Date:         Fri, 4 Aug 2006 15:22:02 -0700
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From:         Brandon Burke <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: 2 GB file limit
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Good to know. Thanks for that, Konrad..

Brandon

Quoting Konrad Strauss <[log in to unmask]>:

> on 8/4/06 12:08 PM, Brandon Burke at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > I haven't had the chance to work with it much -- moved offices, boxes
> > everywhere -- but it is my understanding that, with the WaveLab 6
> update,
> > there is no longer a 2GB limit.
>
> That is correct. If you check the "Support RF64 file format" box in the
> file
> preferences you can record as long as you want. Supposedly this converts
> the
> BWF file to a wave64 when the 2 GB limit is passed. However the resultant
> file, though fine in Wavelab, is unrecognized by any other programs. You
> also have the option of recording in wave64 format which has a size limit
> of
> 512 GB. These seem to transfer OK between programs which support wave64,
> but
> it is not BWF compliant or universally supported.
>
> Several programs have found ways around the 2 GB limit, but it seems that
> these methods are proprietary and do not transfer between programs.
>
> --
> Konrad Strauss
> Director of Recording Arts
> Associate Professor of Music
> Jacobs School of Music
> Indiana University
> http://php.indiana.edu/~kstrauss
> http://www.music.indiana.edu/department/audio/
>
>


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