8KBPS (Super Compressed Audio?)

[MichaelWR90]

Good morning,

I have a few files, 8kbps is the only thing I see in properties.. One is 500KB in size and it says it's 8 minutes long. I can't play them with ANYTHING. Anyone have an idea how I may be able to get these to play?

Thanks!

[steve]

Try VLC http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

[MichaelWR90]

No luck with VLC . I tried everything, Audacity seems like it can do some type of conversion to make it work.. Just don't know where to start.

[steve]

Audacity is not a particularly good format converter.
Last ditch chances:
SUPER (free but quirky and lots of links before the download page)
dBPowerAmp (free and paid version)

[MichaelWR90]

Nothing on either of those either.. Damn these are some serious compressed files, lol.

[steve]

8kbps is the only thing I see in properties

Where are you seeing that?

[steve]

and it says it's 8 minutes long

and where's it say that?

[MichaelWR90]

This dBpoweramp gives me more details

Right Click, Properties, Audio Properties


Size 491 KB (94% Compressed)
Original Size 7.67 MB
Length 8 minutes 22 seconds
Channels 1 (mono)
Sample Rate 8 KHz{CR}
Sample Size 16 bit
Bit Rate 8 kbps
Encoder
Encoder Settings Unknown ACM ID: 41220 (ACM decoder not installed)
Audio Quality Low (Lossy)
Contains
Channel Mapping Center
File Davenport_01-Dec-2009
Type Microsoft Wave Sound Format [.WAV]

[steve]

Encoder Settings Unknown ACM ID: 41220 (ACM decoder not installed)

That's your answer.
You need to obtain, and install system wide, the ACM decoder, ID: 41220.
From what I can find from Google, this appears to be a proprietary codec from "Verint".
Sorry I have no more information, but please do let us know if you are able to resolve the issue.