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Title: Broadcast Wave file codec needed for Windows Media Player 10
Post by: marcus j on April 01, 2006, 07:36:07 PM

Does anyone know a site where i can download this codec?  Cannot playback stuff I recorded from my tascam hd-p2, says error downloading codec.

thanks for anyone's help.

Title: Re: Broadcast Wave file codec needed for Windows Media Player 10
Post by: live2496 on April 01, 2006, 11:47:09 PM

Is it a 24-bit file? Download foobar2000. It's a great player!

http://www.foobar2000.org/

Title: Re: Broadcast Wave file codec needed for Windows Media Player 10
Post by: live2496 on April 02, 2006, 12:57:16 AM

I haven't tried to use foobar for broadcast wav files.

But .bwf files are really pcm files the same as .wav files with metadata. Foobar will likely skip the metadata.

As an experiment, just rename the file with a .wav extension (if it won't play it). Likely though, you could right-click on the file and select open with Foobar2000.

Gordon

Title: Re: Broadcast Wave file codec needed for Windows Media Player 10
Post by: Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan on April 02, 2006, 01:34:46 AM

Windows Media Player cannot play the file. One or more codecs required to play the file could not be found.

Is there a codec to play 24 bit files with Windows Media Player?

Title: Re: Broadcast Wave file codec needed for Windows Media Player 10
Post by: live2496 on April 03, 2006, 09:46:50 PM

Quote from: Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan on April 02, 2006, 01:34:46 AM

Windows Media Player cannot play the file. One or more codecs required to play the file could not be found.

Is there a codec to play 24 bit files with Windows Media Player?

I was waiting to see if someone knew a definitive answer to this question. My experience has been that I have never seen WMP play a 24-bit file. AFAIK, most people use DAW software for this or players like Winamp or Foobar2000.

Gordon