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file won't go over 2GB
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Re: file won't go over 2GB
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Re: file won't go over 2GB
Audacity 2.0.5 uses libflac 1.2.1 which would have been just before the suggested patch in the bug report.
We updated to libflac 1.3.0 after release of 2.0.5 so I tried doing a standard FLAC export using File > Export Audio > FLAC Files in 2.0.6-alpha on Windows 8.1 64-bit. It was a 3 hour recording at 192000 Hz and I exported it as 24-bit FLAC, compression level 5. Audacity exported the complete file at 5.2 GB and Foobar2000 seems to play it OK.
So I suggest you try 2.0.6-alpha (top file in the list here: http://gaclrecords.org.uk/win-nightly/ ). There is no need to uninstall 2.0.5, just ensure you File > Exit 2.0.5 then unpack 2.0.6-alpha to its own folder and run it from there.
The 2 GB limitation existed in the command-line encoder flac.exe as long ago as 2002. Audacity does not directly use flac.exe on Windows unless you choose "(external program)" when you export and point Audacity to your copy of it. Even so, I still don't understand how you got previous Audacity to export FLAC files over 2 GB on Windows - no one else I know of had managed it.
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We updated to libflac 1.3.0 after release of 2.0.5 so I tried doing a standard FLAC export using File > Export Audio > FLAC Files in 2.0.6-alpha on Windows 8.1 64-bit. It was a 3 hour recording at 192000 Hz and I exported it as 24-bit FLAC, compression level 5. Audacity exported the complete file at 5.2 GB and Foobar2000 seems to play it OK.
So I suggest you try 2.0.6-alpha (top file in the list here: http://gaclrecords.org.uk/win-nightly/ ). There is no need to uninstall 2.0.5, just ensure you File > Exit 2.0.5 then unpack 2.0.6-alpha to its own folder and run it from there.
The 2 GB limitation existed in the command-line encoder flac.exe as long ago as 2002. Audacity does not directly use flac.exe on Windows unless you choose "(external program)" when you export and point Audacity to your copy of it. Even so, I still don't understand how you got previous Audacity to export FLAC files over 2 GB on Windows - no one else I know of had managed it.
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Re: file won't go over 2GB
I just recorded a nine-hour recording. I see that I do not have the RF64 as an option on my Audacity. How would I record it to RF64? Should I get the plug-in, somehow?
Re: file won't go over 2GB
Oh, I saw your other instruction. Won't have time to try it now, but hopefully later in the day or this weekend.
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Re: file won't go over 2GB
Just confirming that in 2.0.5 release on Windows 8, I too get FLAC exports over 2 GB trimmed to 2 GB.
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Re: file won't go over 2GB
I have Windows 7, not 8.
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Re: file won't go over 2GB
I am aware of that. There would not be any point testing on Windows 7 as you already have done so, but you were suggesting there could be differences between different versions of Windows.dfmcwade wrote:I have Windows 7, not 8.
Anyway, the issue is fixed now by the libflac update, so there is no more to discuss.
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Re: file won't go over 2GB
No, the issue is not resolved. What you propose is not working because what you are proposing is an experimental version that has not been released, therefore it is not tested, and when I try to extract it it does not work.
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Re: file won't go over 2GB
The issue is resolved in our source code.dfmcwade wrote:No, the issue is not resolved. What you propose is not working because what you are proposing is an experimental version that has not been released
It is your choice whether you use an "experimental version" or not. We are just trying to help you and make suggestions. The original Windows limitation comes from the supplier of the encoder, not from Audacity.
As you can read here, I have tested the FLAC export over 2 GB.dfmcwade wrote:it is not tested
Audacity Team typically only use the -alpha version, even for production work (making appropriate backups). So the -alphas "generally speaking" are constantly tested.
There is always a chance of a significant problem in an -alpha build, but at this point in time there is no known problem in 2.0.6-alpha which would preclude its general release. There are issues we would like to fix, many of which also exist in 2.0.5 release.
Please say exactly what you mean by "it does not work". If you mean you cannot extract from a zip file, try right-clicking over the zip > Extract All... .dfmcwade wrote:when I try to extract it it does not work.
Alternatively use RF64 until 2.0.6 is released.
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Re: file won't go over 2GB
Sorry, I probably came across as rude.
I do not seem to have an RF64 plug-in for my Audacity, which is now presently 2.0.2. Can this be found? And, would I have to close out and start over if I want a long enough file to try RF64 on?
I have consulted with my tech people here locally; we concluded that it must have been an older version of Audacity that was allowing me to make files over 2GB. That simply follows logically from the facts. So 2.0.2 did not work, and I would like to try some kind of Version 1. I have the website up. http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacit ... /audacity/ Do you recommend any one in particular?
I do not seem to have an RF64 plug-in for my Audacity, which is now presently 2.0.2. Can this be found? And, would I have to close out and start over if I want a long enough file to try RF64 on?
I have consulted with my tech people here locally; we concluded that it must have been an older version of Audacity that was allowing me to make files over 2GB. That simply follows logically from the facts. So 2.0.2 did not work, and I would like to try some kind of Version 1. I have the website up. http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacit ... /audacity/ Do you recommend any one in particular?