Just bought my first Apple iPod - and YIKES they don't play WAV files???

[Soul Reputation]

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: Soul Reputation

Originally posted by: troytime
converting all the files with cdex sounds a LOT (srsly, A LOT) easier than renaming each one by hand

My OS is Windows XP. The WAV files are in the My Documents folder. Do I rename the WAV files before I transfer them over to iTunes or after I put them into iTunes?

To rename all the .wav files in a directory to .mp3 files:

Click Start Menu
Select Run...
In dialog box type: cmd
In window that opens type:
cd My Documents #Changes directory to My Documents
ren *.wav *.mp3 #Renames all files named whatever.wav to whatever.mp3
exit # closes window
Have a dog biscuit in a commie free world!

Well isn't that what a third party MP3 converter that you'd get off the Internet does?

 

[basslover1]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Why are you surprised? WAV (Windows Audio Visual) is a Microsoft format. Apple hates Microsoft.

Yet they use the Exchange protocol...sounds like don't hate them that much.


Plus, you're thinking of WMA, which iTunes does not play.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: Soul Reputation

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: Soul Reputation

Originally posted by: troytime
converting all the files with cdex sounds a LOT (srsly, A LOT) easier than renaming each one by hand

My OS is Windows XP. The WAV files are in the My Documents folder. Do I rename the WAV files before I transfer them over to iTunes or after I put them into iTunes?

To rename all the .wav files in a directory to .mp3 files:

Click Start Menu
Select Run...
In dialog box type: cmd
In window that opens type:
cd My Documents #Changes directory to My Documents
ren *.wav *.mp3 #Renames all files named whatever.wav to whatever.mp3
exit # closes window
Have a dog biscuit in a commie free world!

Well isn't that what a third party MP3 converter that you'd get off the Internet does?

No. A converter actually converts wav format files to mp3 format files. Above, hanoverphist suggested that simply renaming the files from .wav to .mp3 tricked iTunes into playing them. The files would still be in wav format, just with new names.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Big deal? Why would you put some fatass file on your iPod like that? Because you want quality? What kind of headphones are you using then? Are you using a HD595 with an amp also with your iPod? Or Shure SE530s? Or just iPod earbuds? I think if you're using anything short of audiophile equipment, there's really no need to go all out on file formats.... 192 VBR is just fine on my Super Fi 5 Pros....

 

[Sahakiel]

1) No, none of the 50 plus WAVE files played. Though a song we downloaded from iTunes did play.
2) Play where?
3) I took it back to the iPod back to the store so I don't remember. But if you mean 'Once you transferred the files from Windows over to iTunes did you check to see if the WAVE file extensions converted over to the iPod friendly extension?' Then the answer to that is YES.

Extensions don't change file contents. All they do is tell the operating system what program it should use to open the file. If you're lucky, the program tied to that extension can figure out what's really inside and deal with it correctly.
It sounds like the files you recorded with the Olympus aren't using PCM, or whatever iTunes can read. I'm guessing the techs over at Apple don't have a solution because it's a very rare problem.
Your best solution is to figure out what codec was used to create those files. Either look it up yourself or posting the model number/manual when asking for assistance would help immensely. Open the file in any decent sound editor and it should either tell you the codec used or that it's not actually a standard wav. Once you know how it's encoded, you can figure out how to transcode it into something iPods can read.

Side note: While iTunes can play FLAC, iPods can't. iPods are more limited by design. Most users' attraction to Apple has always been the degree to which "it just works," unless the user is a girl in which case it's usually "it's so pretty."