Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2023 October 27

= October 27 =

Play an OGG file slower
The file File:Bob Minor, Synthesised Bell Sounds.ogg is used in a number of articles for a number of languages, bringing to life the point of these articles. However, it plays so fast that one needs to be a musical genius to comprehend it. How can a reader play it slower?

(I asked a different question about the same file at Commons:Help_desk) ◅ Sebastian Helm 🗨 10:19, 27 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I've just listened to it and it seems to be about the right speed for lightish 6 (maybe 8 cwt tenor). Much slower and it would drag on the synthesised bells.  There is a YouTube video that shows a course of PBM and at 1:57 goes through it at half speed which might help.  See, but you will need to check out copyright before including it directly.  The alternative would be to write out a score in either Lilypond or ABC which could then be set at a tempo that you find correct for the article. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 13:21, 27 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your reply, Martin. There's a misunderstanding: I'm not saying that the speed of the file is wrong for the article. All I'm saying is that I would like to listen to it (also) at a lower speed - this was the main reason for posting my question here instead of at WP:HD. That said, I was also hoping there'd be a way that would allow other readers to vary the speed, too, and if there was, I was willing to aid in implementing it here for the benefit of all readers. (BTW, thank you also for you suggestions for rewriting the file. Another way would be to write a MIDI file, either manually with a program like Audacity, or synthetically with a script. All of these, of course, are much more work than simply changing the speed, which I was hoping to be possible, as it is with several other players, such as Audacity or the feature provided by YouTube.) ◅ Sebastian Helm 🗨 16:34, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * You can simply download it and play it trough the player of your choice. VLC did it for me. But I think you know that. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 03:30, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Stephan. Yes, that's what the Help_desk question was about. :-) I thought there was maybe a way from within Wikipedia, which was just not well documented, and I could have fixed that. But if there isn't, this question can be closed. It's not worth a feature request. ◅ Sebastian Helm 🗨 21:22, 30 October 2023 (UTC)