===== Can I play DVF audio files from my digital voice recorder? =====

No.  DVF is a proprietary format for Sony-brand digital recorders.

Neither QuickTime nor Windows Media directly support DVF playback.  And since InqScribe relies on QuickTime and/or Windows Media to play media, DVF is not directly supported.

Your best bet is to convert your DVF files to something QuickTime and/or Windows Media can read, such as AIFF or WAV.

  * Sony's own software, Digital Voice Editor is supposed to be able to translate DVF files into other formats.  It should have come with your digital voice recorder.  This might be a link to download the software from [[http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=ICDMS1|Sony eSupport]]

  * [[http://www.soft29.com/dvf_to_mp3.html|Switch Plus]] is supposed to be able to convert DVF to MP3.  (Windows and Mac)

  * [[http://www.nch.com.au/switch/|Switch]], by NCH Swift Sound might be able to do the conversion for you. (Windows and Mac)  (Not sure if these are different or the same.)

  * Some folks have said that [[http://www.diasonic.com/english_re/pds/list2.php|Diasonic's DVR]] software can also do conversions.

  * Here is a link to Sony's [[http://esupport.sony.com/perl/swu-download.pl?mdl=ICDMS1&upd_id=2054&os_id=7|DVF plugin]] for Windows Media Player.  You *might* be able to install this plugin and then use Windows Media as your default player to play DVF files directly, but we have not tested this.

  * Here is a good discussion on this topic hosted on [[http://www.moviecodec.com/topics/6368p1.html|MovieCodec Forums]].


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