Sam Varshavchik wrote:
Michael H. Semcheski writes:
On 7/15/07, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
