Well, I guess this should be researched quite well, before investing
time in this feature:
WAV
WAVEform audio format <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV> (WAV) is a
Microsoft <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft> and IBM
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM> audio file format
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_format> for storing audio on PCs.
It is the main format used on Microsoft Windows
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows> systems for raw audio
storage. The WAV format is most commonly used with an uncompressed,
lossless storage method (pulse-code modulation) resulting in
comparatively large audio files. Today, the WAV audio format is no
longer popular being superseded by other more efficient means of audio
storage.^[19]
<http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standards/Comparison_of_File_Formats#cite_note-19>
from
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standards/Comparison_of_File_Formats#WAV
So who wants "wav" files actually, they are normally very large as well.
The legal status is not so obvious. Maybe you even need a lawyer to
judge this correctly.
Again, is .wav really so popular, that it justifies the effort?
All the best,
Sebastian
Am 10.04.2013 19:40, schrieb Federico Leva (Nemo):
Rahul Maliakkal, 10/04/2013 19:27:
As we all know right now uploading an audio file is only possible in
.ogg format.
In my GSOC project , i plan on adding *.wav support* to commons ,since
its not patent encumbered i think it should be fine
Context: "Pronunciation Recording Extension"
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Rahul21/Gsoc
I would like to get the communities feedback on this.
Is the reason that the dependencies you found all require this format?
Nemo
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