Audioread error: TotalSamples is 0.

Dear All

I am trying to read a .wav file:

[y, Fs] = audioread('Rockblast_copy.wav')

but I get this error:

"Error using audioread (line 135) Range requested is greater than the total number of samples in the file. TotalSamples is 0."

The wav file has no issues - I can listen to it using other software. The file is ~300 MB

Any thoughts?

George

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

The fact that you can read an audio file in other software does not mean that the audio file is correct. Different software deals with broken files in different ways, and different software deals with extensions to the standard in different ways.

[George_bcm CHRIS]

Thanks a lot - so you are implying that the file is corrupted or not correct. But still I do not think the whole file is incorrect. I understand that Matlab might be unwilling to use a file with some errors but this might be too conservative - i.e. possibly rejecting a whole file for a small error. Is there a way I can somehow read it, even with corrections?

Alternatively, how could I possibly ensure that subsequent files are ok?

Thanks again

[George_bcm CHRIS]

Or at least a way I could fix the file- inside or outside matlab. g

[Walter Roberson]

You could use one of the other pieces of software you mention to re-save the file.

Also, if you are using R2016a or R2016b, it would not hurt to install the patch to sound and audioplayer, https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/1445234

[Paolo Posa]

is it possible to exclude/delete these files programatically?