Audio File Corrupted due to power surge

**epos159** · 08-06-2006, 08:17 PM

Hi! I am hoping that there is some way to salvage a file that I created today. We record to CD our church service, and we also broadcast (audio) live (which I also archive as I'm recording). Today during the service we had a power surge. Our CD recorder said that the disk was damaged, and I was hoping to be able to throw the CD into the computer and finalize it. However, the PC says that there is nothing on the CD at all

. So I decided to check the archive (which is at a horrible 32k... The file is there, but since it was cut off it never "finalized". I can listen to the file, but I can't "seek" through the track nor can I burn it as an audio CD because the programs I've tried to use say that it cannot open it or that it cannot determine the length of the audio.

They are saved as .wma, and I tried to convert it to another file type which did absolutely nothing. I tried to play it in Windows Media Player to see if after playing it Media Player would recognize the length of it. All of this to no avail. Is there anything that I can try to save either the CD or the audio file?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Inactive · 08-07-2006, 02:31 PM

you said that you can listen to it, so how about playing it and recording at the same time to a new file. audacity is a free sound recorder that should be able to do this. then the new file should be good to burn to a CD.

**epos159** · 08-14-2006, 05:32 AM

Thanks for the reply... I was thinking that, but wasn't really sure how to go about it and was kinda hoping there would be an easier way, but oh well.

Thanks again!

08-06-2006, 08:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
epos159 I helped the forums. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: PA Posts: 561 OS: Windows XP Home	Audio File Corrupted due to power surge Hi! I am hoping that there is some way to salvage a file that I created today. We record to CD our church service, and we also broadcast (audio) live (which I also archive as I'm recording). Today during the service we had a power surge. Our CD recorder said that the disk was damaged, and I was hoping to be able to throw the CD into the computer and finalize it. However, the PC says that there is nothing on the CD at all . So I decided to check the archive (which is at a horrible 32k... The file is there, but since it was cut off it never "finalized". I can listen to the file, but I can't "seek" through the track nor can I burn it as an audio CD because the programs I've tried to use say that it cannot open it or that it cannot determine the length of the audio. They are saved as .wma, and I tried to convert it to another file type which did absolutely nothing. I tried to play it in Windows Media Player to see if after playing it Media Player would recognize the length of it. All of this to no avail. Is there anything that I can try to save either the CD or the audio file? Thanks in advance for the help!

08-07-2006, 02:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Inactive Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,704 OS: ~	you said that you can listen to it, so how about playing it and recording at the same time to a new file. audacity is a free sound recorder that should be able to do this. then the new file should be good to burn to a CD. __________________ "it takes two to lie, one to lie and one to listen" Homer

08-14-2006, 05:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
epos159 I helped the forums. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: PA Posts: 561 OS: Windows XP Home	Thanks for the reply... I was thinking that, but wasn't really sure how to go about it and was kinda hoping there would be an easier way, but oh well. Thanks again!