Re: [linux-audio-user] "File size limit exceeded" (2gb)

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] "File size limit exceeded" (2gb)
From: Robert Brown (sbg_AT_twcny.rr.com)
Date: Tue Jul 23 2002 - 20:50:39 EEST

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:09:16 +0200 (CEST)
Richard Guenther <rguenth_AT_tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 prattala_AT_mappi.helsinki.fi wrote:
>
> > Next quote from
> > http://www.xiph.org/archives/vorbis/200104/0197.html
> >
> > >> >Actually, the maximum size for a WAV file is 4GB.
> > >>
> > >> why is there a size limit? i know i cannot read files which are bigger
> > >> than 2gb with most audio software, but why? i encoded i 2,5 GB wav file
> > >> sucessfully with lame.
> > >>
> > >
> > >'cos in the file header, the "size" information is
> > >only 32 bits.
>
> Its 32 bits _signed_, so the limit is 2GB, not 4.
>

I would like to thank everone who responded. Glad the mystery is solved ;)

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