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2011/7/31 Atte André Jensen :

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> Hi all

>

> I have two files, file reports the following on them:

>

> RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, mono 44100 Hz

> RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 16 bit, mono 44100 Hz

>

> How can I convert the first to something that has the "Microsoft PCM, 16

> bit"-part in file's output? Sox always seems to output the former...

>

> NB: It's for input into another program that is very picky with it's file

> type, so far it seems that only files with "Microsoft PCM..." works.

>

Hi

PCM is an encoding often used in *.wav files.

More info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_pulse-code_modulation
Try to encode with libsndfile:
(ubuntu:)

apt-get install sndfile-programs libsndfile1
sndfile-convert --help
shows different options, as -pcm16 etc.
--

E.R.

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