[MPlayer-users] audio codec question

[wes]

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Mark Blain <mblain2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> wes <mplayer at the-wes.com> wrote in
> news:b399d1c10810091353x49a77303ha3be6d0f6ee91f0e at mail.gmail.com<news%3Ab399d1c10810091353x49a77303ha3be6d0f6ee91f0e at mail.gmail.com>
> :
>
> > I try to play a file, but mplayer gives me this:
> >
> > ======= WAVE Format =======
> > Format Tag: 309 (0x135)
> > Channels: 2
> > Samplerate: 8000
> > avg byte/sec: 2181
> > Block align: 11
> > bits/sample: 0
> > cbSize: 0
> > ===========================
> > demux_audio: audio data 0x3A - 0x8A0D2
> > Audio file detected.
> > =======================================================================
> > === Cannot find codec for audio format 0x135.
> > Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
> >
> > Google tells me that 0x135 is Sipro Lab Telecom  ACELP.KELVIN.
> >
> > Anyone have any idea where I can find a codec to decode audio in this
> > format? Or, if there is a more appropriate place to ask?
> >
> > thanks,
> > -wes
>
> http://www.acelp.net/freecodecs.php
> Note: Those codecs may only work with MS-Windows.
> Quoting from
>
> http://forums.opensuse.org/archives/sf-archives/archives-software/archives-multimedia/337435-acelp-net-codec.html
> "ACELP.net does not provide Linux codecs, only Windows 32-bit codecs.
> You'll need to do all your ACELP stuff in Windows, or complain to the
> company."
>
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cool, thanks. your google-fu is strong!!

thankfully, in this case, it's mostly ok that the codecs only work in
windows. I just need to convert these things to something that is somewhat
accessible.

-wes