aplay: test_wavefile:807: can't play WAVE-file format 0x0055 !??

[William Case]

On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 16:24 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:16:05 +0000, William wrote:
> 
> > Hi;
> > 
> > Tried
> > ]$ aplay ~/Music/babycry.wav
> > 
> > I got the following error message:
> > 
> > aplay: test_wavefile:807: can't play WAVE-file format 0x0055 which is
> > not PCM or FLOAT encoded.
> > 
> > What does it mean?  How can I fix it?

> > I do get sound with mplayer.
> 
> What do you get for "file ~/Music/babycry.wav"?

I get totem attempting to play the sound.  Sliders move; default video
shows but no noise.

I am fully updated as of this morning.
> 
> /usr/bin/play from sox is superior as it supports several special
> encodings used within the RIFF/WAV container format.
> 
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Regards Bill
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