[Wylug-discuss] Sound Recordings

Chris Davies chris.davies at bcs.org.uk
Tue Jan 31 14:21:24 GMT 2006


James Holden wrote:
> A bit of googling indicates that a .cdr file is commonly understood to
> be a byte-swapped .wav file with the RIFF header removed. Therefore, to
> create your audio CD from the .cdr files you'd still to create a .cue
> file.

> This means that the .cdr files on the site are nothing more than 'naked'
> 44100Hz 16 bit stereo raw audio files.

So how do I actually listen to them? I've tried various formats in aplay 
(big/little endian, signed/unsigned) but all I hear is mush. I've even tried 
"aoss play -t cdr sheflug-1.cdr", but that doesn't do anything useful, either.

Cheers,
Chris
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Chris Davies MBCS, chris.davies at bcs.org.uk, 07778 199069




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