Re: *.wav files, can't get them to play

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From: Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:00

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Jason Stokes (jstok@SPAMBLOCKED.apana.org.au) wrote:
: In article <36a04804.0@139.134.5.33>, Darryl Wade <dwade@bigpond.com>
: wrote:

: >i have suse 5.3 loaded on a pentium 200mmx, sound card is a sb32 pnp. i can
: >play midi files and music cd's ok, but wav files have defeated my best
: >efforts, can anybody suggest anything.i use the kde desktop as my window
: >manager.

: Install the "sox" sound package.  Sox has a utility called,
: appropriately enough, "play" which knows how to play .wav files. 

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.


Tony.

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