[Wylug-help] wav file quality

Dan Walker danielwalker at fastmail.fm
Tue Sep 2 17:14:32 BST 2003


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On Tuesday 02 Sep 2003 12:00, don wrote:
> I've just set up a linux telephone answering machine. But when I replay
> the messages either with sox or xmms the quality is awful. I've tried
> all of the different formats but none of them improve things. I think
> that there may be issues with 8 bit samples from some of the comments on
> the web.
>
> If I play the same wav file with windows software it sounds ok (well, as
> good as 2 bit samples are going to).
>
> Anybody know how to solve this?
There was something on one of the sites the other night that reckons your CPU
switching into power saving mode can cause dreadful interference on your
line-out - but that was on a Shuttle case. Have you tried playing them in
Sox/XMMS on a different box?

Dan

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Daniel Walker
'Physics is like sex; sure, it may occasionally give some
practical results, but that's not why we do it"
- - Richard Feynman
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