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audacity package

  1. Bug #602934
  2. Comment #61

Comment 61 for bug 602934

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In , Leland-audacityteam (leland-audacityteam) wrote :

So the issue is that Audacity doesn't support any sample formats from FFmpeg
other than 16-bit. So audio from decoders that do not output 16-bit samples
will not import properly into Audacity.

You may prove it by creating a WAV file in 32-bit float format. Then try
importing it. Make sure you have "Filter chosen in OpenFile..." checked in
Preferences->Extended Import and select "FFmpeg-compatible files" on the Import
dialog.

The file will import as noise and will be twice the length of the original.

You may even get some memory corruption, though I've had difficulty repeating
it...still keeping an eye out for it.

I'll have a solution for this shortly...