Re: Re: Re: Waveform problem
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Re: Re: Re: Waveform problem
So I've been fighting with this again today. I could play sound but not see the waveform, and when I tried to select sound, what I was playing wasn't lining up with my selection, e.g. I could play two contiguous intervals and it would play the same sound. I've spent the day fiddling with various permutations including different versions of elan, different bit rates, converted in different software. I was getting stupid things like it listing fobs4jvm listed in its stdout as in the path and then simultaneously not found. Then it would open files but with no wave form and no sound, or no waveform but white noise.
The setup which is eventually working for me is:
16 bit format wav (converted from mp3 using Praat or Audacity - SoundConverter converts to 32 bit floating).
Only openjdk installed, not sun java as well
Nojvm version of elan
~/bin/ELAN_3_8 in my classpath
Sound files which don't have underscores, periods or spaces in them.
And, *lightbulb* _no other applications using the soundserver_. While I was reading the manuals I'd had rhythmbox open, and when i started transcribing I just paused and minimised it. With rhythmbox closed entirely, it's working.
I'm not sure whether the last point is the solution in conjunction with something else, but it seems like a good candidate for the flaky behaviour I was getting.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Waveform problem
These are very nasty problems to track and solve indeed...
What about the waveform in the working setup, still a flat line or is it displayed correctly now?
-Han
Release of ELAN 4.3.0
