I began receiving this error in Ubuntu (after upgrading to Hardy 8.04 I think) whenever I tried to use the sox or play commands. Turns out the solution is pretty simple, sox had just lost its available format libraries.
sudo apt-get install libsox-fmt-all
I can now officially say I’m running a single-boot GNU/Linux machine. I wiped my Windows XP partition today – good riddance!
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3 thoughts on “sox soxio: Failed reading : unknown file type”
Nice one – this fixed my problem, trying to convert raw data into wav
This fixed my Xubuntu 8.04 error that occured while working with dvd-slideshow.
Or at least the sox-part of the Error 😉
Thanks a lot.
You make my day. Thanks.