Export to IFF (Amiga)

[mt12345]

I click Save and I get "cannot export audio in this format".

v.2.0.6

[kozikowski]

Audacity will not Save a sound file. To make a new sound file, you have to File > Export. If your file type is missing from the first menu > Select Other Uncompressed Files.

You may need to upgrade to the current Audacity, 2.1.2
http://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/

If it's still missing, you may need to add the FFMpeg software which lets Audacity manage many more different sound formats.

http://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/
Scroll down.

Koz

[kozikowski]

There is an Amiga export, but it's IFF, not AIFF.

Koz

[mt12345]

upgraded to 2.1.2 and installed FFMpeg but sill "cannot export audio in this format".

(you re right it's IFF. AIFF is Apple format)

[kozikowski]

So you did or didn't get it to work? I can't tell.
Koz

[mt12345]

no I didn't

[kozikowski]

I can't either. So that's an Undocumented Feature. Will your Amiga play a WAV? You might be able to use the Amiga tools to produce an IFF. Or even an AIFF. All these tools just rearrange the header and support information. The basic sound stays the same.

Koz

[mt12345]

well initially I wanted to export sounds to 8bit 22050 WAV which Amiga can handle well, but I noticed IFF/Amiga format in 'other uncompressed files' so I gave it a try.

[kozikowski]

I don't think our failure is normal. I turned it in to the senior forum elves.

Koz

[Gale Andrews]

well initially I wanted to export sounds to 8bit 22050 WAV which Amiga can handle well, but I noticed IFF/Amiga format in 'other uncompressed files' so I gave it a try.

If you want unsigned 8-bit WAV, that is an encoding option when you choose WAV in "Other uncompressed files".

Add the correct extension you want to the end of the file name when you export. Otherwise due to a bug, Audacity adds .aiff extension, though the audio is encoded correctly.


Gale