I'd like to take a look at a DR680 sound file recorded as BWF filetype, if you can post it. I'd like to see what TC apps like WaveAgent and BWAV reader make of it.
Philip Perkins
I recorded a one minute file and uploaded it here:
http://www.filesavr.com/100425039st12
100425_039_st12.wav
It saved as a .WAV on the SDHC card. I expected it to save as .BWF... but it didn't.
Let me know if that works for you.
Thanks very much for the file, this was very helpful. BWFs save as .wav anymore--the bwf suffix has been dropped because it caused all kinds of trouble.
The file imported into BWAV Reader just fine as a BWF. (This app will throw an error if it thinks an import is an ordinary .wav file w/o metadata). It shows bext and other data chunks, reads as PCM 44.1 16 bit, with a TC start time of 20:07:00:23. Interestingly, the origination time is given as 20:08:03, whichI find odd since I thought the DR680 used its internal clock for TC stamping. It sees the filename as 100425_039_st12.wav. There is no frame rate shown, no description, originator or coding history. (Another note--the DR680
shows more chunk info than TC stamped BWFs recorded on an HDP2, but the HDP2 shows frame rate and originator.)
I imported the same file into Sound Devices Wave Agent. It shows the file as a 2 channel poly BWF, start TC 20:07:00:23, gives length and record date and sample rate and samples since midnight. Again, no scene/tape/take info, and no frame rate shown. (One could batch convert all the files to a project frame rate in this app...)
I take this to mean that one could record a TC/BWF job with this machine, and then add the frame rate info in WA if desired. One's TC notes might be a bit off from what the visible clock would say (I guess), since the time stamp seems at variance from the origination time (according to BWAV Reader) by over a minute.
thanks
Philip Perkins