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Q152176: Explorapedia: Audio Codecs Used to Play Compressed Audio

Article: Q152176
Product(s): Microsoft Home Kids Products
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 19-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Explorapedia series: World of Nature for Windows, version 1.0 
- Microsoft Explorapedia series: World of People for Windows, version 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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Explorapedia: The World of Nature and Explorapedia: The World of People use
Audio Compression-Decompression routines (Codecs) to decompress the sound files
stored on the compact disc. Each program uses certain decompression routines to
play compressed sound files.

Explorapedia uses the following decompression Codecs to play certain kinds of
sound:

  Microsoft ADPCM
  Microsoft PCM Converter

MORE INFORMATION
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The Explorapedia series programs use the following Codecs to play the sounds in
the contexts indicated.

Microsoft ADPCM:
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- Kids talking in the topics screens

- Songs in Explorapedia: The World of People

Microsoft PCM Converter:
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- Tad's voice

- Sound for some of the animations

- Menu items in Explorapedia: The World of People (in Windows 3.x),
  Explorapedia: The World of Nature (in Windows 3.x), and Explorapedia: The
  World of Nature 1.2 (in Windows 95)


To conserve space on the compact disc, many of the sound files may be compressed,
so that they take up less disk space.

For more information or troubleshooting tips, please see the following article(s)
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q125957 Explorapedia: Cannot Hear Tad's Narration

  Q130648 Explorapedia People: .WAV Files for Testing Included on CD

  Q121132 MSACM 2.0: Compressed Audio Will Not Play

Additional query words: mskids kids tad series explore kbmm world people nature multimedia multi-media multi compress de-compress co-dec kbtshoot

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbHomeMMsearch kbZNotKeyword2 kbExplorapediaNature100 kbExplorapediaPeople100
Version           : :1.0

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