Issues with Large Files
Budge
ajebay at errichel.co.uk
Thu Jan 12 07:30:00 PST 2017
On 10/01/17 22:48, Budge wrote:
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Linn advised thus.
>>> As a workaround for now, you could convert the file to a different
>>> format.
>>> I've checked that it plays after converting to either FLAC or ALAC using
>>> dbpoweramp.
>>>
>>> You might even find that just re-writing it as AAC fixes things - the
>>> problems are caused by the file being split into an enormous number
>>> of tiny
>>> chunks (over 400,000 audio blocks for a 9,200 second track); any encoder
>>> which reduced this would allow the file to play.
My question is with what does one look at a file to find out this info.
I tried mediainfo and am none the wiser. What tool gives me the detail
to which Linn referred?
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