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Thread ID: 141409	2015-12-14 00:50:00	Corrupt .wma file - HELP!	Mothership (17431)	Press F1

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1412767	2015-12-14 00:50:00	This is causing me some serious stress at the moment - hopefully someone can give me some guidance?? Issue - Used Win7 Sound Recorder to record an important Exam submission - length 4m 28s. Burnt to CD - tested first 5 mins and all good - file registered 4m 28s so had no reason to think anything was wrong (I know, I know...should have listened the whole way through), BUT have just had an email that the recording stops at 2min 4s. AND testing now confirm that the original recording will only play the first 2 minutes before stopping. So - file size says complete recording is there - have converted to different formats. tried repair tools, all convert or recover files that finish at the 2ish minute mark. Have exported raw data - using Adobe Audition and then tried to convert to MP3, WMA, anything and everything but only get white noise. Have researched and tried everything Google has to offer but cant seem to get the second half of the recording. Suspect that this has something to do with the Header/Index??? ANY feedback appreciated........... Mothership	Mothership (17431)
1412768	2015-12-14 01:00:00	- tested first 5 mins and all good - ..... ...tested first 5 mins and all good - file registered 4m 28s so had no reason to think anything was wrong .... .... AND testing now confirm that the original recording will only play the first 2 minutes before stopping. if your first test let you play 5 minutes, it should still play for 5 minutes now. So did you actually listen for 5 minutes ? when you say 5minute, is that just approx for 4m28 ? and as is now.. does the play stop/crash at 2minutes, or keep playing with blank audio are you now playing the ORIGINAL file, not a copy Have you done any conversions/editing/compression on the Original that may have changed the original (instead of saving to another file)? Could be Hard drive errors corrupting the file . Run a chkdsk on the HD or a test tool . Could be a bad burn to CD, try the original on the HD.	1101 (13337)
1412769	2015-12-14 01:05:00	Sorry - typo.....played the first minute and all was ok. Yes - playing the original recording. And it stops/crashes at the 2 minute 4s amrk. Although it shows 4m 28 seconds. Will run chkdsk - thx	Mothership (17431)
1412770	2015-12-14 01:15:00	Ive seen this with some partial/incomplete downloads of vids, will show the full 'time' of the file but only play as far as the partial download. If the last 1/2 of the audio isnt actually there, then you will never get it back. ie if the recording itself failed . 1) make a backup/copy of that file .Just in case you make it worse. Try another audio player, VLC or MPC etc Try another audio editor	1101 (13337)
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