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In article <783288$qhp$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, cbagwell@sprynet.com
<cbagwell@sprynet.com> wrote:

>In article <916460312.42981@proteus.cantech.net.au>,
>  tony@thor.cantech.net.au (Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima) wrote:

>> Some CD-quality wav files won't play with "play" you should look into
>"wavplay"
>> I don't know anything about suse BUT I'm someone has already put together a
>> package for you.
>>
>
>There are no "CD-quality wav files" (i.e. 16-bit PCM data) that I have come
>across that sox can't handle.  Some people in the past liked to use sox to
>pipe audio data to /dev/audio which by default can only handle 8-bit audio
>and would sound bad.  The "play" script included with sox correctly plays
>16-bit audio to /dev/dsp.
>
>You may download the source code to compile sox from my web page at
>http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/cbagwell/projects.html

One .wav format neither sox *nor* wavplay will play is "Microsoft
ADPCD" wav format.  You gotta love Microsoft for being open and honest
with its file formats.

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Jason Stokes: jstok@bluedog.apana.org.au