Re: [Gwc-general] new and already hitting problems...

[Jeff W. <we...@ya...>]

Johan,

This almost certainly means that the headers on the wavefiles created 
with Ardour
are malformed.  It is libsndfile that reports the error, and GWC relays 
it to you
in a human readable form.

jw

Johan De Groote wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I'm fairly new to audio on linux, so please be patient...
>
>I try to use GWC to clean recordings from cassette tape and LP's (both 33 and 
>78 rpm). The idea is use gwc as an alternative to Cool Edit Pro. But as my pc 
>is set up with Alsa I have to use the oss emulation layer, or record in 
>another application. But here comes the problem.
>
>I record with Ardour (this seem to work the best at this moment). Then I cut 
>the recording and export the pieces as .wav (or some other format). This is 
>where the problem starts. I tried exporting as .wav with 
>float/32bit/24bit/16bit samples. Only with 16bit samples can I open the file 
>[b] and play [/b]. The other sample formats give a "soundfile format not 
>allowed" error, but as far as I can see, the file is completely read. Only 
>the sound is not played back. The cursor moves, but nothing comes out the 
>speakers.
>
>I get the same with .au and .raw formats.
>
>Using gwc 0.20-7, libsndfile 1.0.9 and fftw 3.0.1. If more info needed, just 
>ask. I'm not that knowledgable that I know what to include.
>
>Anyone an idea how I can verify if the files are really bad (the equivalent of 
>an exifreader)? Anyone an idea of a recording application (using alsa or 
>jack) that can output .wav files in float/32bit or 24bit that gwc can 100% 
>import?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Johan De Groote
>
>
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