Hey all,

I'm trying to play a (quite large) 8-channel sound file via readsf~ on my Raspberry Pi (I have an 8-channel soundcard for the Pi, which is tested and works using Pure Data).

When I try to play the file, I get the following error:

dsp: /home/pi/Desktop/soundfile.wav: Value too large for defined data type

Does anyone have any ideas what this problem would be? I'e tested this on my Macbook and I can get the file to play. I'm wondering if the file is somehow too large for the Raspberry Pi?

Thanks!

EDIT: The file I was using with the Pi was around 1 hour long (44.1/24 WAV file). I made a shorter 10 minute snippet and it's working. Does anyone know why I can't use the longer file? I didn't think this would be a problem...

@me-andmymonkey Are you running a 64-bit or 32-bit Pd?
"value too large" could be over 2Gb ...... in a 32-bit program. You could test to see whether that is true?
David.

Hi @whale-av

64bit PD on my Macbook (macOS Catalina).

On the Pi it's 32bit (I'm presuming?).

The file I was originally trying to play was 3.2GB

I made a smaller file that was 398MB and that worked on the Pi no problem. I've made other shorter files (similar file sizes) and I was getting the same error... Sort of stumped.

EDIT: Ignore the last part of my post. I think I was doing something stupid when rendering out...