Force audio playback with specific settings?
Posted: 01 Jul 2009 16:04
Hello,
I have two audio files, both of which were recorded directly to disk in the same recording session (i.e. same settings, same setup etc). One file is known-good and plays back perfectly in VLC. The other is corrupt and won't open in VLC. I'm looking for a way to recover the audio in the corrupt file.
The known good file shows the following under Codec Details in VLC:
Now, I suspect it's just the header information that's missing from the corrupt file, since I can import both files (known good and corrupt) into Audacity as RAW data and play them back. Why don't I just use Audacity to recover the corrupt file, you ask? Well - it doesn't import it correctly; no matter what settings I use there seems to be some weird interleaving problem (even with the known good file) that leaves the imported audio pretty much illegible.
So - here's my question. Is there a way I can force VLC to open and play back the corrupt file in exactly the same way that it opens and plays back the known-good file?
Any help greatly appreciated!
Thanks
James
I have two audio files, both of which were recorded directly to disk in the same recording session (i.e. same settings, same setup etc). One file is known-good and plays back perfectly in VLC. The other is corrupt and won't open in VLC. I'm looking for a way to recover the audio in the corrupt file.
The known good file shows the following under Codec Details in VLC:
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Stream 0
Codec: twos
Language: English
Type: Audio
Channels: 1
Sample rate: 48000 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 768 kb/s
Stream 1
Codec: twos
Language: English
Type: Audio
Channels: 1
Sample rate: 48000 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 768 kb/sSo - here's my question. Is there a way I can force VLC to open and play back the corrupt file in exactly the same way that it opens and plays back the known-good file?
Any help greatly appreciated!
Thanks
James