audio .wav?

Cateroide wrote on 7/27/2025, 10:05 PM

General
Complete name                            : E:\CATERCAST - DEJAIR\Untitled 3\Audio Source Files\Untitled CAM 1 02.wav
Format                                   : Wave
Format profile                           : RF64
Format settings                          : PcmWaveformat
File size                                : 4.32 GiB
Duration                                 : 4 h 28 min
Overall bit rate mode                    : Constant
Overall bit rate                         : 2 304 kb/s
Encoded date                             : 2025:07:15 17:15:06
Producer_Reference                       : USBMDC0B83811929B171506142365394

Audio
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings                          : Little / Signed
Codec ID                                 : 1
Duration                                 : 4 h 28 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 2 304 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Stream size                              : 4.32 GiB (100%)

Hello everyone,

I'm facing a strange issue where VEGAS won't accept audio files in the .wav format. It throws an error both when I try to import the file through the "Import" option and when I attempt to drag and drop it into the timeline.

From my testing, the only noticeable difference between the working and non-working files is their length and size. The problematic file is over 4 hours long (a podcast) and larger than 4GB, while shorter and smaller .wav files work just fine.

Has anyone else experienced this or knows how to fix it?

Thanks in advance!

Comments

Dexcon wrote on 7/27/2025, 11:14 PM

In Preferences/File I/O, try checking the checkboxes of either or both the Wave checkboxes:

... I recall that this was the solution quite some years ago for dealing with very large .WAV files.

Cateroide wrote on 7/28/2025, 8:25 AM

In Preferences/File I/O, try checking the checkboxes of either or both the Wave checkboxes:

... I recall that this was the solution quite some years ago for dealing with very large .WAV files.

Thank you for your reply.
I checked my settings and everything is already the same as yours, but strangely, I still can't import the audio.

Dexcon wrote on 7/28/2025, 8:31 AM

Not quite. What happens if you check the third checkbox - Allow Wave renders up to 4GB?

Another approach - use an audio editor to split the audio event into smaller segments and use those smaller segments on VP's timeline.

Cateroide wrote on 7/28/2025, 8:56 AM

Não exatamente. O que acontece se você marcar a terceira caixa de seleção - Permitir renderizações do Wave de até 4 GB?

Outra abordagem: use um editor de áudio para dividir o evento de áudio em segmentos menores e usar esses segmentos menores na linha do tempo do VP.

I also tried with the third option selected, but nothing changed.

Regarding the other approach, I wouldn't want to have to use other programs for this; it doesn't seem practical, you know? All it takes is for VEGAS to accept my audio, as it should.

I could even change it to .mp3, or even split the audio as you suggested, but it shouldn't be like that.

Dexcon wrote on 7/28/2025, 9:06 AM

Regarding the other approach, I wouldn't want to have to use other programs for this; it doesn't seem practical,

So the preferable position from your point-of-view is that it is better not to be able to use the audio media at all rather than to take remedial measures so as to be able to use the audio media. I suppose that you could wait for Vegas Pro 23, 24 ,25 etc to address the issue, but can your project wait that long?

Howard-Vigorita wrote on 7/28/2025, 10:06 AM

@Cateroide MediaInfo says it's RF64 format. Which cannot be represented as a Microsoft Wav. It can be represented as Sony Wave64 or Flac which Vegas does read. Converting it to w64 would be a solution, but flac would be much smaller. You could just try and rename it to w64 instead of wav... but I don't know if Vegas would buy that.

VEGASDerek wrote on 7/28/2025, 10:08 AM

.wav files have a 4GB limitation, so this is a non-conforming file which is why VEGAS will not import it. This is why Wave64 was developed.