Olympus Dgtl Rcrdr to CD player compatable?

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Olympus Dgtl Rcrdr to CD player compatable?

Post by shamrock » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:05 pm

I tired this without seeking help and all I got was the same that I was trying to convert.

The Olympus vn-3100pc Digital recorder records some sort of audio data file that is a .wav, BUT it is not compatible with that a CD player will play.

Any suggestions?

TIA,

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Re: Olympus Dgtl Rcrdr to CD player compatable?

Post by alatham » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:09 pm

Is this is question about Audacity?

The files from that digital voice recorder are probably ADPCM files (technically .wav, but non-standard). Audacity can import them, but only if you use Import Raw. I don't know of any CD burning software that will burn those files directly, you'll probably have to convert them.

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Re: Olympus Dgtl Rcrdr to CD player compatable?

Post by shamrock » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:42 am

Thanks.

Yes, it's about Audacity.

Someone told me that Audcaity could be used to make the conversion.

Thanks, again.

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Re: Olympus Dgtl Rcrdr to CD player compatable?

Post by alatham » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:48 pm

Ahhh. Generally it can, but some of those digital voice recorders make files in a strange format that Audacity doesn't understand. And even if Audacity will load the files, it's going to take a lot of work to convert a large number of files.

In any case, you'll save a lot of time if you can find an automated converter for that type of file. But I don't know of any. Maybe Olympus does?

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