Microsoft KB Archive/86161

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.VOC Sound Files Not Supported by Windows

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Q86161

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11
 * Microsoft Windows Sound System, version 1.0

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Windows version 3.1 and Windows versions 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions do not support playing files with the .VOC extension. The .VOC file format is a &quot;wave form audio&quot; format, similar to the format of .WAV files.

Microsoft does not distribute a conversion utility to change .VOC files to .WAV files. Third-party or shareware applications may be available to perform such a conversion.

NOTE: The Windows Sound System contains a sound playing and conversion utility called &quot;Sound Finder,&quot; which allows the playing of .VOC files. For more information, query on the following in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"WSS and sound and finder" Additional query words: MWIN VOC WAV soundfinder soundplaying

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWinSoundSysSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311 kbWinSoundSys100