mpg123 gives the following message: $ mpg123 /mnt/cdrom/erasure/dk03_02.wav High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1,2 and 3. Version 0.59q (1999/Jan/26). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp. Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more! THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! opening socket, format = 0x00001021 at -1 Hz unsupported playback rate: -1 audio: Connection refused An old version, I used for RedHat 4.2 works fine: $ /mnt/dsk2/usr/bin/mpg123 /mnt/cdrom/foo/foo_* High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3. Version 0.59o (1998/Feb/08). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp. Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more! THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! Directory: /mnt/cdrom/foo/ Playing MPEG stream from foo_01.wav ... Junk at the beginning Skipped RIFF header! MPEG 1.0 layer III, 112 kbit/s, 44100 Hz joint-stereo
still broken in 5.8.6 (mpg123-0.59q-3)
assigned to mike maher
mpg123 should be used to decode mp3's. The use of this is for mp3's not wav files.