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(VPS 161215-0, 15/12/2016), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Headers-End: 1cHiYq-0006vd-Lb X-BeenThere: sox-users@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: sox-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.audio.sox:6466 Archived-At: Received: from lists.sourceforge.net ([216.34.181.88]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cHiZ2-000812-5K for gcas-sox-users@gmane.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 03:48:04 +0100 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1cHiYt-0003Dp-Gj; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 02:47:55 +0000 Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1cHiYs-0003DT-0l for sox-users@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 02:47:54 +0000 Received: from mail-wj0-f194.google.com ([209.85.210.194]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1cHiYq-0006vd-Lb for sox-users@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 16 Dec 2016 02:47:53 +0000 Received: by mail-wj0-f194.google.com with SMTP id xy5so12443440wjc.1 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:47:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([195.158.99.83]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p144sm1205304wme.23.2016.12.15.18.47.44 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:47:45 -0800 (PST) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============3467909268474892917== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------3B8D57AE12ECA24B586A6D0E" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------3B8D57AE12ECA24B586A6D0E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hurrah!!!!!! I found /*AudioMove*/ amongst my programs and it worked beautifully converting all my releases in less than 3 minutes all 1611 files! I got to the organ to load at long last. There are some errors but these are related to tuning mostly, something I find with a lot of instruments that have not had the samples processed properly. So Mission Accomplished (well - almost)..... definitely from the merging point of view. Thanks to all, especially you Jeremy, once again.... and whoever created this marvellous piece of software. It sure saved my day. Keep this bit of software amongst your arsenal if ever you need to do conversion jobs like this! Mark On 15/12/2016 18:42, Jeremy Nicoll - ml sox users wrote: > On 2016-12-15 16:46, Dr. Mark Bugeja MD wrote: >> It seems like what I did didn't work although I'm still waiting for a >> reply from my friend. >> >> I am looking for converters hoping to strike gold but instead I seem >> to find myself sinking deeper and deeper in thick mud. >> >> For instance.... there is this online converter. Ok. Select >> bit-resolution, done; sampling rate, done; audio channels, done. >> Then... show advanced options, PCM format: and a horrible list with >> such things as little-endian and big-endian crops up. What the.......! >> What are these? A new race? Aliens from outer space? > When a 24-bit sample value is stored in a file, its three bytes can be > in one order or the reverse; little-endian / big-endian are names for > one or the other option. > > The thing that's so far stopped me from suggesting revisions of the sox > command that creates merged files is that I don't know whether it has to > include parameters telling sox what internal format the input file has, > as well as which internal format you want the result to be. I'd have > hoped sox can id he input format... but if soxi can't discriminate > between the two formats of data then maybe sox also cannot. > > There's also, maybe, a problem if it turns out that only some of your > release files are in this funny format. The script that does merging > may have to become quite a lot more complicated - it's easy to have it > issue one command for 'main' files and another for 'release' files, but > complicated if it has to somehow test which format files are in. > > > > >> http://audio.online-convert.com/convert-to-wav > If you were going to use an online converter you'd need some sort of > script, I expect, to feed thousands of files into it and retrieve the > result - it'd be awful doing that manually. I'm not keen on trying to > write a script for that if I don't have to. > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus --------------3B8D57AE12ECA24B586A6D0E Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Hurrah!!!!!! I found AudioMove amongst my programs and it worked beautifully converting all my releases in less than 3 minutes all 1611 files!

I got to the organ to load at long last. There are some errors but these are related to tuning mostly, something I find with a lot of instruments that have not had the samples processed properly.

So Mission Accomplished (well - almost)..... definitely from the merging point of view.

Thanks to all, especially you Jeremy, once again.... and whoever created this marvellous piece of software. It sure saved my day.

Keep this bit of software amongst your arsenal if ever you need to do conversion jobs like this!

Mark
On 15/12/2016 18:42, Jeremy Nicoll - ml sox users wrote:
On 2016-12-15 16:46, Dr. Mark Bugeja MD wrote:

It seems like what I did didn't work although I'm still waiting for a
reply from my friend.

I am looking for converters hoping to strike gold but instead I seem
to find myself sinking deeper and deeper in thick mud.

For instance.... there is this online converter. Ok. Select
bit-resolution, done; sampling rate, done; audio channels, done.
Then... show advanced options, PCM format: and a horrible list with
such things as little-endian and big-endian crops up. What the.......!
What are these? A new race? Aliens from outer space?

When a 24-bit sample value is stored in a file, its three bytes can be
in one order or the reverse; little-endian / big-endian are names for
one or the other option.

The thing that's so far stopped me from suggesting revisions of the sox
command that creates merged files is that I don't know whether it has to
include parameters telling sox what internal format the input file has,
as well as which internal format you want the result to be.  I'd have
hoped sox can id he input format... but if soxi can't discriminate
between the two formats of data then maybe sox also cannot.

There's also, maybe, a problem if it turns out that only some of your
release files are in this funny format.  The script that does merging
may have to become quite a lot more complicated - it's easy to have it
issue one command for 'main' files and another for 'release' files, but
complicated if it has to somehow test which format files are in.





http://audio.online-convert.com/convert-to-wav

If you were going to use an online converter you'd need some sort of
script, I expect, to feed thousands of files into it and retrieve the
result - it'd be awful doing that manually.  I'm not keen on trying to
write a script for that if I don't have to.



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