Audio Formats WAV and WAVEX (Microsoft)

[RadioEar]

The audio files I'm working with now are 24 bit WAVs or more accurately WAVEX (microsoft) file format. I noticed K3B accepts them but Amarok will not play them. I need help locating a decoder for Amarok... Having trouble locating the proper decoder.

[Ixthusdan]

I found a link recommending the GStreamer plugin for Amarok. Here is the link I found.

[RadioEar]

Now, this is interesting... I just discovered Amarok will no longer play any of my WAV files... ???

 

Amarok is using Xine engine, What happened to Xine?

 

How do I get it to "see" Gstreamer?

 

 

 

I guess I should add, that this is Mandriva 2008, KDE.

Edited December 2, 2007 by RadioEar

[orts]

Hi

 

Try this:

 

1. Open konsole

2. type su and your admin/root passwotd when promt

3 type this

urpmi gstreamer0.10-wavpack

4. when installed you proberly will have to logout, but after logging in again ot should work.

[RadioEar]

Well, I have given up on GStreamer, since I have to recompile Amarok to use it. I have updated Xine and now I'm back in business... right where I' have started!

 

I'm beginning to think Xine is having trouble with 24 bit WAVs! Xine doesn't have this problem with 16 bit WAVs. Here is a list of files recorded in the WAVEX format with a comparison between Amarok and K3B. Yes = accept and will play and No = will not play, error, no decoder.

 

 

-----------Amarok------K3B

File 01-----no----------yes

File 02-----yes---------no

File 03-----yes---------no

File 04-----yes---------no

File 05-----no----------yes

File 06-----yes---------no

File 07-----yes---------no

File 08-----no----------yes

File 09-----yes---------no

File 10-----no----------yes

file 11-----no----------yes

 

All the files were created by Creative's Wave Studio, All saved with the same properties. I don't understand the alternation. Amarok and K3B will use OGG, FLAC, MP3, WMA and WAV as long they are 16 bit. ???

 

I ended up burning my CD in Windows using Nero CD Burner.