Unwanted wav to MP3 conversion :(
October 22, 2016 12:00 AM
Hello
I have inserted some .wav files in a title. When inserting the file, I told the importer NOT to convert to MP3. However, when I publish the title it automatically converts the .wav file to MP3. The problem with that is that I am doing some experimental work where the quality of the sound file needs to be as good as possible.
Is there any known way to prevent conversion of .WAV to MP3? Is there a setting I have not seen?
Thanks
Andrew
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Hmmm Interesting... Experimenting some more - it does work on Chrome but not on FF - maybe an upgrade of the flash plugin is needed.
Thanks very much for your offer of help, Math but I think it is a local problem of some kind that I need to solve. I will try to figure it out. At worst mp3 at the highest quality level may be ok. You've been very helpful.
Andrew
Mmm...getting an interesting puzzle... tell me Andrew, what OS and what browser are you testing ? Can you upload a sample .awt
Getting intrigued on why it isnot working ;-)
Regards,
Math
Maybe the server doesnot allow .wav to play...have you tried embedding the wav in a html to ensure it plays as desired.. Quickly googling i found this:
Due to unfixed bug (issue from 2012 year?) sometimes Chromium-like browsers cannot play .wav from redirected URLs because they "think" that file size is zero.
Not sure thats the issue... best guess for you is, first make a simple embed with your wav in a html(5) page.. upload that to see if it will play... if so, you should be able to get it working from Lectora too.
If you share your .awt and wav, i can try and get it working...
Regards,
Math
seems to work ok with just a hyperlink to one of the wav files that does not play.
Would be good to know how you are testing it too... This list is from 2012, so a bit old. I doublechecked here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Supported_media_formats
And especially checked the IE9+ lack of support for WAV...well thats still the same...
Concluding...if you test at IE9+ ... well wav not supported ;-)
OK... now there is a reason to write. If I do not compress my sound files (automatically or otherwise) to mp3 the wav files simply do not play when uploaded to my site. This time I am not blind (well... deaf in this case).
Any clues?
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Indeed just did a test in version 16.02 and when importing a .wav, not converting it at import to mp3 and making sure on publish the tab is deselected...well i get a wav in my media folder ;-)
Oh my goodness - I am blind/inexperienced (don't know which I prefer)... U had just discovered this goodie when I noticed Math had answered. I was going to try to delete my message in abject embarrassment but too late ...
Thanks Math as ever...
In your publish settings there is a tab for compression ( Compress and convert ) I do think its default to Mp3 compression, and if you deselect that it should not compres to mp3...
Regards,
Math
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