Friday, May 25, 2012

Convert WAV to 8 bit, 8 KHz u-Law format

So you have a wonderful new recording you would like to upload to Cisco UCCX (or IPCC, Unity Connection, Unity Express, or whatever) and know that it needs to be in a 8bit, 8KHz, u-Law format.

How do you convert it?

In Windows XP, the Sound Recorder application would allow you to simply change the format by opening it, choosing to save it and then selecting Change in the dialog box. The correct format there is Format: CCITT u-Law and Attributes: 8.000 khz, 8 Bit, Mono.


Now that Microsoft has apparently sucked the life out of Sound Recorder in Windows 7, my next preference is using Audacity.

Edited 7/15/2013: You can find my new post regarding using using the old XP version of Sound Recorder on Windows 7 here: http://webmaxtor.blogspot.com/2013/07/convert-wav-to-8-bit-8-khz-u-law-format.html

The problem now is it's not very clear how to choose the same options.

In Audacity with your file open, confirm the project rate is 8000 (shown in lower left corner of progress bar).

Then, choose Edit | Preferences | File Formats.

In the Uncompressed Export Format, choose Other...

Then, in Header, choose WAV (Microsoft) and in Encoding, choose U-Law.

Then, choose File | Export as WAV and simply name it appropriately.

TaDa.

16 comments:

  1. Awsome info, works a treat.

    Thanks very much

    Jonny

    Linknet Communications

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  2. DOESNT WORK, FOOL!!

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    1. yomama,

      Thank you for the constructive feedback. With that, I'll update the post accordingly as soon as possible.

      Web Maxtor

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  4. Excellent instructions...saved my wall from more head-banging. Thanks a bunch!

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  5. It works wonderfully. It just takes a bit of perseverance to go through the steps. I am very happy with the results I obtained! Thank you Web Maxtor.

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  6. Can we convert MP# file to rtp file

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  7. YOMOMMA IS RETARDED

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  8. Still works for Windows 10. The file is not on the link in the article but it was pretty easy to find via Google.

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  9. I actually laughed at this momma joke lol

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    1. I know, right? My readers' comments are like gold.

      Thanks for stopping by tschuyler.

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