carmen wrote: > hi, im wondering how to encode several >2gb w64 files to a lossy format like mp3 or ogg > > this is what ive tried so far: > > sox: Failed reading itz.w64: Do not understand format type: w64 > flac: ERROR unknown format > oggenc: ERROR: Input file "itz.w64" is not a supported format > ardour: plays ok, but no encoded formats available in export dialog > cubase sx, wavelab, nuendo in vmware: wont launch > samplitude in vmware: nothing happens > soundforge8 installer in WINE: wont launch > > my vmware trial expired, and i didnt get to trying foobar2000 or soundforge8 in vmware, but even if they did work, the audio would have to be sent over a samba connection at a few mb/second..if samba didnt choke on the >2gb files to begin with..,. > > ..so hopefully linux can do this seemingly simple audio task..any ideas? if you have erik de castro lopo's libsndfile on your system, you also have sndfile-convert, which can convert w64 into normal wavs. those can be used with oggenc. if you don't, get it here: http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/ in case you need to resample, also get his sample rate conversion library at http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/.
