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tunetyme:

I was given a copy of a rare vinyl LP ripped to wavepack (wv).  It plays in MC 16 at a very high volume.  I’ve tried to convert this to flac and it failed in both MC Convert as well as media editor.  Any suggestions on how I can convert these files?

Tunetyme

bob:
Hmmm, just tried that wv to flac conversion and it worked for me. What type of wavepack file is it? (sample rate, channels, bitrate).  Does it have the extra "correction" file (.wvc)?

Alex B:
Regarding the exact format, the format window in Action Window > Tag > Format... may be able to tell some details. You can also try the Mediainfo tool: http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en .

Also, what do you mean by "very high volume"? Is it just louder than usual, but otherwise clean, or is it heavily clipped and distorted?

tunetyme:
The info on the file is as follows:
2 channels
Sample rate 192000
bit rate ranges from 5534 to 5743
bit depth no info

It does play but I have to turn down the sound to 1% and even then it is loud, distorted and heavy clipping.

I will be happy to send you one of the files if you would like me too.

Tunetyme

Alex B:
Maybe the source wave files were in the 32-bit float format. There are a few different ways to store 32-bit float data in a wave file. Apparently MC is compatible with the more common "32-bit float type 3"  format (the default in many pro audio editors, e.g. in Adobe Audition), but not with one or more other float formats. I tried "32-bit float type 1" and it behaved exactly like you described. The Wavpack format can store 32-bit float content and possibly has nothing to do with the problem. MC can play "32-bit float type 3" Wavpack files without problems.

32-bit float in general is not compatible with FLAC. The FLAC encoder supports only integer bit depths up to 24-bit.

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