Anchor Alarm audio

[solosail]

I'm trying to add a euro-siren alarm to my anchor watch... the only sound files OC comes with are the ships bells. They work well but I want something.. custom. I downloaded a nice .wav file but it plays with major distortion and does not cancel. I end up having to reboot the entire pi?
Are there differences between wav files?
THANKS ALL for any insight!

[fdr14127]

There is a bunch of.wav files collected under police category on the web. Google is your friend, we like the general quarters off the Canadian frigate HMS Halifax. That will rouse outa bunk... You may prefer others.

[solosail]

Originally Posted by fdr14127

There is a bunch of.wav files collected under police category on the web. Google is your friend, we like the general quarters off the Canadian frigate HMS Halifax. That will rouse outa bunk... You may prefer others.

Sounds great... However I get a hideous sound... mostly distortion... AND IT WILL NOT CANCEL!?
any ideas?

[transmitterdan]

What OS are you running? Where can we download the .wav file that is causing problems? Maybe I can debug and find the cause.

[seandepagnier]

can you play the file with another program?


What is the bitrate?

[solosail]

Originally Posted by transmitterdan

What OS are you running? Where can we download the .wav file that is causing problems? Maybe I can debug and find the cause.

Running Openplotter V 8.0 on a Rpi3b

.wav file is http://soundbible.com/grab.php?id=1819&type=wav

Originally Posted by boat_alexandra

can you play the file with another program?

Yes... it plays quite nicely using aplay

Originally Posted by boat_alexandra

What is the bitrate?

Not sure?