Is there a way to have W10's sounds' program events use *.MP3 files?
Beside old *.WAV files?
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
Beside old *.WAV files?
Beside old *.WAV files?
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
Beside old *.WAV files?
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
On 4/23/2023 1:52 AM, Ant wrote:
Beside old *.WAV files?
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
Anything with even the "potential" for patent overhang, cannot be used.
Since WAV is a native format and effectively "belongs" to Microsoft,
it is a natural solution.
Beside old *.WAV files?Found this on line.
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 15:24:41 -0400, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, Paul
wrote:
On 4/23/2023 1:52 AM, Ant wrote:Jeez. Google can do notification sounds that are mp3. Is Microsoft really that strapped for cash?
Beside old *.WAV files?
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
Anything with even the "potential" for patent overhang, cannot be used.
Since WAV is a native format and effectively "belongs" to Microsoft,
it is a natural solution.
I think they are just too lazy to update the Win95 era code. Probably something about sample rate or some other bs.
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Beside old *.WAV files?
The Sound Event player only recognizes WAV files.
[History of WAV files snipped...]
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 05:52:31 +0000, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, Ant wrote: >Beside old *.WAV files?
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
The hell? It never occurred to me that they still haven't fixed that.
WTAF? That sh!t goes back to Windows 3.1 (or even Multimedia Extensions
for Windows 3.0).
Convert 'em I guess. Audacity can do it.
https://solutioncenter.stenograph.com/en_US/audio/mp3towav
https://www.audacityteam.org/
VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> posted this
via news:1oaoako5wn3oc.dlg@v.nguard.lh:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Beside old *.WAV files?
The Sound Event player only recognizes WAV files.
[History of WAV files snipped...]
My Windows 10 Pro 64-bit HP system plays MP3s all the time.
No big deal.
Bucky Breeder <Breeder_Bucky-Breeder@that's.my.name_don't.wear.it.out> wrote:
VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> posted this
via news:1oaoako5wn3oc.dlg@v.nguard.lh:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Beside old *.WAV files?
The Sound Event player only recognizes WAV files.
[History of WAV files snipped...]
My Windows 10 Pro 64-bit HP system plays MP3s all the time.
No big deal.
Huh? How? It only lets me use *.WAV files. When I force it, W10's
sound's program events says "Error! Only files with extension .WAV can
be used for notifications". :(
On 4/23/23 01:52, this is what Ant wrote:
Beside old *.WAV files?
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)Found this on line.
Convert one file: ffmpeg -i xxx.mp3 xxx.wav.
https://www.cisdem.com/resource/mp3-to-wav.html next to last option.
Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 05:52:31 +0000, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, Ant wrote: >Beside old *.WAV files?
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
The hell? It never occurred to me that they still haven't fixed that.
WTAF? That sh!t goes back to Windows 3.1 (or even Multimedia Extensions
for Windows 3.0).
Convert 'em I guess. Audacity can do it.
https://solutioncenter.stenograph.com/en_US/audio/mp3towav
https://www.audacityteam.org/
Does Audacity have a batch conversion feature to convert many audio
files (24)? If so, then I couldn't find it.
Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> wrote:Of course that's a linux command is it not. This win 10
On 4/23/23 01:52, this is what Ant wrote:
Beside old *.WAV files?Found this on line.
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
Convert one file: ffmpeg -i xxx.mp3 xxx.wav.
https://www.cisdem.com/resource/mp3-to-wav.html next to last option.
Perfect with Convert multiple file: for i in *.mp3; do ffmpeg -i "$i" "${i%.*}.wav"; done."
Not newbie friendly either. :(
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Beside old *.WAV files?
The Sound Event player only recognizes WAV files. I suspect WAV has
been the standard and only choice ever since Windows had sound events.
WAV is a pretty old standard (circa 1991), but still very usable, and developed by IBM and Microsoft, so it's Microsoft preferred choice (they defined it, so they want to use it).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV
MP3 files are more compressed, so they are smaller, but it's lossy compression. WAV files are not compressed and not lossy, so they have
more data so better quality.
On 4/24/23 15:59, this is what Ant wrote:
Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> wrote:Of course that's a linux command is it not. This win 10
On 4/23/23 01:52, this is what Ant wrote:
Beside old *.WAV files?Found this on line.
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
Convert one file: ffmpeg -i xxx.mp3 xxx.wav.
https://www.cisdem.com/resource/mp3-to-wav.html next to last option.
Perfect with Convert multiple file: for i in *.mp3; do ffmpeg -i "$i"
"${i%.*}.wav"; done."
Not newbie friendly either. :(
On 4/23/23 01:52, this is what Ant wrote:
Beside old *.WAV files?Found this on line.
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
Convert one file: ffmpeg -i xxx.mp3 xxx.wav.
https://www.cisdem.com/resource/mp3-to-wav.html next to last option.
Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> wrote:
On 4/23/23 01:52, this is what Ant wrote:
Beside old *.WAV files?Found this on line.
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
Convert one file: ffmpeg -i xxx.mp3 xxx.wav.
https://www.cisdem.com/resource/mp3-to-wav.html next to last option.
Perfect with Convert multiple file: for i in *.mp3; do ffmpeg -i "$i" "${i%.*}.wav"; done."
Not newbie friendly either. :(
On 23/04/2023 19:55, VanguardLH wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Beside old *.WAV files?
The Sound Event player only recognizes WAV files. I suspect WAV has
been the standard and only choice ever since Windows had sound events.
WAV is a pretty old standard (circa 1991), but still very usable, and
developed by IBM and Microsoft, so it's Microsoft preferred choice (they
defined it, so they want to use it).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV
MP3 files are more compressed, so they are smaller, but it's lossy
compression. WAV files are not compressed and not lossy, so they have
more data so better quality.
Strictly WAV is a container and could contain audio compressed with various codecs including ADPCM and MP3.
However by far the most common type of WAV file seems to be uncompressed PCM.
Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:
Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 05:52:31 +0000, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, Ant wrote: >>>> Beside old *.WAV files?
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
The hell? It never occurred to me that they still haven't fixed that.
WTAF? That sh!t goes back to Windows 3.1 (or even Multimedia Extensions
for Windows 3.0).
Convert 'em I guess. Audacity can do it.
https://solutioncenter.stenograph.com/en_US/audio/mp3towav
https://www.audacityteam.org/
Does Audacity have a batch conversion feature to convert many audio
files (24)? If so, then I couldn't find it.
OK, https://www.cisdem.com/resource/mp3-to-wav.html#audacity answers it,
but "To convert multiple MP3 files to WAV" doesn't work in my old
updated, 64-bit W10 Pro PC. My 64-bit portable Audacity opens 24 short
*.MP3 windows and then crashes (not responding). :(
On 4/24/2023 3:59 PM, Ant wrote:
Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> wrote:
On 4/23/23 01:52, this is what Ant wrote:
Beside old *.WAV files?Found this on line.
Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
Convert one file: ffmpeg -i xxx.mp3 xxx.wav.
https://www.cisdem.com/resource/mp3-to-wav.html next to last option.
Perfect with Convert multiple file: for i in *.mp3; do ffmpeg -i "$i"
"${i%.*}.wav"; done."
Not newbie friendly either. :(
First, we work backwards, and see what a typical WAV for this looks like.
D:
ffprobe -i "Windows Hardware Remove.wav"
Input #0, wav, from 'Windows Hardware Remove.wav':
Duration: 00:00:00.84, bitrate: 1536 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1536 kb/s
So they're using stereo with 48KHz sampling rate.
*******
Next, I check my source MP3 file. And it is twice CD rate and monophonic.
ffprobe -i Aria.mp3
Input #0, mp3, from 'Aria.mp3':
Metadata:
genre : Other
Duration: 00:00:14.78, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 64 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, mono, fltp, 64 kb/s
*******
FFMPEG of course, can fit a square peg into a round hole.
Over the time I've used FFMPEG, I have been pistol-whipped into
specifying audio parameters. This is why I was immediately suspicious
of Big Als idea. If I try to do conversions without specifying
what I want, I've always gotten kicked in the teeth for it.
This usually happens when I'm processing a two hour movie, and
the bloody sound track is screwed on it :-) And then I remember
"oh, yeah, I didn't put the effort into the audio part of the command".
And when I did a Google then, I was holding out for this sort of format,
to refresh my memory.
ffmpeg -i Aria.mp3 -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 out.wav
Whether this is important or not, who can say. Maybe Windows
will always adjust the parameters when it uses a random WAV file.
Or, maybe not. So I check my converted file, to see if it matches
the Windows sample.
ffprobe -i out.wav
Input #0, wav, from 'out.wav':
Metadata:
genre : Other
encoder : Lavf59.17.103
Duration: 00:00:14.76, bitrate: 1536 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1536 kb/s
*******
A little AWK to make a batch script.
********************************** Begin batch.awk ****************************************
# Input file made via: dir *.mp3 > input.txt <===
Command Prompt, works
# (Powershell method): get-childitem -name *mp3 > input.txt <=== unicode, dont do this!
#
# gawk -f batch.awk input.txt > checkmeclosely.bat
#
# Output:
#
# ffmpeg -i "Aria.mp3" -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 "Aria.wav"
# ffmpeg -i "fluffy cat.mp3" -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 "fluffy cat.wav"
#
# Note: This script has no sanitizing on input! Because it scares people.
BEGIN {
FS="."
firstbit="ffmpeg -i \""
secondbit="\" -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 \""
thirdbit="\""
}
{ print firstbit $1 ".mp3" secondbit $1 ".wav" thirdbit }
********************************** End batch.awk ****************************************
You can add -y to override the "output already exists" check.
For example, if you run this command over and over again, it finishes OK.
The output redirection removes the scum from the screen.
ffmpeg -y -i "Aria.mp3" -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 "Aria.wav" 2>NUL
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