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Re: Windows 10 and .wav files

Subject: Re: Windows 10 and .wav files
From: "Peter Shute" pshute2
Date: Sun Aug 16, 2015 5:50 pm ((PDT))
That's comforting. I wonder what it's changing in the files to still allow =
the data to be extracted. Maybe just damaging the headers? There are some v=
ery pissed off people participating in that thread.

Peter Shute

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> Peter Shute  [naturerecordists] writes:
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> > That's extremely serious. The wording suggests this affects
> any media, not just Sound Devices.
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> I'm very suspicious of new Microsoft products and let them
> shake down for a while - hence I'm still using W 7. I've had
> a search for Windows 10 problems and one theory is that a W
> 10 upgrade causes the problem rather than a clean down and
> reinstall of W 10.
>
> One correspondent found that Audacity could still read the
> corrupted .wav files. Check out:
>
> http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-fi
les/transferri
> ng-wav-audio-files/50bbf42f-84a7-44b9-ab57-8784b5606d09?page=3D3
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> David Brinicombe
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> (wishing I'd bought a Mac years ago) :-)
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