How to Convert Downloads Into Usable WAV Files for Your ZX81

If you want to play games or load other software on your ZX81 and don't have a cassette deck (or any cassettes) this video will show you how to use a Java program to convert the .P files to .WAV files and load them up!
TapeUtils: www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/tape...
Commands:
sudo apt install default-jre -y
java -jar tapeutils.jar
Open your file, Export it as a WAV and BINGO!
The rest is up to your stash of cables. You can probably get away with a cable like this one: amzn.to/3yhZuVr if you don't have a stash of cables and adapters. Let me know if it works for you (I haven't tested it)
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[@AmRadPodcast]

Wow. I remember playing chess and blackjack on that thing.

[@TemporarilyOfflineRetroTech]

This thing has such a cool factor. I didn't have one when I was younger. I'm not sure I would have the same appreciation for it that I do now.

[@don_n5skt]

OK, I must admit, I jumped when the dog barked ;)

[@TemporarilyOfflineRetroTech]

That's how I get ya!

[@nickwallette6201]

Fun fact: It’s not actually meant to be read as “WAVEfmt”, rather those are two separate fields that are often, but not necessarily, adjacent.
WAVE define this particular RIFF file as a wave audio file (as opposed to the many other file types that use the RIFF container file format), and “fmt” is actually a four-character chunk ID (technically “fmt “ with a space) that identifies the following bytes as being the details of the audio format (channels, sample rate, etc.) used to encode the samples in the upcoming “data” chunk.
^ This is what happens when one of your pet projects is coding media player stuff in C.

[@TemporarilyOfflineRetroTech]

Awesome, more info to add to the brain bucket! Thanks Nick.