what do you mean with "What's the output of `file whatever.wav` ?" i type: lame test.wav test.mp3 (they're not real names) and i get test.mp3 <div>On 10/6/06, Adam Funk <<a href="mailto:a24061@yahoo.com">a24061@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 2006-10-06, Buzzy! < <a href="mailto:buzzy01@gmail.com">buzzy01@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > i have kubuntu 5.10 and w32codecs installed. > vlc plays them and the codec is ms. What's the output of `file whatever.wav` ? I discovered a few years ago [1] that *.wav files are *not* all the same. [1] <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/03/msg04680.html">http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/03/msg04680.html </a> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> </blockquote></div>