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wav files not being read

  • December 24, 2022
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Sorry to be a pain…. I just can’t get my Sonos Library to add or play wav files. They are 16bit. Ripped at same source frequency as cd on Windows 11. Straight forward “Cyberlink Power 2 Go” Ripper.

I use vlc as player on lap top & they are fine.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Best answer by ClausN

Standard CD is 16 bit/44.1 kHz.

However, I don’t know if the 16 kHz you use can cause issues.

Did you update your music library?

Though WAV is supported I recommend FLAC 16 bit/44.1 kHz, which handles metadata better, and file size is reduced compared to WAV.

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  • Lead Maestro
  • 10452 replies
  • December 24, 2022

Make sure the sample rate isn’t higher than 48kHz. This is the highest Sonos supports.


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  • Contributor I
  • 5 replies
  • December 24, 2022

Thanks, all within 16 kHz.

Trying to update metadata to see if that helps.

Any other suggestions?


  • 374 replies
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  • December 24, 2022

Standard CD is 16 bit/44.1 kHz.

However, I don’t know if the 16 kHz you use can cause issues.

Did you update your music library?

Though WAV is supported I recommend FLAC 16 bit/44.1 kHz, which handles metadata better, and file size is reduced compared to WAV.


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  • Contributor I
  • 5 replies
  • December 24, 2022

Thanks, will check that out.

Happy Christmas 


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  • Contributor I
  • 5 replies
  • December 29, 2022

Found great app to sort out the metadata - TagScanner.

Also attached cover art.

Thanks for suggestions.


Stanley_4
  • Lead Maestro
  • 12323 replies
  • December 29, 2022

Why did you pick the 16 KHz rate, that really kills the high frequencies above 8 KHz in your rip?

https://infogalactic.com/info/Sampling_(signal_processing)#Sampling_rate

From another site:

So you can capture and reconstruct the original sine wave’s frequency with an audio sample rate at least twice its frequency, a rate called the Nyquist rate.

Conversely, a system can capture and recreate frequencies up to half the audio sample rate, a limit called the Nyquist frequency.


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  • Contributor I
  • 5 replies
  • December 30, 2022

Thanks for info


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  • Contributor I
  • 5 replies
  • December 30, 2022

Thanks