# Playing .ulaw files from Asterisk in windows??

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**Created:** [January 14, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/playing-ulaw-files-from-asterisk-in-windows/61323 "2009-01-14T13:29:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/playing-ulaw-files-from-asterisk-in-windows/61323/1 "2009-01-14T13:29:26Z")

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Anyone have a codec or something that converts them easily to wavs

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/playing-ulaw-files-from-asterisk-in-windows/61323/2 "2009-01-14T14:55:22Z")

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ulaw is just an encoding of a wav file AFAIK.

Just use audacity to open it. I use that program to modify announcements and greetings from voice mails and pbx’s

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**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/playing-ulaw-files-from-asterisk-in-windows/61323/3 "2009-01-14T15:42:35Z")

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[http://www.mymusictools.com/rippers\_encoders\_11/audiovideosoft\_rapidrip\_26619.htm](http://www.mymusictools.com/rippers_encoders_11/audiovideosoft_rapidrip_26619.htm)

that might work?