rolfp
join:2001-09-12
Oakland, CA
 ·Comcast
| Seeking help with bash command piping, redirection, e.g.
My treo phone creates voice memos that, when emailed as attachments, get formatted as a .qcp file. Not finding a linux player that can deal with this, I did find a decoder/encoder program owned by QualComm[SCO?] that has worked fine, so far:
»www.qctconnect.com/downloads/pur···1.tar.gz
It makes a .wav that plays nice and clear. My dream is to create a one-line or script, even, that I'll try to have the browser (Seamonkey) call when such a .qcp file is encountered. I've tried various combinations but cannot get it to go. A short sampling:
Can I get some guidance, please? |
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pablo2525
join:2003-06-23
| I think I understand what you're trying to do.
Let me recap and see if I've understood your request, you wish to unpack a `.qcq' file and have `play' play the unpacked .wav file.
There are several ways to tackle this but first I might ask a question on what additional data `pvconv' might provide when executed.
Please post the output of the following
I have `play' on my machine but I'd rather see what version you're using.
If `pvconv' can't tell us what file it created, we'll need to take a different tack (create a temporary subdirectory, unpack there, look for any .wav file and play it).
Please let me know.
Cheers,
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evilghost
join:2003-11-22
Springville, AL
 ·Windstream
edit:
May 9th, @11:06AM
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Find all .qcp files, convert to WAV, remove qcp, play converted wav.
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evilghost
join:2003-11-22
Springville, AL
edit:
May 9th, @11:10AM
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Optionally even:
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rolfp
join:2001-09-12
Oakland, CA
·Comcast
| reply to pablo2525
Hi, I can get the wav file and play it, I just wanted to automate the process in order to give a 'helper application' to seamonkey or konqueror so the browser will be able to play a qcp file when I click on it. Thanks.
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rolfp
join:2001-09-12
Oakland, CA
·Comcast
| reply to evilghost
Hi, one of them works for me, the one from your first post but, it seems to me, something similar that can be called as a helper application can be done. I was thinking calling the conversion executable and piping stdout (?) to play would do the trick but not so much.
Thanks.
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evilghost
join:2003-11-22
Springville, AL
·Windstream
| reply to rolfp
pvconv doesnt' support output to stdout, therefore, you're stuck writing a WAV file unless you write it to /dev/dsp directly, which may work but I doubt it...
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rolfp
join:2001-09-12
Oakland, CA
·Comcast
| Yeah, not having stdout seems to be a problem, thanks for the perspective. I've used your command that works for me in a modified fashion that, in my imagination, can be further developed to be called when a .qcp file is clicked in seamonkey or konqueror. Both use %u for this sort of thing and there is an exec statement documented for konqueror, so I'm going to try along those lines after work.
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rolfp
join:2001-09-12
Oakland, CA
·Comcast
| reply to rolfp
Well, I've made a text file application and associated it with .qcp in konqueror:
rm -rf ~/tmp/test/; mkdir ~/tmp/test/; cp %u ~/tmp/test/; find ~/tmp/test/ -type f -name *.qcp |while read line;do ~/tarballs/pure_voice_conv/pvconv "${line}" && rm -f "${line}" && echo "\"${line}\""|sed 's/\.qcp/\.wav/i'|xargs play;done
The first two commands get executed but my attempt to use %u, apparently, is not working:
The two listings were done just before and just after clicking on the .qcp file in konqueror. |
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