[WriteLog] Audio files

[Gary AL9A]

Jamie,
Thanks for the tip about Audacity settings.  I never fooled with them 
before, but when I load them into Audacity they all seem to be at a sample 
rate of 44100 and a bit rate of 16.  This must be the default in Audacity. 
My problem then is still a mystery. The 'W1' and 'W7' wav files are at 44100 
and the 'a' and 'w' wav files are also at 44100, but W1AW and W7WA still 
give the error message after the prefix plays.

Also, under Vista, moving the cursor over the file name doesn't tell me 
anything about the sample and bit rates.  There is a Bit Rate field, but it 
always shows 705kbps for all the wav files.  The Properties tab also does 
not show the sample and bit rates as it did under XP.  So, it looks like I 
may have to consider rerecording all my wav files -ugh!  Thanks for the 
help.
73,
Gary AL9A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Dupree NS3T" <ns3t at arrl.net>
To: <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: February 07, 2008 5:34 AM
Subject: [WriteLog] Audio files


> Gary AL9A wrote:
> I'm setting up WL for the NA Sprints on Sat. and have run into problem I
> don't understand with my audio files.  In certain call signs a letter in 
> the
> call generates an error message that says" .wav format incompatible with
> earlier files."
> --
> Gary, I have run into this as well.  It is usually caused by the use of
> different
> output settings for your .wav files.  In other words, when you recorded
> some of them, the settings were different.
>
> In Audacity, if you go to Edit | Preferences and click on the Quality tab,
> it will give you options on the sample rate (e.g. 44100) and bit rate 
> (e.g.
> 16 bit)
> that are used when a wav file is created.
>
> If you used the XP or Vista recorder, those could have also had different
> record settings.  Maybe you added some recently and the settings weren't 
> the
> same?
>
> To check that, open Windows Explorer and go to where you keep your
> audio files.  Place the mouse cursor over different tracks and it will 
> give
> you
> a box that lists the basic data.  Or you can right click and go to
> properties
> and find the summary data that way.
>
> When you open a file with Audacity, it will show you in the bottom left
> hand corner what the basic rate is.  I use 22050kHz and 8-bit because
> it makes the files smaller (especially since I have over 17,000 of them
> now.)
>
> Whatever you use, you must use the same file types, or Writelog will
> refuse to run some of them and give you an error message.
>
> Let me know if that helps.  I also hope to be on for awhile in this
> weekend's Sprint with my 100% wav file operation.
>
>
> 73 Jamie NS3T
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