[Flac] FLAC encoder craps out at 2 GiB border

[Stephan Grossklass]

As if I hadn't had enough audio problems yet (Audacity won't
record in 24/32 bits in spite of the MME driver being capable of
such (verified with line-in plugin for Winamp) and stays in 16
bit, now I need to find software that works; a driver bug
causing only 32 bit int to work for recording complicates things
further), now I've also encountered a FLAC encoder file size
limit. Look (sorry for the crappy line breaks):

flac 1.1.2, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005  Josh 
[...]
options: -P 4096 -b 4608 -m -l 8 -q 0 -r 0,4 -V
Radio 20050620-01 freeFM Antistatik Top 50.wav: 81% complete,
ratio=0,666
Radio 20050620-01 freeFM Antistatik Top 50.wav: ERROR during
encoding
                                                state =
FLAC__STREAM_ENCODER_FATAL_ERROR_WHILE_WRITING

The resulting file up to that point is 2147490095 bytes or
2.00000600423[...] GiB in size. Very suspicious. Well, it
probably had to go wrong, at a ratio of 0.666... The original
file is in 44.1 kHz 24 bit stereo and 251:11 in length. I guess
it doesn't compress too well because I messed up a good part of
the recording by accidentally pulling down the rec level slider
(>20 dB too low - don't work on two computers with only one
monitor and the wrong keyboard in front of that!) and had to
"amplify" things again afterwards - not such a big problem with
24 bits but with only a 16 bit recording the result probably
doesn't look all too good. (That was the file which made my "no
24 bit problem" obvious.) *sigh*

I used to think radio recordings in plain 44.1k 24(32) bit
couldn't be any hardcore stuff demanding a power user - Wrong.
If I should sound like I'm mildly frustrated, well, could be
because I am.

Stephan


	

	
		
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