Joe Riggs Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Got the final sound mix files from the post sound team. They are 90 min long wav files and when I try to import any one of them into FCP 7, I get this error: File Error: Unknown File .wav Very similar to this posthttp://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1180926 The files were exported from Pro Tools with the following specs: It is the "little endian" codec that's the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Mayer Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Not a Final Cut Pro expert by any stretch, but if the file size is really 4.48GB, that could be causing you issues right there. You could try splitting the file into mono tracks with WaveAgent and see if the individual tracks will import. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Riggs Posted July 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 I tried opening the file in Adobe Audition and I get this error which might be the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 It appears to be a poly file from the PTs spec graphic: "5.1 LCR LFE Ls Rs" Does FCP support that type file? The file size could be an issue as well. I concur with Matt, check out Wave Agent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 or import to QT and reexport? p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Riggs Posted July 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 After a long time troubleshooting, I read that .wav files have a 2-4gb limit depending on the program, and walla this ended up being the issue. I had the sound team export that audio in reels and then they imported fine. But what a unnecessary headache. First I had no idea about this limit and neither did the sound team, is this common knowledge? They said they never encountered this issue before when delivering a full file. Do most sound people deliver their final mix in reels? Because if anyone delivers a final mix as one file, most feature projects would be over the 4GB limit. So I just don't understand how more people are not running into this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantin Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Did you follow Matt's advice above? In your posted example the individual files are not larger than 4gig, they are just contained together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Riggs Posted July 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I did try wave agent, it didn't work properly or maybe it was my inexperience with that program. First the file shows up as zero in length in the program. (I can play the file in quicktime and VLC player, it's length is 90 minutes). When I select splt poly, it gives me 12 tracks? When I export I get 6 sepertae WAV files, but with no audio, they are 10kb in size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Hall Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 When I export I get 6 sepertae WAV files, but with no audio, they are 10kb in size. Maybe your wav files have corrupt headers?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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