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Problems converting certain .asf's to .wav's
I use a program called SDP Downloader ( http://sdp.ppona.com ) to capture Media Player audio and video streams to a local file with an ..asf file extention. After this I then use dBpowerAMP ( http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm ) to convert the .asf file to a .wav. Most of the time the process goes as planned but one audio streaming source offers up content in an uncompressed .wav format that SDP Downloader captures but dBpowerAMP cannot convert saying "CODEC decompression error." The only player that will play these files is Windows Media Player Classic if I start playback a few seconds into the file, otherwise MP Classic will play the first couple of seconds then jump to the end and stop. Perhaps an audio editor that can parse out the portion beyond the first few seconds and then save the file as a .wav format, although that is what I think it is anyway just that SDP Downloader gives it the .asf extention and probably some header information that I am not sure how to work with. Well, strange problem, but hopefully someone has an answer. Thanks for the help, Steve. |
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Problems converting certain .asf's to .wav's
Hi Steve
WAV files are quite simple in structure, so I am sure that your problem will be quite simple to solve. The fact that WMP can play your file, albeit not from the beginning, seems to indicate that the PCM data has been correctly captured. The problem might be that the converted WAV file has non-standard chunk records that the Media Player is getting confused with. Why don't you parse the file yourself and see what's there? If there is a lot of garbage at the beginnig of the file, then just rewrite it including only the RIFF header, the format chunk and the actual data chunk. It should then play correctly. regards Mike wrote in message ups.com... I use a program called SDP Downloader ( http://sdp.ppona.com ) to capture Media Player audio and video streams to a local file with an .asf file extention. After this I then use dBpowerAMP ( http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm ) to convert the .asf file to a .wav. Most of the time the process goes as planned but one audio streaming source offers up content in an uncompressed .wav format that SDP Downloader captures but dBpowerAMP cannot convert saying "CODEC decompression error." The only player that will play these files is Windows Media Player Classic if I start playback a few seconds into the file, otherwise MP Classic will play the first couple of seconds then jump to the end and stop. Perhaps an audio editor that can parse out the portion beyond the first few seconds and then save the file as a .wav format, although that is what I think it is anyway just that SDP Downloader gives it the .asf extention and probably some header information that I am not sure how to work with. Well, strange problem, but hopefully someone has an answer. Thanks for the help, Steve. |
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