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Playing WAV Music Files with MPlayer

This section provides a tutorial on how to play a WAV music file with MPlayer.

The next test is to use MPlayer to play a WAV music file:

C:\temp>\local\mplayer\mplayer 01-Track_1.wav
MPlayer 1.0rc1-3.4.2 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 
   T7200  @ 2.00GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 6)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf doesn't look like a bitmap
   font description, ignoring.
Cannot load bitmap font: c:/windows/fonts/arial.ttf

Playing 01-Track_1.wav
Audio file file format detected.
=====================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 1411.2 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 176400->176400)
Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM)
=====================================================================
AO: [dsound] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Video: no video
Starting playback...

MPlayer prints detailed information about the WAV file, and plays the content nicely.

Sections in This Chapter

Downloading and Installing MPlayer

Playing DVD VOB Files with MPlayer

Playing VCD DAT Files with MPlayer

Playing MPEG Video Files with MPlayer

Playing MP3 Music Files with MPlayer

Playing WAV Music Files with MPlayer

Playing WMA Music Files with MPlayer

Dr. Herong Yang, updated in 2007
Playing WAV Music Files with MPlayer