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[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi Guys, is it possible to embed tags into WAV files larger than 4GB? MC does a good job of at least storing the information, so the tracks are labeled and grouped into the right album, but embedding the info is much better.

I have some WAV files that are 6-10GB. They have the WAV file extension, not W64.

[Matt]

Hi Chris.  It's not working well today.  Big WAV files have a -1 for the chunk length, but that makes chunks after not easily reachable.

Bob suggested using W64.

[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi Chris.  It's not working well today.  Big WAV files have a -1 for the chunk length, but that makes chunks after not easily reachable.

Bob suggested using W64.

Is it possible to get W64 support in MC's Convert Format feature?

[The Computer Audiophile]

Also, I just tried to tag a W64 file in MC and it crated a sidecar file rather than embedded the tag.

[Matt]

If it helps, most lossless encoders support big files and tagging.  I added big file support to Monkey's Audio a while back.  I think WavPack works too.

[The Computer Audiophile]

If it helps, most lossless encoders support big files and tagging.  I added big file support to Monkey's Audio a while back.  I think WavPack works too.

Testing Monkey's and WavPack now.

I can't convert a 7.8GB WAV file to WavPack in MC on Windows. It gives me the error seen in the screenshot. I also don't see WavPack on the macOS version.

[Matt]

Next build:
Fixed: Encoding really big files was failing with WavPack.

It was overflowing and not using -1 for the wave header sizes.

We also made this change:
Changed: WAV files greater than 2 GB are no longer tagged.

Thanks a lot for the help.

[The Computer Audiophile]

Next build:
Fixed: Encoding really big files was failing with WavPack.

It was overflowing and not using -1 for the wave header sizes.

We also made this change:
Changed: WAV files greater than 2 GB are no longer tagged.

Thanks a lot for the help.

Hi Matt, just installed the latest version and now MC is quitting on me when I try to convert a 7GB WAV to WavPack.

[Matt]

Build 67 has the WavPack fix.  If you're running that and it's not working maybe report in the build thread and we'll try to figure it out.  Thanks.