Re: [LAU] Strange sound file

Hi -

If you look at the two outputs below you'll see that newmessage.wav
has some extra info embedded in it - possibly newmessage.wav is
actually a BWF-format file?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_Wave_Format

Dan

sndfile-info *.wav
Version : libsndfile-1.0.19
========================================
File : newmessage.wav
Length : 23994
RIFF : 23986
WAVE
fmt : 16
  Format : 0x1 => WAVE_FORMAT_PCM
  Channels : 2
  Sample Rate : 44100
  Block Align : 4
  Bit Width : 16
  Bytes/sec : 176400
data : 23868
LIST : 74
  INFO
    ISFT : Sonic Foundry Sound Forge 6.0
    IENG :
    ICRD : 2005-05-16
End

----------------------------------------
Sample Rate : 44100
Frames : 5967
Channels : 2
Format : 0x00010002
Sections : 1
Seekable : TRUE
Duration : 00:00:00.135
Signal Max : 32768 (0.00 dB)

========================================
File : voicemail.wav
Length : 57536
RIFF : 57528
WAVE
fmt : 16
  Format : 0x1 => WAVE_FORMAT_PCM
  Channels : 1
  Sample Rate : 44100
  Block Align : 2
  Bit Width : 16
  Bytes/sec : 88200
data : 57492
End

----------------------------------------
Sample Rate : 44100
Frames : 28746
Channels : 1
Format : 0x00010002
Sections : 1
Seekable : TRUE
Duration : 00:00:00.652
Signal Max : 32768 (0.00 dB)

========================================
Total Duration : 00:00:00.787

2009/8/23 Eugen Dedu <Eugen.Dedu@email-addr-hidden-pm.univ-fcomte.fr>:
> Hi,
>
> I do not know much about audio.  The "newmessage.wav" file from
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/ekiga/tree/sounds is strange because it is
> correctly played by aplay, vlc plays it but not the same thing is heard,
> and xmms does not play it all.  Standard windows programs do not play it
> either.  Could someone tell me what's special with this file?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Eugen
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