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Slightly off topic but Bandcamp really need to fix their broken 24 bit .wav delivery [1]. They seem to think it's OK to lay the blame on the DJ software that w
by richrichardsson 5y ago
Slightly off topic but Bandcamp really need to fix their broken 24 bit .wav delivery [1].
They seem to think it's OK to lay the blame on the DJ software that won't play their files [2], but re-encoding a 24 bit .wav file from Bandcamp into 24 bit .wav file using freely available tools fixes the problem.
I'm forever fielding complaints from customers (who are too lazy to search themselves) that the 24 bit .wav they just bought won't play in Traktor.
[1] https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/210273125-Which-Audio-File-Formats-Does-TRAKTOR-Support- https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/210...
[2] https://get.bandcamp.help/hc/en-us/articles/360046770013-My-downloads-won-t-play-in-my-DJ-tools-What-s-up- https://get.bandcamp.help/hc/en-us/articles/360046770013-My-...
- pentagone 5y ago> WAV files in 24-/32-bit resolution downloaded via Bandcamp may not load instantly and require quick supplementary treatment. Simply opening the respective file with the freeware Audacity and then shutting down the application without any further action resolves the issue. wtf, whats the issue? And why does Audacity (apparently) modify files without asking?
- TonyTrapp 5y ago24/32bit WAV is a bit more exotic/ambiguous than 8/16bit, it's supposed to use a different format identifier (WAVEFORMATEX) but sometimes doesn't, some software only handles one identifier, some only the other, the better software handles both of them... So I would tend to think that the DJ software just has incomplete 24-bit WAV support (which is no surprise due to this mess).
- crtasm 5y agoI hope they fix that, and also let users just choose 16bit download as a default, 24bit is pointless for playback purposes.