[GLLUG] remix?

[Bill Bartilson]

I experienced something very similar encoding files for import into a  
PowerPoint presentation for a client here at LCC.  After the files  
were encoded, Powerpoint (or WMP or Real or MusicMatch) would  
recognize them as 16 seconds long, regardless of actual length.

Unfortunately, Powerpoint actually relied on that erroneous info for  
actual length, and quit playing them all at the same point...16  
seconds in.  A couple of files encoded as 32 seconds long without any  
relation I could figure out.  All of the files were well over a  
minute in actual length.

After using two different machines (one running Sound Forge, and one  
running Adobe Audition) I finally gave up and added the files  
as .wavs and all was fine.

So first off, I'd recommend trying to save a couple of them as .wavs  
and see if the symptom disappears in WMP and Real.

I'm not really sure what encoder either of my systems uses...but the  
error was consistent and repeatable across Win2K and WinXP with  
commercial software from different manufacturers.

I'd love to help solve the mystery, but I'm not sure I can help other  
than to verify I've had wacky length reporting with every encoder  
other than standard PCM .wav files.  In fact, Sound Forge cannot save  
an 8-bit file, wave or otherwise...but I think that's unrelated.

To date I've only found workarounds, no solutions.  I'll do some more  
research now that you've reminded me.  Let's stay in touch on this.

Regards,

-Bill


On May 24, 2006, at 12:54 PM, Andy Lee wrote:

  Anyone know of a fix or better open source encoder?



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