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... extension directly to the "Import Raw Data" dialogue. The only way you might get Audacity to open the file automatically is to install FFmpeg and see if it will open the file, just in case the file has headers but Audacity's default PCM decoder cannot understand them. After installing ...

Audacity should decode ATRAC if you add FFmpeg to your computer. Decoding will not work if the file is encrypted (most ATRAC files are encrypted). There are many variations of ATRAC so I'd not be confident that FFmpeg (using a reverse engineered ...

Audacity should decode ATRAC if you add FFmpeg to your computer. Decoding will not work if the file is encrypted (most ATRAC files are encrypted). There are many variations of ATRAC so I'd not be confident that FFmpeg (using a reverse engineered ...

... is a family of proprietary audio compression algorithms developed by Sony (not supported by Audacity). Audacity should decode ATRAC if you add FFmpeg to your computer. Decoding will not work if the file is encrypted (most ATRAC files are encrypted). MediaInfo would tell you what the file was ...

So I've managed to import single 7 Gb 'illegal' wav files using ffmpeg They are "illegal" if they have WAV extension and/or WAV headers. Have you looked in MediaInfo or a hex editor at the file headers? Note: if you obtain MediaInfo, get the version ...

Thanks Gale. So I've managed to import single 7 Gb 'illegal' wav files using ffmpeg, and apply some edits. But I'm stumped if i'm not able do this as a batch process, nor export the processed file as 'wav'. Never mind, will find some kind of workaround I'm sure.

Best regards,

Chris

... go downhill from WAV to anything else, but you can't come back. There is no "I converted it to higher quality." Audacity doesn't need FFMpeg to manage WAV files. Something is wrong. Koz

... This is highly recommended, by the way, rather than trying to turn your apartment into a recording studio. Assuming you're on Audacity 2.1.1, the FFMpeg software is here: http://audacityteam.org/download/windows Scroll down a little bit. You had to have done this kind of thing at least once because ...

... it won't let me. I need to convert these files to MP3. I select import audio and it comes up with a message that says Audacity attempted to use FFmpeg to import an audio file but the libraries were not found. Then it comes up with another message that says Audacity did not recognize the file ...

... files can only use standard import. If you set a rule for WAV in Extended Import Preferences (uncheck "Attempt to use...") you can force FFmpeg if installed to import the WAV for your Chain, but I have no idea whether FFmpeg handles WAV's over the legal size any differently. Gale