[LAU] Creating a very long audio file?

[Arve Barsnes]

On 2 April 2013 21:29, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Monty Montgomery <xiphmont at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Huh, you're right.
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>> Oh, i see... we've been supporting >4GB wave files in the Xiph stuff
>> by setting the length to 0xFFFFFFFF and assuming the data chunk is
>> last (intuiting chunk length from file length).
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> nothing about RIFF implies that the data chunk is last.  in fact, there is
> no ordering at all except that the RIFF chunk is first. there are several
> windows app that make this "mistake".
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> w64 is the format to use, and libsndfile handles it (and CAF) with
> distinction.
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I guess this is a bug in sox then. If I use sndfile-concat (by first
turning the first wave file into w64), a correct w64 is made, and if I use
sndfile-salvage on the wave sox produced (the one with too much sound for
the header to explain) a correct file is also made. Either way, success!

Thanks for the insight guys.
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