Sox: "unknown file type xxx"

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Sox: "unknown file type xxx"

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[PROBLEM]
Just ran into a strange problem with sox v14.0.0 on Ubuntu Hardy:
sox soxio: Failed reading `silence.raw': unknown file type `auto'
Even providing a certain type with e.g. "-t raw" gave me a similar error.


[SOLUTION]
It seems that the sox requires additional libraries to be installed which were not pulled in by the package management system. Strange, because nothing's even listed in "suggested" or "recommended" packages.

Install the package "libsox-fmt-all" and the problem should be gone.
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