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." > > _______________________________________________ > MPlayer-users mailing list > MPlayer-users at mplayerhq.hu > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users > 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