Corrupt WAV file recovery

[Pete Revell]

I have subsequently discovered that Audacity handles this sort of problem. You import the corrupt file as RAW, and then you can work with the file just like any normal one. Maybe not as technically satisfying as doing a hex-editor tweak to the corrupt file, but it certainly works!

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Pete Revell

[Justice Equality]

Hi all, I’m in a jam, I have a corrupt wav file and it is extremely important to me to get it to work. If anybody has the time and is willing to do it, please contact me, not sure if It’s ok to put my email address here but if it is not please edit my post. Rabriar@gmail.com . The duration is approximately 3 hours and 15 minutes, recorded with a sansa fuze. I have shorter wav files which work, just that one got corrupted, of course, the one I need. Please if anybody can fix this for me contac. Me ASAP.
Thank you….I’m sure I can buy you more than just a pack of beers 🙂

[Nathalia Schenekenberg]

I got the same problem and it was solved with the VLC conversion

Open the file that seems to be corrupt in VLC

Click “Media > Convert/Save” to enter the “Open Media” window.

Click the “Add…”

Browse your computer for your input audio or video file and click “Open” to add it to VLC’s “File Selection” box.

Press the “Convert/Save” button at the bottom of the window.

Click the “Browse” button, to the right of the “Destination” field in the next window. Choose a folder or location on your hard drive where you want your WAV file saved.

IMPORTANT! Name your file in the “File Name” box. Include the “.wav” file extension at the end of your filename or VLC will not save it correctly.

Click the “Save As Type” drop-down box at the bottom of the window and select the “Containers…” option. Press “Save” to re-enter the “Convert” screen.

Click the “Edit Selected Profile” button and press the “Encapsulation” tab in the pop-up window. Select “WAV” and on the audio encoder i selected “WAV” again

Click “Save” to return to the “Convert” window. Press the “Start” button to begin the conversion.

It worked very well for me!

I would like to share the link where i found this information:
https://www.ehow.com/how_6945688_convert-vlc-wav.html

[Adam Chesbrough]

I am in the same boat here with a file that NEED to save. It was recorded with an zoom H4N but the battery died in the middle and now the file is “invalid”. It’s 16-bit .wav. I have tried the VLC, audacity, and adobe audition solutions.

Below is a download link for the the hex code and VLC error reports. Could someone please take a quick look and let me know if there is anything that I can do.

Thanks in advance to everyone.

dropbox download: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/605116/corrupt%20wav%20support%20doc.zip

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[Adrian Tan]

Just want to say that this post was a life-saver. My audio recorder got dropped to the floor, and the batteries came out, cutting out the recording after a wedding ceremony. Thanks very much!

[Darren Black]

Have you found a solution to this problem yet? I am currently sitting with the exact same issue and it needs to go in for final mixing today… Please can anybody help??

[Adam Chesbrough]

My file was unrecoverable. I contacted this company (https://aeroquartet.com/movierepair/download) and they determined that it couldn’t be fixed. If any part of your file can be played you can use screenflow to record the audio from your computer then export as AIFF; of course you lose that RAW wave format but as a last resort at least you end up with audio that can be used.

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[John Monroe]

could you fix a corrupt audio file for me?
i wouldnt mknd being a box of beer back if you could fix this file

[John Monroe]

did you find someone who was able to help you?

[Pete Revell]

I had a corrupted WAV, and used Audacity to sort it out. I think I used a Raw Import, which ignores the header, and imports the real data. As my corrupted wav had a corrupted header, this approach was a winner for me. And this saved me from making an error with the hex editing!