can you repair a damaged .wav file?

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tikigod19

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Hi all, I have followed some guides online and tried to repair a wav file using a combination of audacity, vlc, virtualdub but I just cant get the waveform to show anything other than maxed out hiss.


I have zipped up and uploaded the wav file in case any of you good folk have a method that is simple and you think you could take on the challenge! I'd be eternally grateful and happy to pay for your time if you think you could repair it...


here is the zip file


Many thanks
David
 
Can't open the file you sent - don't know if the problem is it was damaged when you zipped it or if the damage is in the original file and is the problem you're having with it. Try redoing the zip.
 
Yeah the file wont open as it's corrupt. It's (as far as I can tell) nothing to do with the zip. It was recorded using a zoom h1 at 48hkz 24bit and when i finished recording and pushed stop the loading circular graphic which usually spins for a couple of seconds never stopped and I had to pull the battery an hour or so later leaving me with a file that doesnt play in the zoom or on the PC!
 
When an corrupt audio file won't open, I normally change the <.wav> extension to <.raw> and it usually will open in Sound Forge Pro. Don't know if Audacity or other audio apps will do this. Sorry I don't have time to play with it at the moment.
 
Rick's suggestion of changing the extension worked for me, allowing the file to open in Sound Forge. But once opened there doesn't seem to be anything there except random hiss noise. I have my doubts that anything is recoverable.
 
Steve House said:
Rick's suggestion of changing the extension worked for me, allowing the file to open in Sound Forge. But once opened there doesn't seem to be anything there except random hiss noise. I have my doubts that anything is recoverable.
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yeah I managed to get it opening in goldwave and audacity and I just saw the maxed out hiss too.. looks like it's lost... :(
 
You might try checking, playing with the format. RAW data doesn't tell the app if it's big or little endian. Picking the wrong one will give you just noise. So I would try both and make sure you have the right sample and bit rate chosen. If none of that helps you probably have lost the recording.
 
yeah I did try both and also varied the bitrate although I'm sure it was what I usually used. Either way it was nothing but noise..
 
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