Re: [LAU] Strange sound file

Hi - If you look at the two outputs below you'll see that newmessage.wav has some extra info embedded in it - possibly newmessage.wav is actually a BWF-format file? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_Wave_Format Dan sndfile-info *.wav Version : libsndfile-1.0.19 ======================================== File : newmessage.wav Length : 23994 RIFF : 23986 WAVE fmt : 16 Format : 0x1 => WAVE_FORMAT_PCM Channels : 2 Sample Rate : 44100 Block Align : 4 Bit Width : 16 Bytes/sec : 176400 data : 23868 LIST : 74 INFO ISFT : Sonic Foundry Sound Forge 6.0 IENG : ICRD : 2005-05-16 End ---------------------------------------- Sample Rate : 44100 Frames : 5967 Channels : 2 Format : 0x00010002 Sections : 1 Seekable : TRUE Duration : 00:00:00.135 Signal Max : 32768 (0.00 dB) ======================================== File : voicemail.wav Length : 57536 RIFF : 57528 WAVE fmt : 16 Format : 0x1 => WAVE_FORMAT_PCM Channels : 1 Sample Rate : 44100 Block Align : 2 Bit Width : 16 Bytes/sec : 88200 data : 57492 End ---------------------------------------- Sample Rate : 44100 Frames : 28746 Channels : 1 Format : 0x00010002 Sections : 1 Seekable : TRUE Duration : 00:00:00.652 Signal Max : 32768 (0.00 dB) ======================================== Total Duration : 00:00:00.787 2009/8/23 Eugen Dedu <Eugen.Dedu(a)pu-pm.univ-fcomte.fr>fr>: -- http://www.mcld.co.uk