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by Thor
Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:28 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Help needed: Can't open .caf files any more?[WORKAROUND]
Replies: 8
Views: 4861

Re: Help needed: Can't open .caf files any more?[WORKAROUND]

Gale,

Thanks so much for the explanation. I used the second suggestion as I prefer to have the latest FFMpeg version and it worked like a charm :-)

Thor
by Thor
Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:03 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Help needed: Can't open .caf files any more?[WORKAROUND]
Replies: 8
Views: 4861

Re: Help needed: Can't open .caf files any more?

Koz, I do agree that it seems weird that it used to work but no longer does. I just tried on a Windows machine with the result that Audacity says that it does not recognize the .caf format, so that seems to be the reason. I wonder how come it did so before. I think I'll go with the caf to wav conver...
by Thor
Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:53 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: Help needed: Can't open .caf files any more?[WORKAROUND]
Replies: 8
Views: 4861

Re: Help needed: Can't open .caf files any more?

Koz,

I am too new to the forum to be allowed to PM but a zipped version of the test .caf file and the error report generated when trying to open it are attached to this post.

Thanks for your help.

Thor
by Thor
Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:43 pm
Forum: macOS
Topic: Help needed: Can't open .caf files any more?[WORKAROUND]
Replies: 8
Views: 4861

Re: Help needed: Can't open .caf files any more?

Koz, Thanks for your reply and suggestions. I know there are other ways to convert the .caf files and this time I just used a free online converter. However, what bugs me is that something is not working that used to work and I can't figure out what it is. I have an old file that I know I have conve...
by Thor
Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:28 am
Forum: macOS
Topic: Help needed: Can't open .caf files any more?[WORKAROUND]
Replies: 8
Views: 4861

Help needed: Can't open .caf files any more?[WORKAROUND]

Hi, I do counseling sessions from time to time that I record on my iPad as .caf files. Normally, I open the file in Audacity, to clean the background noise, amplify the sound and then export it to mp3 and give it to my clients. Today, when I tried it, Audacity crashes when I try to open the .caf fil...