wav compression lib

[Kerry Hoath]

Microsoft did it again.
they decided to set up another identifier inside the .wav header and say
this wav file contains mp3 data not pcm.
Also, some people mistakenly put a riff/wav header on an mp3 which is handled fine
by media player etc but makes some programs choke and die.
Either rename your files to mp3, or use freeamp or mpg123 or mpg321
that knows how to skip the wav headers. this problem isn't alsa specific,
it h appens with traplayer and the kernel drives too.

Regards, Kerry.
On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 12:10:01PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote:
> Hi Cheryl and all. I have pcm set to about 95 percent unmuted. I also have
> master digital set to 95 percent unmuted. I have
> snd-card-cs4236 loaded, snd-pcm-oss, and snd-mixer-oss. What actually
> happens with trplayer is that when I play a compressed wav, the timer is
> going, but there is no audio output. I confirm this by hitting e to end
> playback, and it stops at something like 16 seconds because I wait for a
> while. This says that it is trying to play the file, but where is it
> sending audio output? I can't tell! But if I rename the file to mp3, I can
> play it both in freeamp and trplayer. Note: The reason why the module is
> snd-card-cs4236 is because I am using alsa 0.9.0beta9 for the time being.
> Also, any ideas as to why I get those errors in pcm_hw.c when I go to play
> something with aplay? Thanks!  On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> 
> > Have you checked your PCM settings with amixer/alsamixer? Make sure the level is
> > up and it's not muted.
> >
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