[Wylug-discuss] Sound Recordings

[G Quested]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Chris Davies wrote:

> 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.
I reckon sox will play them (or convert them) for you going by Jim's last
mail.
(haven't tried it though)
Garry.

>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>

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