Downloaded flac albums problem

[Shawn Rosvold]

Hi,

I am running into a problem with quite a number of the albums I have downloaded and then tried to upload to my B2. 

For example, I have downloaded the first Creedence Clearwater Revival album. When I try to upload it to my B2, it gets stuck on cut 3, Suzie Q. It reaches 64% and just sits there. Then I get an error message saying the cut could not be loaded. 

I have tried loading the cut by itself, same thing happens. I have gone into the song properties and stripped all the non relevant information from each song. That didn't help. The cut plays fine using VLC.

The other thing I have noticed is that these downloaded albums take a very long time to upload compared the CDs I have ripped onto my computer and then uploaded to the B2.

Any ideas?

[Mark Fishman]

What is the sampling rate and word size of the downloaded albums? A CD is at 44.1k samples per second and 16 bits; downloaded tracks can be at those specs, 48ksps, 96, 192, and have word sizes of 16, 20, 24 bits or more.

The B2 is happiest at 16/44.1k, and will convert anything else to those specs when playing anyway. It's been known to have problems with some higher rate files.

[PMB]

Hi sros,

There's another thread running discussing uploading music - the conclusion is a file size over 200MB fails to upload. I'll ask Martin B about this.

Meanwhile try using a USB memory stick or HDD to transfer the Album. Or use NAS mode to copy the Album to the B2's HDD.

Paul

Brennan Support.

[Shawn Rosvold]

Hi Mark and Paul,

Thanks for responding. 

I am downloading these albums as .rar files. That's how the site provides them. I have no idea what the bitrate or sample sizes are. I use 7 Zip to open them.

I think I found a solution. I tried using AVS4YOU to convert the unzipped flacs to 16/44.1 flacs, then uploading them to the B2. So far, it seems to be working, and the upload times are as fast as CDs that I ripped to my computer.

How can I find out the bitrate or sample size of these downloaded files?

Thanks,

Shawn

[Daniel Taylor]

On my Windows 7 computer, the bitrate and sampling rate are available in the file's Properties.

[Mark Fishman]

Daniel's suggestion usually works on Windows 10 also.

If that doesn't help, VLC should be able to tell you (while playing them), or maybe Windows Media Player can do it.

[Shawn Rosvold]

Thanks, everyone! The support from this group is astoundingly terrific.