Hello all.
I have a WAV file with below specific :
REC064.WAV: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 84 bit, 52 channels

this file is corrupted but I tried "qwavheaderdump -F REC064.WAV" and it told me that file is fixed :

REC064.WAV (28291584 bytes):
riff: 'RIFF'
riff length: 28291576
wave: 'WAVE'
fmt: 'fmt '
fmt length: 16
format: 1
channels: 52
channels field should be 1 (mono) or 2 (stereo)
don't know which value must be set...

fixed
sample rate: 0
sample rate field should be between 8000 and 48000
don't know which value must be set...

bytes/second: -482283425
bytes/sample: 0
bytes/sample field should be 1, 2 or 4
don't know which value must be set...

bits/sample: 84
data: 'data'
data length: 28291540


but not repaired!!! How can I fix it?

You can fix it by actually reading and understanding the messages the program gave you.. Look at the lines in bold above...read them. The program tells you what the options are. As far as what you SHOULD set them to, that's up to YOU. Pick a value, or determine it from how the input was recorded. If it was mono, set it to 1...stereo, set it to 2. Set the sample rate to be whatever you'd like...same for the bytes sample rate. Since you didn't specify them, it set them to zero, and it even TOLD YOU THAT.

Also, according to the WAV standard, you certainly do NOT have a "52 channel" file...since that doesn't exist.

Hi there,

maybe you misunderstood that. I read the output the way that the program detected a channel count of 52, some lines further down it detected a sample rate of 0, and finally a huge negative number of bytes per second, and 0 bytes per sample. No hint about the actual replacement values.
My guess is, since the OP didn't explicitly enter new data, it remained unchanged.

Neither does a sample width of 84 bits. I guess the OP downloaded a file which is either corrupted beyond repair, or it is something completely different camouflaged as an audio file. I had the same thought in his other recent thread, where he reported similar trouble with a video file.

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is this happening on the same machine as this:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ly-4175525662/
???

because i wonder how you can even know that your file is corrupt if your system sound setup is borked.

Yes, My problem is 52 channel and it is so odd. This file recorded by a sound recorder from Marshal company.

---------- Post added 11-19-14 at 02:07 PM ----------

It is not downloaded, It is recorded by a sound recorder from Marshal Company.

And there IS STILL NO 52 channel option for that format, period. You DO NOT have a 52 channel file in a WAV format, at all, and you will NEVER have a 52 channel WAV file. Go look up the specifications on that file format.
Great...so we will AGAIN tell you to contact the support/vendor for whatever hardware/software recorded it. This is no different than many of your other threads, where you're using a commercial product, but don't call and use the support you SHOULD be paying for.

AGAIN:

• You CANNOT have a 52 channel WAV file.
• The qwavheaderdump program gave you information..if you read the man page, you'd see:
  
  Code:

  -F --fix  correct  the  header if there’s any incorrect value. not all the
                  fields are recoverable.

• You don't tell us what "Marshal Company" product/hardware/software supposedly recorded this, onto what format, and how you got it onto your Linux system. AGAIN, as with most of your posts, you fail to provide relevant details, even when asked.