[Commons-l] Sound files

[Gregory Maxwell]

On 2/10/07, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi,
> A lot of wiktionarians are involved in recording pronunciations at the
> moment. At issue is that pronunciations that are recorded for scientific
> purposes are universally saved as wav files. Given that with the shtooka
> software we can record vast amounts of pronunciations, it is a waste to
> destroy something that can have an incredible value because of an
> insistence on .ogg files.
>
> I would urge us to allow for the recording in .wav files in order to
> ensure that this data keeps its relevance for scientific usage.

Our software will gladly allow you to upload Ogg/FLAC files (a
lossless format). If we should advise the is an open question, but you
are not prohibited from uploading lossless files if there is a real
need.