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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #60 on: July 30, 2009, 05:13:07 PM »
Many thanks for this tool !

It fixed the file that was unplayable after the batteries on the R-09 ran empty halfway a  concert!
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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #61 on: August 27, 2009, 05:32:30 PM »
Many thanks for this tool !
It fixed the file that was unplayable after the batteries on the R-09 ran empty halfway a  concert!

For the R-09 you should be able to fix this kind of problem much easier than this. Just use the repair tool on p. 70 of the manual. The R-09HR has this function also. Just a couple of clicks and you'r done. Worked for me when I dropped my R-09 at the end of a set.
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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #62 on: August 28, 2009, 03:17:39 PM »
Many thanks for this tool !
It fixed the file that was unplayable after the batteries on the R-09 ran empty halfway a  concert!

For the R-09 you should be able to fix this kind of problem much easier than this. Just use the repair tool on p. 70 of the manual. The R-09HR has this function also. Just a couple of clicks and you'r done. Worked for me when I dropped my R-09 at the end of a set.

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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #63 on: September 07, 2009, 02:31:27 PM »
I've used this tool successfully several times, but what are my options when I have a file that won't play or open in any software that I've tried (WMP, Musicmatch Jukebox, Foobar, Wavelab, CD Wave Editor) and this tool returns back an error message reading "Failed to read header from input file."

EDIT:  Resolved after looking at a couple of other threads related to corrupt files.  Changed the file extension to .raw and opened it with Wavelab.  I'm just not sure why the file had no header at all.  It was recorded with an R-09, just like the other files I've had to recover.
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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #64 on: September 07, 2009, 02:35:12 PM »
what are my options

There might be some other suggestions in the sticky at the top of the Computer-Related Help forum under the Data Recovery and/or Corrupt or 0 byte File sections.
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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #65 on: March 17, 2010, 11:37:15 PM »
I just wanted to say thanks for this. It saved a second set for me.
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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #66 on: March 18, 2010, 07:28:36 AM »
doesn't shntool also fix headers?


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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #67 on: March 18, 2010, 01:29:36 PM »
doesn't shntool also fix headers?

Please feel free to start a new thread about other tools that can repair headers ;)


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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #68 on: March 27, 2010, 04:06:48 AM »
doesn't shntool also fix headers?

Please feel free to start a new thread about other tools that can repair headers ;)

Using shntool, I get this info on a 1.31GB file from a 661 that didn't shut down properly.

file name:                    /Users/xxxxx/Desktop/wd004.wav
handled by:                   wav format module
length:                       0:00.000
WAVE format:                  0x0001 (Microsoft PCM)
channels:                     2
bits/sample:                  24
samples/sec:                  44100
average bytes/sec:            264600
rate (calculated):            264600
block align:                  6
header size:                  910 bytes
data size:                    0 bytes
chunk size:                   1401743216 bytes
total size (chunk size + 8 ):  1401743224 bytes
actual file size:             1401743224
file is compressed:           no
compression ratio:            1.0000
CD-quality properties:
  CD quality:                 no
  cut on sector boundary:     n/a
  sector misalignment:        n/a
  long enough to be burned:   n/a
WAVE properties:
  non-canonical header:       yes
  extra RIFF chunks:          yes (1401742314 bytes)
Possible problems:
  file contains ID3v2 tag:    no
  data chunk block-aligned:   yes
  inconsistent header:        no
  file probably truncated:    no
  junk appended to file:      no
  odd data size has pad byte: n/a

Is pigiron's utility going to be of any use on this file? Haven't had any luck trying all the various posted solutions on my G5 Mac. TIA

EDIT: I was able to open as raw in Audacity, and there is music under a thick layer of hiss. Is there a way to know how much offset to use?
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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #69 on: March 27, 2010, 01:43:59 PM »
PI's utility does simple header repair that is basically the same as reading the file as raw..

There is no trivial way to know how much offset to use.  When you get it right, your music should appear with normal waveforms and everything should sound fine.

Your description of music behind thick hiss is unexpected.  If you're stuck, you could start a new thread and post a sample from the start of the file.

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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #70 on: May 19, 2010, 11:53:36 AM »
WOW MAN ... WOW ... this utility saved a critical wave for me ... can never thank you enough ... keep up the good work ...

AWESOME ...

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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #71 on: May 19, 2010, 04:25:13 PM »
i've had luck with using CDWave to open problem wav files and then saving them from that program and then they open fine in soundforge or audacity or media player.

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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #72 on: May 20, 2010, 06:07:34 AM »
Don't forget PhotoRec for lost file recovery.
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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #73 on: July 18, 2010, 11:48:46 PM »
I saw that a few folks are getting corrupted headers in their wave files and having a struggle with the existing utilities trying to fix the problem. So I cobbled together a wave header repair utility this last weekend that may help... 'cause I hate to see good music go to waste ;D

But it's a butt ugly command line program... if you want pretty, try next door.

Since it's mostly "universal" C coding, I was able to get it to compile on both Linux and Winders... don't own a Mac, sorry.

Beat the hell out of it and it seems to be working, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't some bugs still down in the cracks... so for sure, only use it on a backup copy.

Here's a sample output where it successfully repaired a wave file that had nothing but zeroes in the entire header and a partially truncated audio data sample (about as bad as it get's)...

# ./fixwav junk.wav

Existing header data. Look for the words 'RIFF', 'WAVE', 'fmt',
or 'data' to see if this is even a somewhat valid WAVE header:

00000000:  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000010:  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000020:  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00             ............

Exit the program now? [y/n] n
The total file size is 32617577 bytes
Chunk Size of 0 at offset 4 is incorrect... repairing
Chunk Format at offset 8 is incorrect... repairing
Subchunk1 ID at offset 12 is incorrect... repairing
Subchunk1 Size at offset 16 is incorrect... repairing
Subchunk1 Format at offset 20 is incorrect... repairing
Is the file recorded in 0 channels?  [y/n] n
Enter number of channels... 1=Mono, 2=Stereo, etc: 2
Is the number of samples per second = 0?  [y/n] n
Enter number of samples per second: 44100
Is the number of bits per sample = 0?  [y/n] n
Enter number of bits per sample: 16
Subchunk1 Format at offset 24 is incorrect... repairing
Subchunk1 Bytes Per Sample at offset 32 is incorrect... repairing
Subchunk2 ID at offset 36 is incorrect... repairing
Subchunk2 Size at offset 40 is incorrect... repairing
Found incorrect number of audio samples. This means that either
   the new WAVE header data is incorrect, or the audio samples
   in the existing file were clobbered. Do you wish to add silent
   audio samples to the end of the file?
   WARNING: this will modify the existing file. [y/n] y

Header repair is required!
   Overwrite the existing file? [y/n] y

File repair successful

As you see, you need to know a little about the file... the number of bits, the samples per second, and the number of mics... while that might stump a n00b, I don't think you'll have any problem.

One caveat... it assumes you're feeding it a "normal" wave file... i.e. only a single data "Subchunk"... if it ain't such an animal... or if it simply has junk data appended to it (there's some dumb ass programs that add ID3 tags like that), it's gonna hose up.

anyway, they're attached below... enjoy... and remember... you got it free  ;D

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Re: Homegrown WAVE header repair utility
« Reply #74 on: July 20, 2010, 07:49:15 PM »
I wish I'd seen this a while ago.   I just did this the hard way.  Wheeler's MT locked up and I basically wrote custom code to do the same.  I remember that there was 256 bytes of nothing, then the data started.  I created a valid 24/48 wave file of an appropriate size, copied the 44 byte header from that, and they copied the rest of Wheeler's data, starting after discarding the first 256 bytes.

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