[vorbis] Re: converting WAV to ogg

[Dave Phillips]

Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
 
> I am trying to convert some a few WAV files to ogg format (using
> vorbis-tools-1.0beta4 oggenc).
> >
> >  $ oggenc -o nash.ogg nash.wav
> >  ERROR: Wav file is unsupported subformat (must be 16 bit PCM or
> >  floating point PCM ERROR: Input file "nash.wav" is not a
> >  supported format

Jeremy, where did those WAV files come from originally ? What does 'file
your.wav' tell you about it ? There are programs out there that do funky
things with the WAV format, leaving the files unreadable by other
applications that handle normal WAVs.

Best regards,

== Dave Phillips

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