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I seriously doubt that they are 32-bit

Posted by Christine Tham (R) on February 11, 2007 at 13:48:32

In Reply to: Re: Are these 32-bit integer or floating point files posted by Tuckers on February 11, 2007 at 12:56:45:

Read up the specs on Windows Media Audio lossless.

Basically, WMA Lossless is not a "universal" encoder/decoder, ie. it does not support all sample rates and bit depth, only the ones predefined in profiles.

WMA 9.1 (as distributed in Windows Player 10) and below only supported a very limited number of profiles. For example, you can encode 5.1 channels in 96kHz 24-bit, but not 88.2kHz for example (although 2ch is supported).

WMA 9.2/10 (as distributed in Windows Player 11) supports a greater number of profiles, but as I recall it doesn't support any 32-bit profile (but I could be wrong on this).

Anyway, you should be able to decode these files back to WAV (Microsoft has a command line decoder you can download) or use a program like dbPowerAmp (latest release R112 supports WMA10).

Plus, as I've said before, WinAmp should be able to play these files back at 24-bit resolution.

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