Hi Brandon,
When WaveLab converts a compressed file format, it converts it to Wave,
based on the settings in the Preferences > File settings. On your system,
this is probably set to 32-bit floating-point. This is probably overkill
given that your file was probably digitized at 16 bit and then converted to
such a low bit rate.
Nonetheless, an 8-hour 16-bit file will over-cede the RIFF format 2GB limit.
Let me get back to you on this... It looks like auto-switching to RF-64 is
not supported for a CODEC conversion... I'll buzz Philippe and get his
opinion...
Cheers!
Rob Poretti
Sascom - Toronto
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www.sascom.com
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> Sent: August 21, 2006 2:57 PM
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> Subject: [ARSCLIST] File Size Confusion
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>
> All,
>
> I was asked to pull a 10 minute section out of a much longer
> file today,
> but am unable to open it in WaveLab. It is an 8 hour(!)
> recording from one
> of our collections, committed to digital by the donor a
> handful of years
> ago, and saved as one continuous MP3. (I know, brilliant...)
>
> Here's the specs on the file...
> File Format: MP3
> Properties: Mono / 48.0 kHz / 64 kbps
> Length: 8h34mn222ms
> Size: 235.29 MB
>
> What's confusing me is this: The file is 235 MB but I cannot open it
> because (about 65% of the way though the decoding process)
> WaveLab 5 says
> that the file exceeds the 2GB size limit. What gives..?
>
> I am able to open the file in Windows Media Player, iTunes,
> and other apps
> without an editing component BUT i obviously need to edit it
> in order to
> chop out the 10 minute section mentioned above.
>
> Can anyone suggest a way to open this file in an editing app
> (preferably
> WaveLab 5)..?
>
>
> thanks as always...and apologies if this is a dumb question, Brandon
>
>
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