wine users - Mar 2007 - Problem with WAVE_FORMAT_ADPCM sound files

Hi all,
I recently managed to install "multimedia German dictionary", which I
get with the local newspaper , under wine and it works OK. The problem
it is when I try to use the most important feature for me - the
pronunciation. When I try to listen to any word , no sound is played
and wine outputs the following to the console:

wodOpen unimplemented format: WAVE_FORMAT_ADPCM

I rewieved the directory structure and I've seen that it has a bunch of
*.wav files in the directory, one file for the word. I was able to play
those waves with mplayer with no problems, and it said it is in the
MSADPCM format:

Opening audio decoder: [msadpcm] MS ADPCM audio decoder
AUDIO: 22050 Hz, 1 ch, s16le, 89.2 kbit/25.29% (ratio: 11155->44100)
Selected audio codec: [msadpcm] afm: msadpcm (MS ADPCM)

So could anybody tell me what's wrong here so I can't play the files
under wine (and how to make it work). Please help, my wife is learning
German and I promised her that she will be able to learn pronunciation
with the program. I wish not to install Windows for this little app, I
managed to avoid Windows in more complicated tasks and now I am gonna
fail for this tiny thing :(

michal <mich_r@o2.pl> wrote:
> and wine outputs the following to the console:
> 
> wodOpen unimplemented format: WAVE_FORMAT_ADPCM
[...]
> those waves with mplayer with no problems, and it said it is in the
> MSADPCM format:
> 
> So could anybody tell me what's wrong here so I can't play the
files
> under wine (and how to make it work). Please help, my wife is learning
Are you using ALSA? Appearantly, ADPCM in combination with ALSA is not
yet supported in wine. Try using OSS, the OSS emulation layer of ALSA
or ESD.

Daniel