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In Ubuntu 13.04 and 13.10 by default when you click on a .wav file, Ubuntu opens the totem video app and plays the .wav file completely garbled. This is a known bug that has been outstanding for quite a while.

What is a good work around?

I'm thinking of a lightweight player to play the .wav files without fuss and which can be set as the default for .wav files. If there is a simple way to make totem work that would probably be even better.

I get voicemails as .wav files and am looking for an easy solution for playing them.

snowguy
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Simply installing any other Audio player should work fine for you. I'd recommend Audacious since it is extremely light on resources and can play nearly every audio codec in existence.

You can install it by clicking the button below or running this command:

sudo apt-get install audacious

Install via the software center

Once installed you can go into your computer details via the dash and click on default applications.

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Weylin Schreck
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As mentioned in Ubuntu's RestrictedFormats, install restricted extras using below command to unlock codecs.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Else, you may use an alternate player (a well known player which can support almost a high number of codecs) such as VideoLAN (VLC).

  • You can download it via Ubuntu Software Center
  • or you be use below command to install via terminal

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install vlc browser-plugin-vlc

EDIT: Ubuntu's restricted extras will not install all needed codecs though there are few that will need a manual install/set-up such as PlayingDVD, Blu-Ray/HD-DVD.. etc. In that case, I'd recommend referring the restricted format as I've linked at the beginning. And to those who would like VLC, refer to the above mentioned points for installation.

Source: VideoLAN

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AzkerM
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