9 Jan
2005
9 Jan
'05
3:23 p.m.
Hi all,
what is the best and easiest way to convert a w64-file (from timemachine) into
a wav-file? I am trying "sndfile <w64-file> <wav-filename>" but
except 100%
CPU-usage for _really_ long time nothing happens. No new file, no changes, no
stopping after a time.
I know that one of [audacity|sweep] opens w64-files but loads them into memory
fully and the file to convert is 2.5GB.
Can anybody give me some hints?
Arnold
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9 Jan
9 Jan
3:53 p.m.
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:22:58PM +0100, Arnold Krille wrote:
Hi all,
what is the best and easiest way to convert a w64-file (from timemachine) into
a wav-file? I am trying "sndfile <w64-file> <wav-filename>" but
except 100%
CPU-usage for _really_ long time nothing happens. No new file, no changes, no
stopping after a time.
I know that one of [audacity|sweep] opens w64-files but loads them into memory
fully and the file to convert is 2.5GB.
Can anybody give me some hints?
WAV files have a 2GB limit, which is why timemachine records W64's by
default. You probably need to chop it up into two smaller files with
something that can process W64's (ecasound?) and then convert those to
WAVs seperatly.
Anther option would be to convert to .au if thats useful to you, I think
it doesnt have a hard file length limit.
Did timemachine work OK for you for the long recording? It wasn't
originally designed for that sort of thing, but I tried to proof it
against long running bugs when someone else wanted to use it for long,
multi-channel recordings.
[OT] I have no idea why someone chose to add a required, fixed length file
length parameter to the WAV format, but they deserve a good wack with the
clue stick.
- Steve
4:37 p.m.
New subject: OT: origin of file length in WAV (Re: [linux-audio-user] Converting w64 to wav)
Steve Harris wrote:
[OT] I have no idea why someone chose to add a
required, fixed length file
length parameter to the WAV format, but they deserve a good wack with the
clue stick.
WAV is based on the "Resource Interchange Format" (RIFF) and the RIFF header
contains an entry for the file length. RIFF is a modification of IFF and IFF was
created by Electronic Arts for the Amiga.
Here is a quote from the "EA IFF 85" Standard for Interchange Format Files,
January 14, 1985:
"One chunk output technique is to stream write a chunk header, stream write the
chunk contents, then random access back to the header to fill in the size.
Another technique is to make a preliminary pass over the data to compute the
size, then write it out all at once."
(http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/mxr/gfx/2d/IFF.txt)
I doubt that the author of that document (Jerry Morrison) and the contributors
(which are listed at the end) should be blamed for that. They probably did not
expect that such aspects of their standard would survive for two decades.
Cheers,
Andreas
10 Jan
10 Jan
7:31 a.m.
New subject: OT: origin of file length in WAV (Re: [linux-audio-user] Converting w64 to wav)
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 09:39:07 +0100, Andreas Kuckartz wrote:
Steve Harris wrote:
I remember IFF 8SVX from my Amiga days, and it was reasonable (if
pointless) then to add a file length field and assume files would be <
2GB, but there was no need for WAV to carry it on.
- Steve
[OT] I have no idea why someone chose to add a
required, fixed length file
length parameter to the WAV format, but they deserve a good wack with the
clue stick.
WAV is based on the "Resource Interchange Format" (RIFF) and the RIFF header
contains an entry for the file length. RIFF is a modification of IFF and IFF was
created by Electronic Arts for the Amiga. 
12:02 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: File formats
Last Sunday 09 January 2005 20:39, Andreas Kuckartz was like:
WAV is based on the "Resource Interchange
Format" (RIFF) and the RIFF
header contains an entry for the file length. RIFF is a modification of IFF
and IFF was created by Electronic Arts for the Amiga.
It always feels strange using .wavs - is there a 'best' or 'most free'
format
for full-range sound recordings?
cheers
tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk
2:12 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: File formats
It always feels strange using .wavs - is there a
'best' or
'most free' format for full-range sound recordings?
Falc? AFAIK it's lossless and half the size of wav, but it
seems to be very young and therefore unsupported.
But if you type »audiocd:/« in KDE having an audio CD
inserted, you'll wonder ;-) .
Best regards
ce
11 Jan
11 Jan
6:50 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: File formats
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 07:12:36 +0100, Christoph Eckert wrote:
Its also integer only (currently?), which makes it little use for modern
multitrack recording software and the software that comes with the library
only does 16bit (I cant remember if the library handles more or not).
- Steve
It always feels strange using .wavs - is there a
'best' or
'most free' format for full-range sound recordings?
Falc? AFAIK it's lossless and half the size of wav, but it
seems to be very young and therefore unsupported. 
6:59 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: File formats
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:50:28 +0000
Steve Harris <S.W.Harris(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
Its also integer only (currently?), which makes it
little use for modern
multitrack recording software and the software that comes with the library
only does 16bit (I cant remember if the library handles more or not).
It does handle 24 bit.
Erik
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12:51 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: File formats
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 09:59:28PM +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:50:28 +0000
Steve Harris <S.W.Harris(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
The software or the library?
are there any tools that use libflac (or whetever it's called at 24bit?
-Eric Rz.
Its also integer only (currently?), which makes
it little use for modern
multitrack recording software and the software that comes with the library
only does 16bit (I cant remember if the library handles more or not).
It does
handle 24 bit. 
4:31 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: File formats
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:50:18 -0500
Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <rzewnickie(a)rfa.org> wrote:
The software or the library?
are there any tools that use libflac (or whetever it's called at 24bit?
There is an upcoming version of libsndfile which will allow reading
and writing of FLAC at 8, 16 and 24 bits through the standard
libsndfile API that you all know and love :-).
Erik
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4:53 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: File formats
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 07:31:31AM +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:50:18 -0500
Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <rzewnickie(a)rfa.org> wrote:
Hmm ... ecasound currently pipes to the flac commandline tools for
reading/writing flac files. I gather from this thread that those tools
don't handle 24 bits, yet (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Kai, or
Erik if you know, how involved is adding flac support via libsndfile
to ecasound?
I'm just wondering if it would be simple enough for me to try helping
with it ...
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The software or the library?
are there any tools that use libflac (or whetever it's called at 24bit?
There
is an upcoming version of libsndfile which will allow reading
and writing of FLAC at 8, 16 and 24 bits through the standard
libsndfile API that you all know and love :-).
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much C++ has turned into 3 languages stuck in a bag fighting to get
out. Low C++, High C++, and Generic C++."
5:28 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: File formats
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:49:46 -0500
Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <rzewnickie(a)rfa.org> wrote:
Hmm ... ecasound currently pipes to the flac
commandline tools for
reading/writing flac files. I gather from this thread that those tools
don't handle 24 bits, yet (someone correct me if I'm wrong).
No idea for the above.
Kai, or
Erik if you know, how involved is adding flac support via libsndfile
to ecasound?
I'm not sure what the ecasound interface to libsndfile looks like,
but once libsndfile has FLAC support, doing whatever is required to
ecasound should be completely trivial.
Erik
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9 Feb
9 Feb
4:22 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: File formats
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
The command-line line flac tool _does_ support 24bit sample format (since
at least 1.0.4 flac version). For example:
ecasound -f:32,2,44100 -i alsa,default -o foo.flac
ecasound -f:32,2,44100 -i foo.flac -o alsa,default
... should sound ok (tested with ecasound-2.3.5 and flac-1.1.0).
There is an
upcoming version of libsndfile which will allow reading
and writing of FLAC at 8, 16 and 24 bits through the standard
Hmm ... ecasound
currently pipes to the flac commandline tools for
reading/writing flac files. I gather from this thread that those tools
don't handle 24 bits, yet (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Kai, or Erik if you know, how involved is adding flac support
via libsndfile
to ecasound?
No extra steps needed, just install the new libsndfile and you are
ready to go (replace '-o foo.flac' with '-o sndfile,foo.flac').
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6 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: File formats
On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 10:23:41PM +0200, Kai Vehmanen wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
The
command-line line flac tool _does_ support 24bit sample format (since
at least 1.0.4 flac version). For example:
ecasound -f:32,2,44100 -i alsa,default -o foo.flac
ecasound -f:32,2,44100 -i foo.flac -o alsa,default
... should sound ok (tested with ecasound-2.3.5 and flac-1.1.0).
Great. Thanks Kai.
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There is
an upcoming version of libsndfile which will allow reading
and writing of FLAC at 8, 16 and 24 bits through the standard
Hmm ... ecasound
currently pipes to the flac commandline tools for
reading/writing flac files. I gather from this thread that those tools
don't handle 24 bits, yet (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Kai, or Erik if you know, how involved is adding flac
support via libsndfile
to ecasound?
No extra steps needed, just install the new libsndfile and you are
ready to go (replace '-o foo.flac' with '-o sndfile,foo.flac').
9 Jan
9 Jan
4:39 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Converting w64 to wav - Not solved but somehow invalid
Hi all,
Disclaimer: I just realized that ardour also opens w64-files, so there is no
need to convert...
On Sunday 09 January 2005 20:53, Steve Harris wrote:
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:22:58PM +0100, Arnold
Krille wrote:
Yep, I forgot. It wouldn't make sence to convert without splitting.
what is the best and easiest way to convert a
w64-file (from timemachine)
into a wav-file? I am trying "sndfile <w64-file> <wav-filename>"
but
except 100% CPU-usage for _really_ long time nothing happens. No new
file, no changes, no stopping after a time.
I know that one of [audacity|sweep] opens w64-files but loads them into
memory fully and the file to convert is 2.5GB.
Can anybody give me some hints?
WAV files have a 2GB limit, which is why
timemachine records W64's by
default. You probably need to chop it up into two smaller files with
something that can process W64's (ecasound?) and then convert those to
WAVs seperatly. Did timemachine work OK for you for the long
recording? It wasn't
originally designed for that sort of thing, but I tried to proof it
against long running bugs when someone else wanted to use it for long,
multi-channel recordings.
Yep, timemachine is great! Especially for live-recordings where you only need
to start and stop the recording. (There isn't really more to do if the
liveband is playing od the preacher is talking.)
Thanks for timemachine, Steve!
Arnold
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Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be
replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
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4:49 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Converting w64 to wav - Not solved but somehow invalid
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:39:12 +0100
Arnold Krille <arnold(a)roederberg.dyndns.org> wrote:
Hi all,
Disclaimer: I just realized that ardour also opens w64-files, so there is no
need to convert...
..... thanks to libsndfile :-).
Erik
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4:18 p.m.
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:22:58 +0100
Arnold Krille <arnold(a)roederberg.dyndns.org> wrote:
Hi all,
what is the best and easiest way to convert a w64-file (from timemachine) into
a wav-file?
The sndfile-convert program.
I am trying "sndfile <w64-file>
<wav-filename>" but except 100%
CPU-usage for _really_ long time nothing happens.
That was a bug in one particular release. I know its been fixed in the
Debain package. Its also been fixed in the latest pre-release:
http://www.mega-nerd.com/tmp/
Erik
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4:18 p.m.
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:22:58 +0100
Arnold Krille <arnold(a)roederberg.dyndns.org> wrote:
Hi all,
what is the best and easiest way to convert a w64-file (from timemachine) into
a wav-file?
The sndfile-convert program.
I am trying "sndfile <w64-file>
<wav-filename>" but except 100%
CPU-usage for _really_ long time nothing happens.
That was a bug in one particular release. I know its been fixed in the
Debain package. Its also been fixed in the latest pre-release:
http://www.mega-nerd.com/tmp/
Erik
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Steve Harris -
tim hall