Opening a *.WAV file

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Opening a *.WAV file

Post by Nisko » Mon May 02, 2011 7:35 pm

I have a wav file (added to this post) and Audacity says it doesn't recognize it. Audacity says to try importing it as a RAW file. I did that but it imported a file that sounds nothing like it should (but I was able to add 1 second of dead space at the beginning of the file which is the end result I'm trying to achieve). Can somebody help me? This is the first time I've ever tried to use Audacity. Thank you............
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Re: Opening a *.WAV file

Post by Edgar » Mon May 02, 2011 9:32 pm

I had no problem opening your file--sounds kinda like an electric clarinet--bee-doooo. I added one second to the front and attched it to this...
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Re: Opening a *.WAV file

Post by Edgar » Mon May 02, 2011 9:35 pm

What seems weird is your original file is ~1.4 seconds long and ~29kB in size; adding 1 second of silence created a file ~433 kB in size!
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Re: Opening a *.WAV file

Post by steve » Mon May 02, 2011 11:25 pm

Edgar wrote:What seems weird is your original file is ~1.4 seconds long and ~29kB in size;
It's not a real WAV file.
It's really an MP3 file.
Format : Wave
File size : 29.7 KiB
Duration : 1s 515ms
Overall bit rate : 160 Kbps

Audio
ID : 0
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 1s 515ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 29.6 KiB (100%)
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Re: Opening a *.WAV file

Post by Nisko » Tue May 03, 2011 1:56 am

Edgar wrote:I had no problem opening your file--sounds kinda like an electric clarinet--bee-doooo. I added one second to the front and attched it to this...
Thank you - that's exactly what I wanted. Why do you think I couldn't open it?
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Re: Opening a *.WAV file

Post by Nisko » Tue May 03, 2011 1:57 am

steve wrote:
Edgar wrote:What seems weird is your original file is ~1.4 seconds long and ~29kB in size;
It's not a real WAV file.
It's really an MP3 file.

What does that mean? Can't Audacity open an MP3 file?
Format : Wave
File size : 29.7 KiB
Duration : 1s 515ms
Overall bit rate : 160 Kbps

Audio
ID : 0
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 1s 515ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 29.6 KiB (100%)
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Re: Opening a *.WAV file

Post by Nisko » Tue May 03, 2011 1:58 am

steve wrote:
Edgar wrote:What seems weird is your original file is ~1.4 seconds long and ~29kB in size;
It's not a real WAV file.
It's really an MP3 file.

Also, why could another responder open it - and I couldn't?
Format : Wave
File size : 29.7 KiB
Duration : 1s 515ms
Overall bit rate : 160 Kbps

Audio
ID : 0
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 1s 515ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 29.6 KiB (100%)
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Re: Opening a *.WAV file

Post by bgravato » Tue May 03, 2011 2:06 am

I believe audacity relies on the file extension to recognize the file format... The file has .wav extension, audacity expects a wav format, which is not...

Try change the file extension to .mp3 and import it again. Does that work?
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Re: Opening a *.WAV file

Post by Nisko » Tue May 03, 2011 2:10 am

bgravato wrote:I believe audacity relies on the file extension to recognize the file format... The file has .wav extension, audacity expects a wav format, which is not...

Try change the file extension to .mp3 and import it again. Does that work?
Thanks, will try it tomorrow and let you know.
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Re: Opening a *.WAV file

Post by Nisko » Tue May 03, 2011 2:17 am

Nisko wrote:
bgravato wrote:I believe audacity relies on the file extension to recognize the file format... The file has .wav extension, audacity expects a wav format, which is not...

Try change the file extension to .mp3 and import it again. Does that work?
Thanks, will try it tomorrow and let you know.
Actually, I opened and played the file the other responder opened, modified by adding 1 second. It has a wav extension and it plays just like what I wanted. I'm more confused than ever.
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