This Steinberg page may also be useful:
<https://steinberg.help/wavelab_pro/v9.5/en/wavelab/topics/audio_files_editing/supported_file_formats_c.html>

On 2020-12-10 2:49 p.m., Richard L. Hess wrote:
> Hi, Shai,
> 
> That is interesting, I decided to research it a bit and there is a 2016 
> thread on Gearslutz started by Jeff Willens
> 
> <https://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-computers/1086321-do-you-use-rf64.html> 
> 
> 
> Someone named Michal provided some excellent discussion surrounding the 
> RF64-W64-CAF question. The one thing that needs to be updated is that 
> iZotope RX handles RF64 files -- at least I tried a 3 GB one from 2011 
> and it opened now. I was also able to open a 10 GB multichannel WAV in 
> iZotope, though track mapping has been a bit of a challenge in that 
> interface--it's more designed for surround processes.
> 
> That thread points to a blogger essay by Bjorg from 2009:
> <http://blog.bjornroche.com/2009/11/wave64-vs-rf64-vs-caf.html>
> that might be of interest.
> 
> This is not a new issue, actually.
> 
> I think, in general, since the standardization of RF64 by EBU it makes 
> more sense to use RF64 which, I believe, comes under the BWF umbrella.
> 
> In my world, if RME, iZotope, and Samplitude support RF64, I am happy.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Richard
> 
> On 2020-12-10 1:34 a.m., Shai Drori wrote:
>> Hi Richard
>> AFAIK W64 is widely accepted and used in all up to date computers and 
>> DAW,
>> I've been using it daily for a few months now without a single problem on
>> audition, wavelab, premiere pro, and Cubase.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Shai Drori
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>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 12:34 AM Richard L. Hess 
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>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Martin,
>>>
>>> It seems there are at least two ways to make large WAV files, and
>>> possibly three.
>>>
>>> (1) In the early 2000s, there was a format that Samplitude would use
>>> that made a WAV file and when that was full (2 GB, I believe), it made a
>>> W01 and then a W02 file, etc. These could be seamlessly used, but if one
>>> got lost...
>>>
>>> (2) According to a very thorough article at
>>>       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV the W64 format was created by
>>> Sound Forge (now Sony) with a 64 bit header. I don't know how widely
>>> that has been adapted.
>>>
>>> (3) since about 2010, programs have been adopting the RF64 and at least
>>> Samplitude would seamlessly transition from the WAV format to the RF64
>>> format when needed. That created a few compatibility issues, but those
>>> seem to have vanished. Here is the Wikipedia article on RF64. Not as
>>> good as the WAV one, but it will give you the idea.
>>>        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF64
>>>
>>>
> 
> 

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