Hi all,
It's been a long time since I've posted but I need help from the experts. I taped a show last night and when I checked my iRiver H320 during the last song, it was off (NOOOOOO!!!). I turned it back on and hit record. When I connected the iRiver to my computer, it had two files, each with the same date. The first a 1.49 GB wav file with no duration that will not play, the other a 52.1 MB file with a duration of 5:10. This second file is the last song. The former, I assume, is the rest of the show up until whatever point my recorder shut off. Maybe it ran out of battery? If so, it wasn't completely dead since I was able to turn it back on and tape for another 5 minutes, and it stayed on long enough for me to connect it to my computer to transfer the files. Anyway, here is more info on the first wav file:
It doesn't open in VLC, Windows Media Player, Audition, or Audacity
MediaInfo yields this:
Format : Wave
File size : 1.49 GiB
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Audio
Format : PCM
Format settings : Little / Signed
Codec ID : 1
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 1.49 GiB (100%)
I looked around on here about how to fix a corrupt wav file. I saw something about it being an issue with the header (although I don't know what that means). I tried Audiohack but it just makes a file with the exact same file size (down to the very last byte) with no duration that also won't open in any program. So it seems to have just made a copy of the original file. I also read about importing the raw file into Audition rather than opening it normally but I don't see how to do that. I'm using an old version of Audition so maybe it's different or doesn't have the ability.
Any ideas of what I can do to fix this? I'd be fine with sending someone a link if they want to mess with it. Thank you!