open extracted .wav files with audacity

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Brainstone
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Posted Dec 23, 2012
Why can't audacity recognize .wav files I extracted with GIFScape?
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FelixGriffin
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Posted Dec 23, 2012
Replied 41 minutes later
It should. Are you using Open With > Audacity?
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Brainstone
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Posted Dec 24, 2012
Replied 18 hours later
Yes. And I can open every other .wav files except the one I extracted from sound/vo/announcer/openingexcercise01.wav. I can't open a wheatley voice with audacity either. The error message is:
"Audacity couldn't recognize file type of the file <file path>. If it is uncompressed, try to import it via import -> raw data"

That doesn't work either.
I can, however, listen to the sound when I open it with windows media player.

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FelixGriffin
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Posted Dec 24, 2012
Replied 3 hours later
Weird. Try updating Audacity?
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Brainstone
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Posted Dec 25, 2012
Replied 19 hours later
Ok. Sounds which are not voices, e.g. physics sounds, work with audacity. Only the voices are causing problems. Some sort of copy protection maybe?
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greykarel
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Posted Dec 25, 2012
Replied 7 hours later
Hey, I have no problems openning any extracted .wav files with Audacity. I have version 1.3.13-beta. The only thing the program has prompted me is to download FFmpeg library. Check if you have it in path Edit/Properties/Libraries.
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FelixGriffin
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Posted Jan 01, 2013
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You may be right, P2's vo files won't play in Hammer either. HL2's are fine, so some new feature?
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Brainstone
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Posted Jan 02, 2013
Replied 19 hours later
Hey. I asked my uncle, and it turned out that the sounds were 32 bit float and I just had to transform them into 16 bit float. Unfortunately, I can't remember which programm he used to do it. Something from Adobe.
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FelixGriffin
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Posted Jan 02, 2013
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Audition, maybe? It's the most common for sound. I have a copy, PM me any other files you need and I'll convert them.
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Brainstone
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Posted Jan 03, 2013
Replied 13 hours later
Yes, it was Audition. :smile: I don't need any more sounds, but thanks for the offer.