How to determine the codec of an audio file on Windows?

Asked 2011-04-05T10:40:43.543

I need to find the codec of an audio file. How can I do this?

Do I need to write code to do this or is there a simpler way?

Please help me. If possible share helpful links.

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The good old file utility will reveal lots of information about audio files, sometimes including the codec:

$ file X.wav 
X.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 16 bit, mono 16000 Hz

answered 2011-04-05T10:45:10.780