I’m having the same issue here. If anyone’s got any ideas?
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Pioneer XDJ-1000 unsupported file format (Bandcamp wav encoding issue?)
hello there. so, i have almost everytime i DJ an issue with both cdjs and xdjs on certain wav files. i get an error, unsupported file format. i have done quite abit of research on it, and i am lost.
some say they have this same issue with about 80% of wav files from bandcamp for some reason.. could there be an unsupported encoding on bandcamp wav files?
i usually convert all flac files and aiff to wav 24bit 44khz using sony sound forge,
most work fine, but some dont. after my friend mentioned that his bandcamp downloads dont work it kind of started too make sence, might bandcamp be the issue here?
others mention firmware updating the players, but one of the clubs i play at has updated but still the issue appears.
i realise some illegally obtained files would not play, but these are bought of bandcamp.
last thing, i noticed that by default sound forge had the "save with metadata" box ticked. so i have appearantly converted my wavs with metadata if that makes sence. so, i now have unticked that box, but i cant failtest at home cause i dont have the players here. but could this be it?
any other ideas what might be wrong here?
i did also try 16bit wav 44khz, still i get the same thing on certain files.
another friend said i should convert to aiff instead of wav cause it allows metadata? eh, i have no clue what metadata is..
could you guys please get back to me on this?
i could dropbox the file that didnt work if that helps..
best regards
bjorn
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this issue have been resolved for me actually.
solution was to only use aiff files
boom!
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Ah good to know! Will try that myself.
Thanks for the tip.
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The problem is that the WAV files coming from Bandcamp are encoded with a extensible flag header in the file. Bandcamp don't make this known, nor do PioneerDJ mention anywhere that Extensible flags are not supported. I contacted PioneerDJ about it and they seem to have no intention of fixing it. The problem is worse if you have a library of music that is already with this extensible format. I have made a tool that retroactively checks and patches problematic wav files and removed the extensible format code in the header. Hope that helps
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@Cam > We are aware of it -- I was the one who detailed the problem with the Bandcamp staff, and it has been discussed previously on the forums (a couple of examples here and here). Our engineers are looking into having the player ignore that data and simply read the audio data instead.
I'm glad you've created a tool - that makes it a lot easier for those who have a heap of files with this issue and don't want to either cross-convert or manually edit the hex. Thanks for sharing it!
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@Pulse > Thanks for the response. I think Bandcamp are aware of it. They intentionally strip the RAW PCM data and re-wrap it depending on the format a user selects. However, sources for WAV_EXT are not restricted to Bandcamp. It may not be wise to outright ignore GUID's, which is a limitation of my tool, but libraries such as 'Kaitai Struct' exist which can parse GUID's allowing set up following conditionals to match against player's capabilities. Hope that helps. Thanks
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Thanks Cam - appreciate the insight! :)
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Hi!
Any updates on this case? I still get error codes on my xdj 1000 mk2's when playing wav formats.
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It was solved for me by downloading aiff format instead of wav.
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There's no update on this -- if the Bandcamp file is malformed, the problem is not with the XDJ. Either fix it yourself using a hex editor as I linked in other forum posts above, using the tool that @Cam created and linked, or by cross-converting as @SEKIO notes.
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