Error while reading wav file: wave.Error: unknown format: 6

Asked May 23 '16 at 07:30

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I want to convert a wav file to text. While reading the wav file I found the following error: Code

import wave,struct
wavefile=wave.open('C:/Users/SA769740/Desktop/task4/test.wav','r')

the error:

raise Error('unknown format: %r' % (wFormatTag,))
wave.Error: unknown format: 6

what are the possible reasons?

asked May 23 '16 at 07:30

S.De

@renemilk can you please elaborate what are you want to say? – S.De May 23 '16 at 07:37
Look at the accepted answer. The wave lib only reads a very specific type of wave, whose ID is not 6. – renefritze May 23 '16 at 07:39
@renemilk can you give me any idea how to fix that issue? I tried but not found a good way to change the format of the wav file to readable format – S.De May 23 '16 at 08:06
You should update your question with what you now tried and where what failed. – renefritze May 23 '16 at 08:09
Audacity is not a permissible software in my lab. – S.De May 23 '16 at 08:21
You should better describe your problem and restrictions in your question then. It's useless for us to guess. – renefritze May 23 '16 at 08:31

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