like they are using a proprietary codec or some sort of DRM.

What app was used to create the files?

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