Moshe Yudkowsky wrote:
> I am unable to play mu-law files.

ALSA does support mu-Law.

> If I try
> 
> aplay file.wav
> 
> I get the error message
> 
> aplay: test_wavefile:726: can't play not PCM-coded WAVE-files

Aplay's module for reading .wav files does not support Mu-Law.

You can try to avoid the stupid .wav reader by using

        aplay -t raw -f MU_LAW file.wav

but then the first few header bytes will be interpreted as audio data
and played as garbage.


HTH
Clemens


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