Extracting audio from *wtv files

[Artizan]

I used to be able to extract audio from *.wtv files using Audition 1.5, but, following a computer crash and reinstallation of both win OS and Audition 1.5, can no longer do so. What am I missing? I've installed DirectX. Is there a codec I need to install? All assistance welcome!

[emmrecs]

What created those files?  I can find no information about files with a .wtv extension.

[SteveG_AudioMasters_]

It's an old Windows TV (video) format. It uses MPEG-2 compression, and audio using MPEG-1 Layer II encoding. It went out with the Ark, and there are only a limited number of programs that can open/decode it - for more information, see here. The chances are that Audition 1.5 opened them via a Windows codec, and that simply isn't there any more in the reinstalled OS.

[Artizan]

Hi,
Thanks for getting back to me so swiftly.
I'm sitting here on the Ark. Seem to be the only one left. There's no sign of life anywhere.
I used to use the MS Media Center to record radio shows. Importing the wtv files into Audition 1.5 (no other version would accept them) left me with a very clean wav file recorded at 48000 Hz. I cannot now remember how I stumbled on the correct codec that enabled this, but I'd dearly love to know which it was. Sadly, none of the searches I've made has produced a solution.

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