Hello Folks,
I’ve recorded an audiobook and it seems 1/3 of the WAV files are corrupted! They were fine during editing and initial spot check but upon attempting to upload to client the FTP registered errors which ultimately led to the discovery of corruption. In the folder where they’re kept on computer it’s registering correct mb’s but won’t play. Is there any way to recover these files without my having to re-record? Thanks in advance.
How many files are corrupted?
Mark B
This is unlikely to be the problem, but WAVs can’t be bigger than 4GB.
If you know (or if you can guess) the format details you can try importing as RAW data. If the sound is distorted/corrupted, try a different offset. (With 16-bit files there are 2-bytes per sample so either an odd or even offset should work. With 24-bit files, try offsets of 0, 1, or 2.)
Eight files out of 22 are corrupted.
No, not the issue. There are 8 files and none larger than 221mb. This is the first time this situation has occurred in my 10 years using Audacity. By the way, I’m using the latest version of Sonoma, so the OS is not the problem.
I didn’t know that. You live and learn.
Thanks,
Mark B
If the errors were tracked on the FTP client, they were errors doing the transfer, not errors in the source file.
Thank you for your input the error is definitely with the source file.