Issues with Large Files

[Jim web]

In article <37968d10-ab7a-f131-e07d-00b58cc2a9ad at errichel.co.uk>, Budge
<ajebay at errichel.co.uk> wrote:
> On 10/01/17 22:48, Budge wrote: [snip] 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?

I can't give a specific answer. But my own reaction whenever I want to try
and examine AV files or process them is to turn to the ffmpeg family. (In
practice, they are also what is 'under the GUI' of many other programs for
AV.) I suspect ffmpeg will 'clean' the file for you. The ffprobe program
may well tell you more about it.

Jim

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