Can't play WAV Files

[LoganYoung]

Hi!

The telephone call recording system at work saves all recordings from the
call centre to .wav files for review by QA (Quality Assurance).
Some of these files don't play on one of the QA computers, but they do play
on the other one.

This suggests a problem with the computer... I originally thought to check
the headphones, but they work (I played music (in mp3) through them). It's
also not the sound card because I was able to listen to said mp3 files.
I then thought that it might be a missing codec. Unless I'm mistaken, if a
codec is missing, Media Player would throw an error telling you that it can't
plau the file, but it doesn't. So I don't think it's a missing codec.

So, hardware has been eliminated, so has software... Both QA computers
"listen" to the file (which is on a central location and doesn't move.
That said, the file being audible to user 2 (computer B - this eliminates
the possibility of the file being corrupted), should also be audible for user
1 (computer A), but isn't.

I'm out of ideas, can anyone assist?

 

[Guest]

Hi!

The telephone call recording system at work saves all recordings from the
call centre to .wav files for review by QA (Quality Assurance).
Some of these files don't play on one of the QA computers, but they do
play
on the other one.

This suggests a problem with the computer... I originally thought to check
the headphones, but they work (I played music (in mp3) through them). It's
also not the sound card because I was able to listen to said mp3 files.
I then thought that it might be a missing codec. Unless I'm mistaken, if a
codec is missing, Media Player would throw an error telling you that it
can't
plau the file, but it doesn't. So I don't think it's a missing codec.

So, hardware has been eliminated, so has software... Both QA computers
"listen" to the file (which is on a central location and doesn't move.
That said, the file being audible to user 2 (computer B - this eliminates
the possibility of the file being corrupted), should also be audible for
user
1 (computer A), but isn't.

I'm out of ideas, can anyone assist?

You don't say whether the suspect computer is opening a media player when
the file is clicked, or whether you have tried right clicking and opening
with a different media player. I expect you have tried this, but if not, do
so.

S

 

[Dan Rogers]

Download "Audacity" to your problem machine. It's very good and free. If
you can play the file with Audacity then you have a software problem with
whatever you're using now. Audacity will allow you to inspect the
waveforms. Advice -- describe your problem with much more detail than
"don't play."

 

[alanglloyd]

Hi!

The telephone call recording system at work saves all recordings  from the
call centre to .wav files for review by QA (Quality Assurance).
Some of these files don't play on one of the QA computers, but they do play
on the other one.

This suggests a problem with the computer... I originally thought to check
the headphones, but they work (I played music (in mp3) through them). It's
also not the sound card because I was able to listen to said mp3 files.
I then thought that it might be a missing codec. Unless I'm mistaken, if a
codec is missing, Media Player would throw an error telling you that it can't
plau the file, but it doesn't. So I don't think it's a missing codec.

So, hardware has been eliminated, so has software... Both QA computers
"listen" to the file (which is on a central location and doesn't move.
That said, the file being audible to user 2 (computer B - this eliminates
the possibility of the file being corrupted), should also be audible for user
1 (computer A), but isn't.

I'm out of ideas, can anyone assist?

Open Windows Explorer, go to Tools > Folder Options > File Types, and
check that a program is registered for .WAV file extension. If not
then add an application to play it.

Alan Lloyd

 

[The Seabat]

If you just want a down-n-dirty player for the .wav files, just
associate the .wav file with sndrec32.exe. It's located in the
System32 folder of Windows. For just plain voice files it works just
dandy. Plus you can do basic editing. Beats screwing around with a
multi-purpose program.