WAV: "Encountered empty null chunk. Processing aborted"

Started by quickshot, May 09, 2020, 03:37:56 PM

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quickshot

I have a WAV file, most likely 48kHz, 32bit float, craeted by QiBrdRec (Android App). Mayn programs do not like the format, so I tried to find out more about it, using exiftool. Unfortunately all I get is:
ExifTool Version Number         : 11.98
File Name                       : qibrd_testcave.wav
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 14 MB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2020:05:09 21:11:47+02:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2020:05:09 21:11:47+02:00
File Creation Date/Time         : 2020:05:09 21:11:47+02:00
File Permissions                : rw-rw-rw-
File Type                       : WAV
File Type Extension             : wav
MIME Type                       : audio/x-wav
Encoding                        : Microsoft PCM
Num Channels                    : 2
Sample Rate                     : 48000
Avg Bytes Per Sec               : 192000
Bits Per Sample                 : 16
Warning                         : Encountered empty null chunk. Processing aborted


Phil Harvey

There is no metadata in this file after the BitsPerSample tag in the AudioFormat record.  The following data chunk is empty and there is nothing but zeros after that.

- Phil
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