Thanks for that explanation. Now we are getting somewhere (but not yet the end of the issue).kozikowski wrote:<<<straight off a (commercial) Audio CD>>>
Good to know that earlier. Those aren't either WAV or AIFF. Those are special CDA format and they have to be ripped to work. I disagree completely with OS-X insisting they're normal AIFF files. They're not, as you found out.
Change the iTunes import preferences to WAV or AIFF 16 bit 44100 Stereo. Anything you open in iTunes will be converted to a "normal" format. This works with all versions of Audacity and any other sound program. Make sure to change iTunes back to the compressed format of your choice or you will hose your iPod.
I didn't know 1.3 would do that directly, but all programs will not.
1. I opened/imported my file in iTunes as per the above. Went to Audacity. The file imported just fine. Cool.
2. I attempted to do the same conversion as iTunes does, but from the command-line:
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afconvert -v -f "AIFC" -d "BEI16" file_name.aiff file_name_new.aifI checked the file info for both file_name_new.aif and file_name_itunes.aif (again, command line, the afinfo command):
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afinfo file_name_itunes.aif
File: file_name_itunes.aif
File type ID: AIFF
Data format: 2 ch, 44100 Hz, 'lpcm' (0x0000000E) 16-bit big-endian signed integer
no channel layout.
estimated duration: 511.133 sec
audio bytes: 90163920
audio packets: 22540980
bit rate: 1411200 bits per second
packet size upper bound: 4
audio data file offset: 54
not optimized
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afinfo file_name_new.aif
File: file_name_new.aif
File type ID: AIFF
Data format: 2 ch, 44100 Hz, 'lpcm' (0x0000000E) 16-bit big-endian signed integer
no channel layout.
estimated duration: 511.133 sec
audio bytes: 90163920
audio packets: 22540980
bit rate: 1411200 bits per second
packet size upper bound: 4
audio data file offset: 4096
optimized
----The other people who mention having problems, what does the output of 'afinfo' returns ?
(if you're not used to Terminal.app (/Aplications/Utilities): open terminal, type 'cd ' -without the quotes, the space after d matters- at the prompt, then drag the folder where you have stored your files into the terminal window, then hit return. type 'ls' to get a list of the files in that folder, then 'afinfo filename').
And again, similar files opened just fine in Audacity 1.3.3.
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