Re: Appropriate codec for playing Mathematica generated .wav files
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- Subject: [mg49075] Re: Appropriate codec for playing Mathematica generated .wav files
- From: "Steve Luttrell" <steve_usenet at _removemefirst_luttrell.org.uk>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 05:34:20 -0400 (EDT)
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You need to specify the export format thus: Export["s.wav", s, "WAV"] Steve Luttrell "Don Taylor" <dont at agora.rdrop.com> wrote in message news:cbrcoa$isk$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Someone asked me to generate a few sound files. I used Mathematica 5.0.1.0 > under WinXP. > > s = Play[f[t],{t,1,Floor[da/8]},SampleRate->22050,PlayRange->All] > Export["s.wav", s] > > Everything seemed fine and so I send the files. Then they said they > couldn't play the files. I got copies back, they weren't corrupted, > but nothing I have, except importing them back into Mathematica, will play > them either. Everything complains about codec but then no codec > can be found that will play them. > > I've tried QuickTime, Windows Media Player, Irfanview, they tried > eight different packages they said. > > I searched Wolfram, searched manual, searched help, searched old > newsgroup postings (found one posting years old having no luck > with similar problem and no answer) > > Is there a "golden codec" known to work out there somewhere? > Perhaps this could be added to the help files? > > Thank you >