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Title: 24-bit FLAC encoding error
Post by: monochromic on June 17, 2006, 07:01:53 AM
I'm trying to encode a set of 24/96 wav files (for the first time), however I receive an error on each file when trying to do so;

xACT 0.5.7 output:
options: -P 4096 -b 4608 -m -l 8 -q 0 -r 3,3 -V
pivot2006-06-16d1t06.wav: WARNING: found non-standard 'fmt ' sub-chunk which has length = 40
pivot2006-06-16d1t06.wav: ERROR: unsupported compression type 65534


shntool 2.0.3 / FLAC 1.1.2 output:
warning: file 'pivot2006-06-16d1t06.wav' is not handled by any of the builtin modules


I don't receive such an error when encoding the resampled/dithered 16/44 files. This one has me stumped, any thoughts most appreciated.


Brett.
Title: Re: 24-bit FLAC encoding error
Post by: JasonSobel on June 17, 2006, 07:17:26 AM
did you track out the files in CD Wave?  if so, when you save them in CD Wave, you need to check the box that says "Save alternate 24-bit format".  that'll give you good 24-bit files that can be compressed with FLAC.

that's my first thought, let us know if that works for you.
Title: Re: 24-bit FLAC encoding error
Post by: monochromic on June 17, 2006, 07:20:06 AM
did you track out the files in CD Wave?  if so, when you save them in CD Wave, you need to check the box that says "Save alternate 24-bit format".  that'll give you good 24-bit files that can be compressed with FLAC.

that's my first thought, let us know if that works for you.

That's it, I didn't check that box when saving from CD-Wave. Many thanks for the help Jason!


Brett.
Title: Re: 24-bit FLAC encoding error
Post by: terrapinj on June 17, 2006, 03:28:59 PM
you can also save directly to FLAC from CDWave and save a step
Title: Re: 24-bit FLAC encoding error
Post by: F.O.Bean on June 17, 2006, 07:17:57 PM
you can also save directly to FLAC from CDWave and save a step

i always liked seeing flac frontend say 'verify ok' tho