Comment 8 for bug 368942

Yes, it's mostly static. I've also used XLd to process the file and
this worked ok. Still keen to use Max though. I haven't yet received
a fix from the developer.

On 12/05/2009, at 6:21 PM, Yves wrote:

> Same issue here, with the lastest Max (0.8.1), which apparently
> includes some 24bits fixes according to trac.
> Here are interesting numbers:
> foo.wav 124416044 bytes
> foo.flac 73911753 bytes
> foo.m4a 163047425 bytes
> So the Apple Lossless version is actually bigger than the .wav !
> (and is mostly static).
>
> --
> 24 bit m4a file plays sporadically
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368942
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> Status in Max: New
>
> Bug description:
> When I take a 24bit FLAC file and convert it to a m4a apple
> lossless file, the file doesn't play correctly. Less than a second
> of song plays, then static, the song, then static. The file size
> increases to around twice of the original FLAC.