Codecs for .wav

[Chris J Dixon]

I have a few .wav files I created using Acoustica 2.21. They
play fine under XP, even on a PC that has never had Acoustica
loaded

Vista gives the familiar "cannot play the file", yet G-spot
reports the codec as PCM audio, no codec required.

What now?

Chris

 

[Chris J Dixon]

I have a few .wav files I created using Acoustica 2.21. They
play fine under XP, even on a PC that has never had Acoustica
loaded

Vista gives the familiar "cannot play the file", yet G-spot
reports the codec as PCM audio, no codec required.

What now?

Just me then?

Chris

 

[Adam Albright]

Just me then?

Chris

The site Microsoft recommends right in their built in help for CODECS
is this one: http://www.wmplugins.com/ItemList.aspx?typeid=8

Some of the major Audio formats are summarized fairly well here:

http://www.teamcombooks.com/mp3handbook/12.htm

It doesn't make sense that Vista can't play a .wav file since it is
the defacto PC standard for audio files. Just a guess, Acoustica
changed something in the file's header which is confusing Windows.

It doesn't take much to confuse Windows. <snicker>

Can you play other .wav files in Vista?

 

[Chris J Dixon]

The site Microsoft recommends right in their built in help for CODECS
is this one: http://www.wmplugins.com/ItemList.aspx?typeid=8

Some of the major Audio formats are summarized fairly well here:

http://www.teamcombooks.com/mp3handbook/12.htm

Thanks for the links, but without knowing which I need, it could
be a bit of a wild goose chase.

It doesn't make sense that Vista can't play a .wav file since it is
the defacto PC standard for audio files.

Those were pretty much my thoughts. Especially since XP is fine
with them.

Just a guess, Acoustica
changed something in the file's header which is confusing Windows.

It doesn't take much to confuse Windows. <snicker>

Can you play other .wav files in Vista?

Yes, no problem.

Chris

 

[Adam Albright]

Thanks for the links, but without knowing which I need, it could
be a bit of a wild goose chase.

Those were pretty much my thoughts. Especially since XP is fine
with them.

Yes, no problem.

Chris

Then it probably is just something corrupted or goofy in that one
file. Hopefully you can find another application that will open the
file and save it in another format, then back again to wav if that's
how you want it. If you don't need to be in .wav format MP3 quality
wise is nearly as good and compresses more or takes up less room on
your hard drive. Unless you're a audio purist or some audio nut like I
hang out with in another forum you probably won't be able to hear any
differnce.

I just did a quick search and came up with the following. You may find
a better one. I would try to open the problem file, save as a MP3,
then back again to .wav.

http://www.smartaudioconverter.com/?id=sacgg&gclid=CPj-x6Ki3IoCFQGPWAodJkW-2w

 

[DanR]

Then it probably is just something corrupted or goofy in that one
file. Hopefully you can find another application that will open the
file and save it in another format, then back again to wav if that's
how you want it. If you don't need to be in .wav format MP3 quality
wise is nearly as good and compresses more or takes up less room on
your hard drive. Unless you're a audio purist or some audio nut like I
hang out with in another forum you probably won't be able to hear any
differnce.

I just did a quick search and came up with the following. You may find
a better one. I would try to open the problem file, save as a MP3,
then back again to .wav.

http://www.smartaudioconverter.com/?id=sacgg&gclid=CPj-x6Ki3IoCFQGPWAodJkW-2w

If you can find an app that opens and plays the file you can make a very
minor change to the file and resave it as star dot wav. Maybe delete just a
tad of silence at the end. Might work.