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 Today, the WAV audio format is no longer popular being superseded by other more efficient means of audio storage.^[19] http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standards/Comparison_of_File_Formats#cite_note-19
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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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