On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Renato <rennabh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > I made a large recording in Ardour. The .wav file is 4.9 gb. I'm > having problems with it and I don't understand if the file is faulty > or if it's something related with the wav format, which seems to have > some problems with large files (or am I wrong?). as already noted, wav can't go this big. the header has a 32 bit value inside it to indicate the filesize. if you search the LAU archives you'll find someone else who managed to do this with another tool, and someone (2 or 3) people came up with tools/solutions to save the day. > Also, what precautions should I take in the future when I'll have to > record such long sessions? use w64 format, or CAF. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
